Finance and Contract Manager
Harbour Learning Trust, Grimsby, DN41 7QD7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
12 December 2025 at 11am
Date listed
5 December 2025
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
- £46,142.00 - £50,269.00 Annually (Actual)
Finance and Contract Manager job summary
Our Fantastic Five Values
D - Harbour children deserve joyful (delight)schools that ignite creativity and learning through play. We invest in colleagues to ensure success and promote lifelong well-being for everyone.
A - We recruit the best colleagues and nurture talent in safe environments, inspiring our children to strive for excellence (ambition). By learning from the best, we improve and give back to our communities.
N - Harbour schools are rooted in care, valuing respect and empathy (nurture). We create supportive environments where children and colleagues thrive, preparing them for the future.
C - We promote pride, inclusion, and civic responsibility, celebrating diversity and community. Colleagues will experience belonging through collaboration, well-being, and continuous development.
E - Success comes when colleagues are empowered to innovate, take risks, and learn from failure. At Harbour, we encourage creativity and collaboration, helping both children and colleagues achieve their goals.
Our Magnificent Seven Behaviors
We will act with integrity, honesty and transparency in all that we do
We will trust our fellow professionals and value their skills and knowledge
We will work collaboratively and encourage others to do the same
We will work inclusively, building and celebrating inclusive and diverse communities
We will be kind to ourselves and in all our dealings with others, acting with compassion and empathy
We will communicate regularly and with clarity with our stakeholders and with each other, welcoming and reflecting on constructive feedback from others
We will be aspirational for all, wanting the best for ourselves and for everyone
We are ambitious, caring, kind, inclusive and excited about our future as part of the Harbour Learning Trust family of Schools.
Job title: Finance & Contracts Manager
Location: Harbour Learning Trust , Low Road, Healing, North East Lincolnshire, DN41 7QD
Contract: Permanent/All Year Round
Salary Scale: P03a Point 35-39
Interview date: Wednesday 17th December 2025
Start date: Monday 5th January 2026
About the TrustHarbour Learning Trust is a growing Multi-Academy Trust committed to delivering high-quality education through strong leadership, collaboration, and robust governance. We place financial sustainability and best value at the heart of our mission to ensure our academies thrive and continue to serve their local communities effectively.
The RoleWe are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Trust Finance and Contracts Manager to join our central finance team. Reporting directly to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Finance Business Partner (FBP), this strategically significant role will provide high-quality financial leadership and operational support across all academies within the Trust.
The post-holder will lead on financial planning, budget setting, management accounts, forecasting, financial compliance, contracts management, procurement, and financial risk management. This role is central to ensuring strong financial governance, value for money, and long-term sustainability across the Trust.
Key Duties Include:
Budget setting, forecasting, and financial modeling
Monthly management accounts and variance analysis
Financial systems development and reporting
Contracts management, procurement, and tendering
Financial governance, audit, and statutory compliance
Line management of Finance staff
Supporting Principals and senior leaders with financial strategy
The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
Significant experience within education, public sector, or regulated finance environments
Proven leadership in budgeting, forecasting, and management accounting
Strong understanding of academy finance, governance, and compliance frameworks
Experience of contracts management and procurement
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
The ability to combine strong technical expertise with strategic insight
If you think this could be you then please apply !
We always offer the opportunity to discuss our roles and visit our Trust before you apply.
For further information, please contact: grimsby.hr@harbourlearningtrust.com
Harbour Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, the Trust carries out an online search as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates. References taken up upon interview.
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.
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