Finance and Operations Manager
Enhance Academy Trust, Bradford, BD1 4DY17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
From 01/09/2026 or as soon as possible after
Closing date
31 August 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Contract: Permanent Location: Central Team, with travel across Trust schools as required Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week, All year round
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £47,181-£50,269
What skills and experience we're looking for
Finance & Operations Manager - Enhance Academy Trust
NJC Grade 11 SCP 36-39
Actual Salary:£47,181-£50,269
Contract:Permanent
Location:Central Team, with travel across Trust schools as required, Unit 7, The Office Campus, Paragon Business Park, Red Hall Ct, Wakefield WF1 2UY
Hours:Full time, 37 hours per week,All year round
Closing date:31st August 2026
Interviews:4th September 2026.
Make a Difference Across Our Trust
Enhance Academy Trust is seeking an experienced and proactiveFinance & Operations Managerto join our Central Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a finance professional who is passionate about supporting education and making the best use of resources to deliver excellent outcomes for children and young people.
Working closely with the Chief Financial Officer, you will play a key role in leading the Trust's finance operations, driving continuous improvement, ensuring compliance, and providing strategic financial support across our academies.
What We're Looking For
We are looking for a highly organised and motivated individual with excellent financial management expertise and strong leadership skills.
What the school offers its staff
Why join Enhance Academy Trust?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a successful and forward-looking academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
As a Trust, we have developed a range of employee benefits. Here are just a few examples:
Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
Physical and mental health support from a team of experienced nurses, counsellors, therapists, physiotherapists, consultants plus NHS GPs and private medical services.
GP consultations with experienced NHS doctors are available for our employees and members of their household, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and prescriptions (which have to paid for) can be delivered to local chemists.
Free annual flu jab
Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
A paid annual Wellbeing Day – a time for you to use the day for an activity which promotes your own individual health and wellbeing.
Wherever possible, PPA at home for teachers.
Safeguarding Statement
Enhance Academy Trust is committed to ensuring the actions we take, keep children safe and protect them from harm in all aspects of their school life. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils. The actions that we take to prevent harm, to promote well-being, to create safe environments, to respond to specific issues and vulnerabilities all form part of the safeguarding responsibilities of the Trust. We recognise our moral and statutory responsibility and make every effort to provide a safe environment underpinned by a culture of openness where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe they are being listened to.
Enhance Academy Trust is committed to ensuring the actions we take, keep children safe and protect them from harm in all aspects of their school life. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils. The actions that we take to prevent harm, to promote well-being, to create safe environments, to respond to specific issues and vulnerabilities all form part of the safeguarding responsibilities of the Trust. We recognise our moral and statutory responsibility and make every effort to provide a safe environment underpinned by a culture of openness where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe they are being listened to.
To view our Safeguarding and Child protection policy please visit the school website.
To view our Recruitment of Ex-Offenders policy please click on the following link Enhance Academy Trust - Policies
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Enhance Academy Trust has an absolute commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS. The Trust values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Enhance Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- ruby.pert@enhanceacad.org.uk
Enhance Academy Trust is a Church of England Multi-Academy Trust comprising of sixteen primary schools located across Wakefield, Barnsley and Kirklees and a post 16 performing arts free school.
The Trust works very closely with its academies and encourages them to help each other whilst at the same time allowing them a reasonable amount of autonomy. It has kept to this model whilst expanding and wants to continue to follow similar principles in the future.
Our vision is to deliver improved educational outcomes and learning skills to enable our young people to live well in the world around them. We also aim to allow our academy leaders and staff to develop the individual character of our academies so they can best serve their local communities.
Arranging a visit to Enhance Academy Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ruby.pert@enhanceacad.org.uk.
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