Business Partner

Peterborough Diocese Education Trust, Northampton, NN4 7YD

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2026

• Closing date

  1 May 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  14 April 2026

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: £33,699.00 - £35,412.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale, Grade I22 to I24

Business Partner job summary

We are looking for a Business Partner to join our award-winning central team! The environment is fast paced and always changing, presenting an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join the team and make a real difference to how schools manage finances in the future.

At PDET, our core vision is for every child within our Trust, to experience an excellent education and realise their God-given potential to flourish. The role of a Business Partner at PDET is essential to this, to provide high quality financial and commercial advice, support and control to our schools, ensuring the effective allocation of resources and funding, to contribute to overall school and pupil success.

Whilst this role is part of the Business Partnering team, the main stakeholders will be the leadership team (normally the Headteacher / Principal) at each allocated school. A BP will be able to provide support and challenge to schools, preparing the management accounts, ensuring IMP Planner (Budget software) is up to date, ensuring the month-end process is complete and ultimately holding schools to account for their budget, balancing financial sustainability with delivering the best outcomes for children. You will be joining an effective team already in place.

About PDET Business Partnering 
PDET’s Business Partnering Team consists of 8 people, with 6 BPs reporting into 2 Regional Business Partners (RBP).

As a Trust of 36 primary schools, we educate over 6000 children. A number of our schools are very small, and this means we need to be smart with the resources we have at our disposal. Recruiting roles like this provides PDET with the best tools to support all our schools, all our staff and all our children.

Please see the attached Job Description for more details about the responsibilities and specifications of this role.
Role details
This is a full-time role but the number of weeks per year is negotiable. We offer Hybrid working.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications, so please do not delay in applying if you feel you have the suitable skills and experience to make real change! For an initial discussion about the role please contact Melanie Smith, Head of Finance.

PDET is committed to the protection and safety of all its pupils and staff. All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Applications must be complete in full, with all gaps identified. CVs will not be accepted.

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

PDET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All new staff with the Trust will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and all other safeguarding requirements in accordance with DfE legislation.

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 Peterborough Diocese Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/peterborough-diocese-education-trust

Peterborough Diocese Education Trust (PDET) is a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) that was created in 2014 to be the ‘home for church schools’. It is currently made up of 33 academies; 30 academies are in Northamptonshire, one in Rutland and one in Peterborough.

Our primary academies deliver education to 6000 children of all faiths and none. Many of our staff would not describe themselves as regular church attenders, however, they feel that they are able to subscribe to the values that we consider important to achieving outstanding education within a distinctly Christian ethos.

We believe children flourish in our schools if the adults are flourishing. Therefore, supporting and developing our staff is a key priority. We regard this as a strength of our Trust.

We believe in the infinite worth of each person: children deserve the very best education and staff deserve support to deliver this.

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