Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools - Finance Project Manager

Scotland
Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools
Part-time | Fixed Term

Summary

We are currently seeking to fill the position of Finance Project Manager.

Detail

Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for a Finance Project Manager to join the Finance Team on a fixed-term contract – available immediately (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks) to August 2025. The role is part-time, working 8.00am-5.00pm three days per week. The successful candidate’s working week totals 24.75 hours and equates to a salary range of £35,304 - £37,851 per annum (ESMS Support Staff L Scale). The role is based across both sites at Ravelston and Queensferry Road, with the opportunity to work from home.

The purpose of the role is to support the delivery of both day-to-day tasks and ad-hoc project work within ESMS's finance function and will include such duties as:

Supporting the Head of Finance in revamping budgeting, reporting, and VAT implementation processes.
Collaborating with various departments to ensure consistency and enhance data, reporting, and management information.
Assisting with developing controls for procurement, refining purchase order processes, and providing ad-hoc support to the Finance team as needed.

The successful candidate will be a part-qualified accountant or one qualified by having at least 5 years of experience, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills that facilitate effective collaboration with stakeholders. They must be self-motivated, possess strong analytical abilities, and be able to work under pressure while meeting tight deadlines.

To learn more about this role, please access the job description provided.

Eligibility

ESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.

Benefits

Staff are offered a range of benefits including: a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies, use of the Schools’ swimming pool and fitness room outside school hours, membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations.

Values

We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.

ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.

All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

In order to apply for the position, applicants must visit https://jobsearch.esms.org.uk/ to submit their application form.

Any enquiries about this position should be directed to the ESMS Recruitment Team at recruitment@esms.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 12pm on Thursday, 17 October.

Interviews will take place as and when suitable applications are received. Due to this, the Recruiting Manager has the right to close the vacancy early if an offer of employment is accepted.

About ESMS

Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant, family of independent schools, for 3-18 year olds, in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education and a co-educational sixth form. At the ESMS family of schools we pride ourselves on our holistic approach to education which means that we place as much emphasis on opportunities and activities outside of the classroom as we do on what happens in class. We offer over 300 clubs and societies as well as wide-ranging opportunities in sport, music and drama, outdoor education, trips and community involvement, all with the intention of helping your child discover their talents, learn or explore something new, have fun and make new friends.

Our Vision is to be a pioneer of rounded education in Edinburgh, giving every child the opportunity to excel.

Our Mission is to develop grounded, resilient, accomplished children, with strong values who go out into the world equipped with everything they need to lead full and happy lives.

Aims

We offer an outstanding, well-rounded education, to a diverse group of children
We take time to build strong relationships and to help our children feel happy, safe and secure so that they thrive emotionally and socially and academically
We provide an unrivalled range of activities outside the classroom, enabling our children to discover and develop their natural talents
We inspire children to aim high and achieve strong academic results
We give children every opportunity to seize and embrace every challenge that life throws at them
Our teachers inspire innovative thinkers with a love of learning that will last a lifetime
Our children develop the confidence to use their voices
Our nine values embed character, inspiring children to develop good hearts, make good decisions and improve the world around them.