School Business Manager

Band H

Full Time 36 hours per week – 40 weeks per year

Required from January 2025

 

Woodchurch Road Academy are looking to appoint a skilled and experienced Business Manager to lead their non-teaching operations. We are looking for a confident, experienced professional, who has a self-driven approach to problem solving and high-level communication, literacy and numeracy skills. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with enthusiasm and drive to join the senior leadership team of a high performing school. The successful post holder will work alongside committed and like-minded colleagues, both in school and as part of the Trust’s wider network of school business professionals. 

 

Our new Business Manager will provide overall strategic leadership and management at school level regarding all aspects of finance, administration, HR, and operational support. The post holder will be our leading support staff professional. In this role, they will provide leadership and management to Woodchurch Road’s non-teaching support staff. They will work within the Trust’s financial framework and maintain a strong relationship with the Trust’s central team to ensure the academy’s business and financial procedures deliver the highest possible standards. 

 

You will be able to work within a collaborative management organisation;

supporting the Senior Leadership Team with sound financial advice and guidance, whilst taking responsibility for your own area of work.  

 

In addition to being a valued member of our fantastic team, we can offer: 

• Permanent contract (following successful 6-month probationary period)
• Annual pay increases on a national pay scale (performance related)
• Pro-rated annual leave of 27 days + bank holidays (rising to 32 days after 5 years’ service) +
  bank holidays  
• An individualised, funded, training plan
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme 
• Annual Flu Jab
• Cycle to Work Scheme

 

How to apply:

Please read our job description and person specification closely. If you think you may be the candidate we are looking for and would like further information, or an informal discussion, please contact Claire Callaghan on email at clairecallaghan@cheshireacademiestrust.co.uk 

 

We would like to offer all potential candidates the opportunity to visit our school and find out more about the role. Visits will take place by appointment, please contact the school to make an appointment on 0151 652 3014 or email schooloffice@woodchurchroad.wirral.sch.uk  

 

To apply for this role please complete the application form and email to clairecallaghan@cheshireacademiestrust.co.uk along with a letter of application (no more than 2 sides A4) detailing your skills, qualifications and experience, aligned to the job description and person specification. We do not accept C.V.’s and will not consider applications submitting a C.V. 

 

Cheshire Academies Trust Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This includes a request for references, prior to interview. Shortlisted candidates are expected to provide evidence of qualifications at interview and a satisfactory, enhanced DBS check will be undertaken before final confirmation to the successful candidate. 

 

We warmly welcome applications from every suitably qualified member of our local community. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on the shortlisting process. If we have not been in touch with you by 5^th December 2024 then, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 

 

Closing Date: Monday 2^nd December 2024 

Interviews: Monday 9^th December 2024 

Closing Date: See above

This post is subject to an Enhanced Level DBS check.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of sex, race or disability.