Chief Financial & Operations Officer
Thriftwood School, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8RW13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week Monday-Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £72,394 and £79,574 (inc Fringe Area Allowance) (Negotiable)
Pay scale
- LGPCD Salary Scale 14 + Fringe (negotiable)
Additional allowances
Fringe Area Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
- MAAT, ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent accountancy qualification
- School Business Management qualification (desirable)
- Experience of working in a school/educational setting as Business/Finance manager (desirable)
- Educated to NVQ Level 4
- A record of continuing relevant professional development
- Experience of leading and managing business operations across multiple sites
What the school offers its staff
- An extensive range of training and professional development opportunities
- Support from experienced and dedicated practitioners
- A career pathway progression model with a range of exciting internal career opportunities
- Recognition of achievement
- Direct involvement in wider decision-making
- A fair work/life balance and right to request flexible working from day one
- A highly supportive central team
- A firm commitment to the strengths of equality and diversity
- A sense of cohesion and belonging and opportunity to join cross-Trust groups
- A policy to raise matters of concern
- A Wellbeing Charter offering free counselling support for you and your close family members
Flexible working opportunities
We understand that not everyone wants to work full-time and that life sometimes gets in the way of work commitments. That’s why, at SEAX Trust, we have introduced a number of ways to get round this.
We have a firm belief that working more flexibly is the way forward and one of the ways to attract and retain the very best staff. We offer the right to request a change in your working pattern from the day you first start work; you can make up to two requests each year; we promise to consult you on our decision and we won’t ask you to explain how you think the change could work.
We know you have commitments to young children and elderly relatives and we don’t want this to get in the way of your career. We like to offer as many staff as we can the option of working from home, as a regular part of the job, or as and when they need to. We alsooffer carers an extra week’s unpaid leaveeach year.
We offer sabbaticals for staff development and training, job-shares, flexi-time and, if it’s possible, we’ll let youpop out to see your child’s Christmas Production, too.
We can’t promise that we’ll be able to meet your request, but we will if we can, and wewant you to feel able to ask.
Talk to us at interview about your concerns and we’ll see what we can do.
Further details about the role
SEAX Trust has a very exciting opportunity to appoint a Chief Financial & Operations Officer—a brand new position within SEAX Trust!
The successful candidate will be based within and lead the operational staff within the Trust’s Executive Team, with an opportunity to work flexibly, and will work to support our schools, Trustees and the CEO in terms of the Trust’s next steps for strategic financial and operational development.
This is an exciting time for SEAX, as our brand new provision, The Hawthorns School moves into its permanent building in Chelmsford and the Trust looks forward to welcoming more schools in this phase of growth.
Commitment to safeguarding
The SEAX Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The Headteacher will be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children for whom they are responsible, or with whom they come into contact, in accordance with the Trust’s Safeguarding
Policy. The successful candidate will be required to complete a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) application, medical checks and references.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jobs@seaxtrust.com
CVs are not accepted.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Thriftwood School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 251 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Thriftwood School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@seaxtrust.com
- Phone number
- 01245963006
SEAX is a growing, special school multi-academy trust based in Essex. We currently comprise five schools, serving a range of pupils with either moderate learning, speech & language or SEMH difficulties.
SEAX is a truly great place to work, offering staff a total reward package, excellent CPD opportunities and outstanding support and guidance from highly experienced and dedicated practitioners.
If you would like the opportunity to progress your career with us, we would very much like to hear from you and you can contact us by emailing: jobs@seaxtrust.com
We look forward to meeting you soon.
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