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Chief Finance and Operations Officer
Mowbray Education Trust Limited, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0PB19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
November 2025
Closing date
26 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £82,179.00 - £89,487.00 Annually (FTE)
Chief Finance and Operations Officer job summary
The CFOO will play a pivotal role in leading the strategic direction of the Trust’s financial and operational functions. They will develop and implement efficient procedures to support resource management and the delivery of our Trust strategy.
The successful candidate will oversee financial planning, monitoring, reporting, and compliance, ensuring that the Trust meets all legal, financial, and regulatory requirements.
As a member of the Executive Team, the CFOO will contribute to the strategic direction and oversight of the Trust, sharing collective responsibility for its overall performance and success with the overarching purpose of supporting the achievement of excellence in pupil outcomes.
Mowbray Education Trust (MET) is a collaborative family of eight schools and a preschool setting, educating over 3,500 pupils and employing more than 550 staff across Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. Our schools span from Early Years to Post-16 and serve a range of communities - from small village primary schools to large secondary schools in towns serving areas with considerable socio-economic challenges - united by a shared mission: Children First.
We are committed to delivering high-quality teaching and learning with integrity, ensuring that every child, regardless of background or ability, achieves their full potential.
Application and Interview Process:
Please contact Anna Butler (Executive Lead for People and Development) on the email address below for an informal conversation about the role or to arrange a visit.Mowbray Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts early if sufficient applications are received.
Mowbray Education Trust embraces and welcomes diversity and equality.
Mowbray Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working within the Trust to share this commitment. All roles are subject to full pre-employment safeguarding checks, including an Enhanced DBS with Barred List check.
Mowbray Education Trust ~ Children first
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Mowbray Education Trust Limited
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Mowbray Education Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) serving the interests of over 3,000 young people, with a dedicated team of over 500 staff members. We believe that education should not only be accessible but also relatable, and that is why we are so proud to be an integral part of our local communities. Our cluster model comprises of feeder primary schools working with their local secondary. This enables us to make sense of curriculum, transition arrangements and to build meaningful and effective relationships with families over time while educating, inspiring, and nurturing the talent of children throughout their time with us. Our original cluster is in the Melton Mowbray area and consists of six primary schools and John FerneleyCollege. Our second and newest cluster is being established in the Shepshed and Loughborough area,and currently consists of our second secondary school, Iveshead, which also brings post 16 education to our Trust.
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