Finance Business Partner
Minerva Learning Trust, Sheffield, S9 1XU9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
26 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 52 working weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £47,181 to £51,356
What skills and experience we're looking for
-Excellent interpersonal skills
-Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
-Perform duties with accuracy and attention to detail
-The ability to motivate others
What the school offers its staff
Who We Are
Minerva Learning Trust is an educational charity that has the single objective ‘to advance education for public benefit’. As such:
- The Trust is legally accountable for the education of every child, the professional performance of every employee and the health and safety of the working environment
- The workforce is a single “faculty of education” who worktogether even though their places of work are located ondifferent school sites
- The Board of Trustees, who are appointed by the Members, are thegoverning body of the Trust. Every other governance groupis a sub-committee, including Local Governing Bodies
- The CEO is the Accountable Officer
The Trust was established in October 2014 with the vision of providing outstanding education for students from a wide variety of backgrounds across Sheffield.
During 2017/2018, the Trust united four secondary schools to establish a strong partnership, supporting the teaching and learning of approximately 5,500 students.
In September 2020, Chapeltown Academy converted to academy status with Minerva, enhancing post-16 provision in the north of the city. This growth continued in September 2021, when Woodthorpe Primary School became the Trust’s first primary school, marking the beginning of an exciting expansion into the primary phase.
In 2024, the Trust merged with another Derbyshire-based trust, adding three primary schools and one secondary school with post-16 provision. This expansion significantly increased our student population to 7,500, further strengthening our commitment to delivering high-quality education across all phases.
As a growing Sheffield and North Derbyshire-based Multi-Academy Trust, we believe that we are stronger together. Each school within the Trust has its own unique strengths, and we celebrate their diverse qualities. We are passionate about ensuring all students experience a happy and fulfilling education, reaching their full potential.
Minerva Learning Trust is led by Chief Executive Officer Bev Matthews and Chair of the Trust Board, John Doyle. Bev is an experienced Headteacher and School Improvement Leader, while John is an experienced Governor, having previously served as a senior leader in the local authority.
The Trust employs just over 1000 staff across our schools and central services and we are committed to providing career opportunities and professional development which allows people to make a positive contribution to the delivery of our vision.
What We Do
Our aim is to deliver an outstanding education for all students, staff and stakeholders.
We do this through an ethos of collegiality, placing students at the centre of all that we do. We are an inclusive Trust; our students show a high level of care for each other and respect each other’s diversity. We do not allow disadvantage to be a barrier to learning and we support all our students to be the very best.
Why We Exist
As a Trust, our mission, vision and values are central toour workand are the driving force behind allthat we do. Our vision of Working Together, Learning Together and Outstanding Together is underpinned by our core values of Inclusion, Independence, Respect and Success. Through our values we foster an ethos of collegiality, we ensure inclusion is at the heart of all we do, and we work hard to ensure that every child succeeds, no matter what their background or circumstance.
We recognise that the commitment and care shown by all our staff is fundamental to the success of our young people. As such, we work hard to ensure that staff are supported, encouraged, developed, respected, and listened to within an enjoyable and rewarding working environment. Our culture is one of professional trust, respect, honesty and integrity and we want our staff and students to work and learn within an environment that enables them to flourish and to work at their best.
Our Mission, Vision, Values and Beliefs Our Schools
We are very proud of all our schools. Each school serves a very different community within Sheffield, which contributes toward the inclusive nature of the Trust and is something we are very proud of.
The benefits of this means that we have schools in close proximity to each other which provides huge opportunities for staff and students alike to work with and learn from each other. No school is seen as the lead school and every school within the Trust is expected to be a ‘giver’ and ‘receiver’ of support.
We have a shared set of values and a common mission which ensures that every child receives the education they deserve. Each school within the Trust retains its cultural autonomy but we work together to ensure best practice becomes shared practice.
Each of our schools is led by a Headteacher with a Senior Leadership Team of Deputy and Assistant Headteachers. Headteachers are responsible for the overall success of the school and for developing a professional and effective working relationship with the Local Governing Body.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment, further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website
Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE, the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence.
Applying for the job
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About Minerva Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- recruitment@minervalearningtrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0114 283 8438
Minerva Learning Trust is an expanding Sheffield based multi-academy Trust with a vision of
providing outstanding education for all the students within our schools. The Trust is passionate that
all students should see their time at school as happy and fulfilling with their potential developed to
the utmost. High Storrs School joined the Trust in March 2018.
Arranging a visit to Minerva Learning Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@minervalearningtrust.co.uk.
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