Chief Finance and Operations Officer

The Pinnacle Learning Trust, Oldham, OL8 1XU

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  The start date is negotiable, however, anticipated to be April 2027

• Closing date

  30 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 November 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: £88,892.00 - £102,609.00 Annually (FTE)

Chief Finance and Operations Officer job summary

Chief Finance and Operations Officer

Salary Range: £88,892 - £102,609 per annum

The start date is negotiable, however, anticipated to be April 2027

An exciting opportunity to shape the future of a growing multi-academy trust.

At The Pinnacle Learning Trust, our vision is to transform the lives of all our young people, underpinned by our values of Belong, Inspire, Challenge and Celebrate. To deliver this ambition, we need strong, innovative and sustainable financial and operational foundations.

We are seeking an ambitious and strategically minded Chief Finance and Operations Officer (CFOO) to join our senior leadership team and play a pivotal role in shaping our future.

As CFOO, you will provide strategic financial leadership, ensuring resources are deployed effectively to support our educational ambitions and deliver the best possible outcomes for our pupils and students.

As a key member of the Executive Team, you will help shape and deliver Trust-wide strategy, drive financial sustainability, champion innovation and operational efficiency, and deputise for the CEO across key areas of responsibility. You will also play a key role in representing the Trust across our academies and wider external networks.

The successful candidate will work closely with the CEO, trustees, academy leaders and central colleagues. You will lead a large, mature, and dedicated central team, encompassing Finance, IT and Estates, based at Oldham Sixth Form College. Their operational excellence provides a solid platform, allowing you to focus on high-level strategic direction, organisational development, and trust-wide improvement.

We are looking for an exceptional finance leader with strategic vision, insight and strong professional expertise. You will be collaborative and influential, able to balance financial responsibility with innovation and ambition, ensuring our resources make the greatest possible difference to the lives of our young people.

If you share our values and are ready to make a meaningful difference, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact the CEO’s PA, Danielle Hunt, at Danielle.Hunt@pinnaclelt.ac.uk, who will be happy to arrange a conversation with the CEO.

The Pinnacle Learning Trust

Proud member of The Pinnacle Learning Trust

We are a locally focused, cross-phase Trust, with a rigorous culture of high aspirations and strong academic performance that will improve the life chances of our young people through an understanding of the communities we serve. Our academies provide high quality inclusive education and an ethos whereby our children and young people learn by example and grow morally and socially.

Our vision for our workforce is one in which diverse, dedicated, skilled and high-performing staff are operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment; enabling everyone to feel valued, respected and encouraged in order to contribute their best to support us in achieving our mission.

Our Trust invests in each member of staff, offering them professional development opportunities, as well as the opportunity to contribute to the development of others via our Research School. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging.

We are delighted to be the winners of the MAT Excellence Award for Wellbeing Trust of the Year 2025, and have been recognised by Edurio for a Trust Value Award in 2025 for the second year running. We offer various health and wellbeing benefits, including an Employee Assistance programme offering counselling, GP and nurse services, physiotherapy, etc.

Read our ‘Join the Pinnacle Learning Trust’ booklet to discover what our trust can offer you.

The Application Deadline is Monday 30 November 2026 at 12 noon

Shortlisting will take place on 1 and 2 December 2026

Interviews will take place on 10 December 2026

To apply please visit our website http://www.pinnaclelearningtrust.org.uk/vacancies and for further information relating to The Pinnacle Learning Trust please visit our website https://www.pinnaclelearningtrust.org.uk/.

Commitment to Safeguarding

The Pinnacle Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The Pinnacle Learning Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.

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 The Pinnacle Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-pinnacle-learning-trust

Head office location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Oldham