Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK
Salary: Grade N SCP40 - 44 £53,051 - £57,372
Contract Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: Sunday, 20th September 2026
Interview Date: 25th September
Expected Working Start Date: As soon as possible
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Is a Shared Job: No
About us
Northern Star Academies Trust
We are a mission-driven Multi-Academy Trust, with an unwavering commitment to nurture learning in a sustainable environment so that our whole community can thrive, aspire and succeed. We offer access to a professional and supportive community of academies, fellow senior leaders, and mentors to help develop and progress your career. Each school in our Trust is unique and all our primary and secondary academies are rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.
Job Description
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- Maternity, Shared Parental, Paternity, and Adoption pay.
- A huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers through our lifestyle benefits provider Vivup.
Desired Criteria
- Recognised school business management qualification
- Recognised health and safety qualification
- Experience of designing business processes to maximise efficiency and effectiveness.
- Knowledge of IT systems relevant to school business management: Arbor, Every, IMP
- An understanding of payroll processes and pay and conditions arrangements in schools
Essential Criteria
- Direct of experience of school business management with responsibility across a full range of business services.
- Experience of working at senior school or trust leadership level, providing advice and support to senior leaders.
- Experience of procurement and effective contract management to secure value for money from contractors.
- A strong understanding of health and safety frameworks in schools, able to provide advice to colleagues on core issues
- A strong understanding of school finance with experience of creating and managing a school budget.
- Knowledge of safeguarding requirements in schools and of requirements for a compliant SCR in particular.
Documents
Contact Details:
Northern Star Academies Trust Central Recruitment Team