Five jobs available near Twickenham right now: The Mall School, Thomas's College, AMS Office and more

By Nub News Reporter

27th Jul 2024 | Local News

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Whether you're looking for work or thinking about your next career move, here are five job opportunities in and around Twickenham.

Assistant Site Manager – £30,000 to £32,000

The Mall School in Twickenham is in need of an Assistant Site Manager to join its team.

The job listing says: "The Assistant Site Manager is appointed by and accountable to the Bursar via the Site Manager for the upkeep and maintenance of the two school sites.

Responsibilities include:

  • Security
  • Assisting with site security including the locking and unlocking of the school gates and buildings
  • Assisting with the operation and maintenance of the school security systems
  • Acting as a main key holder
  • Assisting with the weekly fire alarm testing and maintenance of the test registers General
  • Working with the Site Manager to maintain the school buildings and grounds
  • General maintenance and minor repair work
  • Swimming pool maintenance
  • Looking after the school minibuses and be available as a back up driver for all minibus routes
  • Assisting with set-ups for school events including events which may take place outside normal working hours
  • Reporting of any defects of buildings, furniture, fittings and equipment to the Site Manager
  • Willingness to cover holidays and absences within the team
  • Willingness to learn and attend courses relevant to the role

HR Manager – £50,000 to £55,000

Thomas's London Day Schools (TLDS), a group of independent schools in south west London comprising one kindergarten and five schools, is looking for a new HR manager following a period of expansion.

TLDS' latest institution, Thomas's College, will be opening this September to its first cohort of secondary-age students on a weekly boarding basis.

The new HR manager will be expected to support the recruitment of staff for the new college, alongside the transfer of current staff from the smaller Putney Vale school, which will be closing with the opening of Thomas's College.

This role will be based at the college in Richmond, and will involve occasional travel to the group's HR office in Battersea.

"Applications invited from experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic HR professionals. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a flourishing, innovative environment," reads the listing.

Senior Bookkeeper – £26,000-£30,000

AMS Office is Looking to expand our fast-growing practice with an enthusiastic and experienced Bookkeeper/ Accounts Assistant.

The successful applicant will have responsibility for the production of VAT returns, CIS return calculations and submissions, updating its own and clients cloud based accounting software and assisting other staff with the production of end of year financial statements.

Clients will typically be small limited companies with turnovers of between £100k and £3m, from a variety of industries.

Responsibilities include:

  • Bookkeeping
  • Management of incomplete records
  • Preparation of VAT returns and filing with HMRC
  • Preparing interim management accounts, to include a P&L and Balance sheet
  • Resolving technical queries
  • Assisting in the planning and management of workflow
  • Building and maintaining client relationships
  • Ensuring that work is completed on time and within budget
  • Meeting and exceeding statutory and client deadlines
  • Providing the client with efficient and effective client service at all times
  • CIS calculations and return submissions
  • Updating desktop and cloud-based accounting software

Candidate skills and experience:

  • Minimum 2 years' experience within a UK general accountancy practice environment, covering ledger work, journals and balance sheet reconciliations
  • Proficient in Excel
  • Experience with QuickBooks, Xero, Sage and VT useful
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Outstanding organisational skills
  • Ability to work to deadlines and manage a diverse portfolio of clients
  • Someone who takes pride in their work and in offering a first-class service
  • Comfortable working within a fast-paced working environment
  • Team player
  • Self-starter, proactive and capable of using own initiative
  • Problem solving
  • Self-management, able to manage their time effectively to meet long term goals set by management and directors

Senior Accountant – £40,000 - £50,000

AMS Office requires an experienced Senior Accountant who has both exceptional interpersonal skills as well as substantial technical knowledge and the dedication to excel within its forwarding thinking firm.

In this varied role, success applicants will become responsible for a for a wide variety of clients, predominantly producing year end accounts, interim management accounts, corporation tax computations and returns and personal tax computations and returns, but sometimes needing to 'get their hands dirty' with bookkeeping, VAT, and CIS matters.

Clients will typically be small limited companies, partnerships and sole traders with turnovers ranging from £100k to £3m, from a variety of industries.

Responsibilities include:

  • Preparing annual statutory accounts for companies, sole traders, partnerships, LLP and Charity clients
  • Preparing interim management accounts, to include a P&L and Balance sheet
  • Visiting clientsMeeting all statutory and client deadlines as well as exceeding them
  • Preparing tax computations (corporate and personal)
  • To perform our own review and completion procedures, as well as attending the final client meeting and ensuring clients have received the final accounts and any opening balance adjustments
  • Supervising and reviewing work carried out by more junior members of staff
  • To oversee and contribute to the overall development of the less experienced members of the accounts team ensuring they are developed to their maximum potential
  • Assisting in the planning and management of the workflow
  • Building and maintaining client relationships
  • Ensuring that all work is completed on time and within budget
  • Providing the client with efficient and effective client service at all times

Candidate skills and experience:

  • Recognised accountancy qualification or qualified by experience
  • Minimum three years' experience, within a UK general accountancy practice environment, covering ledger work, month end journals and balance sheet reconciliations
  • Proficient in accounting software and Excel
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Outstanding organisational skills
  • Ability to work to deadlines and manage a diverse portfolio of clients
  • Someone who takes pride in their work and in offering a first class service
  • Ability to lead by example
  • Work efficiently in order to complete targets and meet deadlines
  • Comfortable working within a fast paced working environment;
  • Team player;
  • Self-starter, using own initiative and is proactive;
  • Problem solving;
  • Self-management, able to manage their time effectively to meet long term goals set by senior levels or management and directors.

Teaching Assistant - £100 daily

A great School in Twickenham is looking for an experienced Teaching assistant to start as soon as possible within the specialist Autism Provision. This role is full time until at least July 2024 working with autistic children within the provision.

  • One to one and small group work
  • Enthusiastic and friendly Teaching Assistant
  • Experience and knowledge of the autistic spectrum essential
  • Long term Teaching Assistant role to start as soon as possible
  • PECS and/or Makaton desirable
  • Team Teach desirable

The successful applicant will be working in a medium-sized school with a large and well-resourced SEN provision. They have a number of statemented pupils who will require 1:1 support.

Previous training in alternative communication techniques such as PECS or Makaton would be advantageous to the role but not essential. It would also be desirable if applicants were to have Team Teach certification which we offer training for.

If interested and available for this Autism Teaching Assistant role to start as soon as possible in a Twickenham School, please send your CV for consideration and we will be in touch to discuss in more detail if your experience matches the school's criteria.

     

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