Finance & Human Resources Manager

Stanley Green Infant Academy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 3AA

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Term Time 39 weeks plus 15 additional days 30 hours per week Working Hours: Our normal office opening hours are 08:30am-16:30pm Mon-Thurs, 08:30am-16:00pm Friday, (flexibility of working pattern to suit the right candidate)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade I SCP28-31 £39,152- £41,771 pro rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

Stanley Green Infant Academy is a popular and forward-thinking school and nursery that promotes a values-based and inclusive ethos to ensure quality first teaching for all children. It is our mission to promote a lifelong ‘Love for learning, Love for Life’!

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated Finance & HR Manager to lead our professional and friendly Admin and Site team. This is a key post maintaining the school’s Budgets and Finance, whilst providing Financial and HR support to the Headteacher and Governing Body

We are looking for someone who:

• Is an enthusiastic team player with strong business, financial, HR and resource management
• Has experience of preparing budgets, budget monitoring and forecasting the year end outturn
• Holds a relevant accounting qualification or School Business Management qualification, with membership of a relevant professional body
• Can confidently manage secure, accurate financial data using school specific and standard software.
• Has proven experience of managing financial systems, ideally in education.
• Has a flair for operational management and strategic thinking
• Is proactive and forward thinking and will be able to support the school in its continual drive for improvement
• Is able to support the Headteacher and Governing body with financial reporting and attend meetings
• Has experience of working in a school environment
• Has experience of premises management

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Strong understanding of school budgets, accounting and financial compliance
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• High levels of self-motivation and organisational skills
• Ability to plan and prioritise a busy workload
• Commitment to high standards of work performance
• Ability to lead, support and motivate a team
• Ability to work well with a team
• Ability to be pro-active and solution focused, with attention to detail
• Willingness to participate fully in the life of the school
• Creativity and competence in using ICT and other media
• Knowledge of the Academy Trust Handbook
• Proven experience of Payroll and HR processes and compliance
• Secure knowledge of school business systems
• Good knowledge of DfE and HMRC statutory reporting and returns

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• A friendly and supportive working environment
• A commitment to ongoing continuing professional development
• Opportunities for career progression
• One wellbeing day per year
• Access to free health and wellbeing services

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

For further information or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Francesca Perry on 01202 778181 or e-mail finance@stanleygreen.co.uk

Closing date: 3rd November 2025

Interviews: 6th/7th November 2025

Commitment to safeguarding

Stars Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The appointment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check and rigorous safeguarding checks of shortlisted candidates background credentials, including online searches. Searches will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted.

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About Stanley Green Infant Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 222 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stanley Green Infant Academy website
• Email address: finance@stanleygreen.co.uk
• Phone number: 01202 778181
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stanley-green-infant-academy

Stanley Green Infant Academy is a popular and forward thinking school and nursery that promotes a values-based and inclusive ethos to ensure quality first teaching for all children. It is our mission to promote a lifelong ‘Love for learning, Love for Life’!

Arranging a visit to Stanley Green Infant Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email finance@stanleygreen.co.uk.

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