School Business Manager
Location: Charlton Wood Primary Academy and Fonthill Primary Academy 50:50
Contract: Permanent, Full Time, All Year-Round
Salary: BG12 - BG13 (£41,511 to £48,710 DOE)
Hours: 37 hours p/w, Mon to Fri 08:00 - 16:00
Application Deadline date and Time: Monday 31st March 25 at 9am
Interview Date: Friday 4th April 2025
We're looking for an experienced and forward-thinking School Business Manager to join our friendly teams, overseeing the business operations across two primary schools in North Bristol. This is an essential role supporting our growing Trust.
As our newest School Business Manager, we invite you to lead the integration and alignment of the schools through effective collaboration with the School Leadership Teams to efficiently manage people, finances, and resources. Your role as an operational leader and business manager will be pivotal in ensuring these schools thrive and provide the necessary support for their communities.
To be successful you’ll bring:
• A commitment to improving outcomes for children through effective resource management, financial, human, or otherwise;
• A transferable skillset which enables you to juggle the varied and interesting workload of a School Business Manager integrating and supporting two schools;
• A positive, can-do attitude toward working as a team to address and find solutions for the challenges faced by pupils, staff, and by resources;
• A creative, solution-focused outlook, and the vision and organisational skills to manage with a matrix approach.
At Trust in Learning (Academies), we're on a mission to redefine excellence in education so we're now seeking an exceptional individual to join us and support the agendas for growth and change at Fonthill and Charlton Wood Primary Academies. By taking on this role, you will be at the forefront of helping us challenge the socio-economic barriers to success for children in North Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Your leadership and management will make a tangible difference in the lives of our students and the community as a whole.
Whether you’re an experienced School Business Manager or coming from a leadership role in another field, we’re looking for someone who’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll bring a proven track record of improving financial performance, encouraging new ideas, and setting high standards wherever you go. Your leadership skills and ability to manage projects will be key to your success as you take on this exciting journey with us!
You won't be navigating this path alone! Trust in Learning (Academies) is a dynamic and growing multi- academy trust comprising eight schools, dedicated to nurturing the potential of over four thousand children and young people. Collaboration is at the heart of our vision, and as a School Business Manager, you'll actively contribute to our inter-school initiatives and the continued growth of our Trust. Our School Business Managers work closely and collaboratively with networking meetings and termly in-person collaboration meetings with representatives from the central services.
Join us in an environment that thrives on innovation, inspires excellence, and embraces ambition at every level - from the individual school to the Trust as a whole. At the core of our mission is unwavering
commitment to investing in our people. Are you ready to take the next exciting step in your school business management career and make a real difference? Join us on our transformative journey in education! Apply today, or feel free to reach out for an informal chat or visit to learn more about this opportunity.
Apply and benefit from an environment that will support your development to build a career with TiLA. Please note that in general, full-time site attendance is required of this position, but we try to embrace and enable flexibility wherever we can to recognise and support you to balance your wider personal commitments.
You are required to have a full driving licence as you will be required to drive between the schools within our Trust.
We offer:
• On-site parking
• Eyecare scheme
• Flu jab
• LGPS pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Discount voucher reward scheme
• 25 days holiday (increase to 30 days after five years’ service)
• Family-friendly organisation
• CPD opportunities.
Visits to either or both of the linked schools are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school offices if you would like to arrange and informal visit and ask to speak with the Assistant School Business Managers who will delighted to support your request.
Please complete the application and provide a personal statement of no more than one side of A4 to accompany the completed application form. In the application form and personal statement, you should demonstrate how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification. Please include specific examples which support your application.
Applications must be received before 9am on 31 March 2025. Applications received after this date and time will not be included. Interviews will take place on Friday 7 March 2025. Please note that we reserve the right to amend these timescales depending on the level of interest in the role.
Fluency Duty
The ability to converse at ease with pupils, parents and other users of the service and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.