A senior leadership post on the Executive Leadership Team of Endeavour Partnership Trust, a small trust of three primary schools that plans to grow. The role leads finance, estates, digital strategy, compliance and risk, procurement and income generation, reporting to the CEO and working with trustees and headteachers. It is a strategic brief to build systems that stay efficient and proportionate as the trust expands, and it suits a qualified accountant with academy experience that is desirable but not essential. Visa sponsorship is not available, and an enhanced DBS check is required.
What the job involves
- Lead finance across the Trust
- Lead estates and premises
- Lead digital strategy
- Lead compliance and risk
- Lead procurement
- Lead income generation
- Lead wider operational development
- Advise the CEO, trustees and senior leaders on financial and operational matters
- Develop efficient, proportionate and scalable approaches as the Trust grows
- Strengthen the systems, services and infrastructure that support sustainable growth
- Exercise stewardship of public resources
- Build strong working relationships across the Trust's schools
Qualifications
- Qualified accountant
Experience
- Senior experience leading finance and operations
Skills & knowledge
- Strategic judgement combined with understanding of operational delivery
- Credibility to advise a CEO, trustees and senior leaders
- Leadership skills to build relationships across schools
- Understanding of the responsibilities attached to public funding
- Integrity, sound judgement and stewardship of public resources
- Collaborative, solutions-focused approach with attention to detail
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check
- Right to work in the UK
- Satisfactory references
- Online search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education
Nice to have
- Experience in the academy sector
What’s offered
- Senior role with real strategic influence
- Opportunity to help shape a growing Trust
- Close working relationships with the CEO, trustees and headteachers
- Collaborative, supportive and values-led culture
- Visible impact of work across the schools
- Commitment to professional development and continued growth
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