Director of Finance (Chief Financial Officer)
Inspire Learning Partnership, Southampton, SO45 1XA20 days remaining to apply
Closing date
24 November 2025 at 11am
Date listed
4 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive
Additional allowances
Competitive
Director of Finance (Chief Financial Officer) job summary
Salary: Competitive (part-time 4 days p/week, flexible hours), Local Government Pension Scheme
Contract: Permanent
Who we are seeking
We are seeking an exceptional Director of Finance (CFO) to join our leadership team at a pivotal point in our journey. With the impending planned retirement of our current postholder, this is an exciting opportunity to shape the next phase of the Trust’s development — strengthening financial strategy, driving sustainability, and supporting future growth.
Working closely with the CEO and Board of Trustees, you will provide strategic leadership across all aspects of financial management, compliance and assurance. You will play a key role in delivering our Vision 2030 and our five Big Moves, ensuring every pound we invest brings maximum value to the children and communities we serve.
We are looking for a qualified finance professional who combines strategic insight with operational excellence. You will have a collaborative, values-driven approach and the ability to influence at all levels. Experience within education, public sector, or charitable contexts would be an advantage, but above all, you will share our commitment to integrity, inclusion and impact.
What's special about our Trust?
At Inspire Learning Partnership, we believe that people are the key to delivering exceptional education for every child. Yes, there are some perks to working in our Trust, but we feel that the most significant one, is that we provide you with an environment where you can do your best work, be listened to, involved and valued. Our people strategy is at the heart of our work across the Trust.
As a member of a small, dynamic central team, you’ll have the chance to shape Trust-wide systems, strengthen partnerships, and contribute to our wider work across IT, procurement and sustainability — helping ensure our schools thrive and our people flourish.
The successful applicant will be warmly welcomed into our Trust partnership and able to access a myriad of opportunities and experiences that will support personal and professional growth. We are research led and psychological safety is an important feature of the approach that we take to staff development and growth within our Trust.
Has this role got your name on it?
If you have any further questions or would like to arrange a tour of the base setting, please contact: rosie.perry@ilpartnership.org
Early application is encouraged as we anticipate significant interest and therefore reserve the right to interview exceptional candidates prior to the closing date.
Our commitment to safeguarding
Inspire Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
An enhanced DBS check is required for all roles in regulated activity. The specific safeguarding responsibilities of this role are outlined within Part One of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025.
Further details concerning our safeguarding policies and procedures, including our statement on the Rehabilitation of Offenders, can be found on the Trust website.
As part of our due diligence and in line with the recommendation made in Keeping Children Safe in Education, the Trust reserves the right to undertake online searches on shortlisted candidates. Further details about our searches can be found within our Recruitment Policy.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
ILP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
An enhanced DBS check is required for all roles in regulated activity. The specific safeguarding responsibilities of this role are outlined within Part One of KCSIE, 2025.
Further details concerning our safeguarding policies and procedures, including our statement on the Rehabilitation of Offenders, can be found on the Trust website.
The Trust reserves the right to undertake online searches on shortlisted candidates. Please read our Recruitment Policy.
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.
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