Join Our Leadership Team: School Business Manager Opportunity

Buxton Community School, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9EA

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  1 June 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  13 May 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: £47,653.00 - £51,296.00 Annually (FTE)

Join Our Leadership Team: School Business Manager Opportunity job summary

This is more than just a business management role—it’s your chance to shape the future of a thriving, high-achieving secondary school in the heart of the stunning Peak District.

Following the retirement of our longstanding SBM, we’re looking for an experienced, emotionally intelligent leader who is passionate about supporting education through strong financial stewardship, operational excellence, and strategic vision. Whether you're already in a school business leadership role or bring high-level experience from another complex setting, we want to hear from you.

In This Role, You Will:

• Be a key driver of strategic development, working alongside the Headteacher and Governing Body to shape the future of our school.
• Oversee finance, HR, compliance, and operational support, ensuring every pound and process supports great teaching and student outcomes.
• Lead and inspire teams that deliver essential services, playing a crucial role in the daily success of our school community.
• Partner with the Embark Trust Central Team, accessing expert support and professional networks through our SBM Hub and trust-wide development programmes.

Who You Are:

• A strategic thinker and skilled problem-solver, with a background in financial or operational leadership (school experience preferred but not essential).
• People-focused and emotionally intelligent, with a calm, confident approach to leading others through change and challenge.
• An advocate for collaboration, flexibility, and innovation—ready to contribute fresh ideas to a senior team that’s driving real impact.

What We Offer:

• A varied, rewarding leadership role with real purpose
• A school culture built on trust, integrity, teamwork, and success
• A strong commitment to professional growth, supported by Embark Federation’s expert network
• Excellent benefits, including:
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Wellbeing Platform
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A personalised plan to help you achieve your aspirations

At Buxton Community School, we are not just educating young people—we are building futures. Come and help us lead with purpose, passion, and pride.

Thank you for your interest in this exciting opportunity—we look forward to welcoming a new leader to our vibrant school community

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 are not accepted.

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.

About Buxton Community School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1069 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Buxton Community School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/buxton-community-school-buxton

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