Business Manager

Carlton Colville Primary School, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8DG

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  20 October 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  29 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,699 - £40,777 FTE

Business Manager job summary

Tel: 01502 572682

Email: mrs.everett-day@carltoncolvilleprimary.co.uk

Website: https://carltoncolville.suffolk.sch.uk/suffolk/primary/carltoncolville 

Headteacher: Oz Sparks

NOR: 3-11 years

• Salary - £33,699 - £40,777 FTE (dependant on relevant experience)
• Permanent
• Full Time
• 37 hours per week (M-F)
• Term Time plus 3 weeks
• Required asap

Come and join our school family

At Carlton Colville Primary School, we’re proud to be a friendly, inclusive and ambitious community where every child is encouraged to shine. With the up-coming retirement of our long-serving Business Manager, we are looking for an organised, approachable and proactive Business Manager to manage all aspects of our busy finances, including the responsibility of setting the school budget, alongside the Senior Management Team and ensuring the HR and payroll operations run smoothly.

This is a key role at the heart of our school, working closely with school leaders to make sure everything behind the scenes runs just as well as the learning in our classrooms.

What the role involves

As our Business Manager, you will:

• Be a key part of our small, friendly office team, ensuring everything runs efficiently and with a smile.
• Manage the school’s finances — from budgeting and monitoring expenditure to producing reports and ensuring we meet all statutory requirements.
• Manage HR administration, including recruitment, staff records and payroll liaison.
• Keep accurate records and ensure we follow data protection and safeguarding procedures.
• Be a welcoming first point of contact for parents, staff, governors and visitors.
• Support the Headteacher and governors with accurate financial forecasting and planning.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has experience in financial management (school experience would be an advantage).
• Is highly organised and able to juggle multiple priorities.
• Has great attention to detail and accuracy.
• Is confident with IT, including finance systems.
• Understands (or is willing to learn) school finance regulations.
• Communicates clearly and warmly with a wide range of people.
• Can work calmly under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Handles confidential information with care and discretion.
• Brings a positive, can do attitude and a commitment to our school values.

If you think this sounds like the perfect role for you, we’d love to meet you. School visits are strongly encouraged. For more details, to arrange a visit, please contact the Business Manager, Mrs Everett-Day either via email - mrs.everett-day@carltoncolvilleprimary.co.uk or telephone 01502 572682. 

How to apply

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download a copy of our support staff application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button and you will be redirected to our website.

Completed application should be emailed to Kay Everett-Day - mrs.everett-day@carltoncolvilleprimary.co.uk

Closing date:  20 October 2025, 12 noon

Interview date:   23 / 24 October 2025

Carlton Colville Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Carlton Colville Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 375 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Carlton Colville Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/carlton-colville-primary-school

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