Purchase Ledger Clerk
| Posting date: | 23 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2026 |
| Location: | Lincoln, Not recorded, LN5 8RE |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8d32d7be-4472-49ae-a62b-c8a2a429025d |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a professional, confident, numerate and well organised individual to join our Finance Team within the Priory Federation of Academies as a Purchase Ledger Clerk. This role is responsible for raising purchase orders, confirming goods received, entering purchase invoices and dealing with purchase related queries using a fully integrated accounting package. Please see job description for further details.
The role will involve providing financial support to the Academies and working alongside the wider Finance and Central Service Teams. Applicants are to have experience of Microsoft applications, including Word, Outlook and Excel.
We are looking for candidates with a genuine interest in a career in finance. Applicants are to have achieved grade A*-C in both GCSE English and Math or equivalent.
What the school offers its staff
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, is an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.
As well as annual salary progression within the advertised range, we also offer the following benefits:
• Excellent employer pension contribution
• Wellbeing benefits, including discounted gym membership and offers at local gyms, registration on various discount platforms, including Discount for Teachers (inclusive of support staff).
• Free onsite parking at all academy sites
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free eye examination and discount on glasses
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We are seeking to appoint a professional, confident, numerate and well organised individual to join our Finance Team within the Priory Federation of Academies as a Purchase Ledger Clerk. This role is responsible for raising purchase orders, confirming goods received, entering purchase invoices and dealing with purchase related queries using a fully integrated accounting package. Please see job description for further details.
The role will involve providing financial support to the Academies and working alongside the wider Finance and Central Service Teams. Applicants are to have experience of Microsoft applications, including Word, Outlook and Excel.
We are looking for candidates with a genuine interest in a career in finance. Applicants are to have achieved grade A*-C in both GCSE English and Math or equivalent.
What the school offers its staff
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, is an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.
As well as annual salary progression within the advertised range, we also offer the following benefits:
• Excellent employer pension contribution
• Wellbeing benefits, including discounted gym membership and offers at local gyms, registration on various discount platforms, including Discount for Teachers (inclusive of support staff).
• Free onsite parking at all academy sites
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free eye examination and discount on glasses
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.