Multi-Site School Business Manager

Oatlands Infant School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8BT

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £38,510.00 - £41,177.00 Annually (FTE) £10,708 - £11,449 per annum (actual) based on 12 hours per week (2 days) up to £33,015 to 35,301 per annum (actual) based on full-time working (5 days) Term Time Only Plus 2 weeks

Multi-Site School Business Manager job summary

Multi-Site School Business Manager

Permanent, 2 to 5 days per week (12 - 37 hours)

Flexible Working Pattern for the Right Candidate

NJC Grade J, SCP26-SCP29

£10,708 - £11,449 per annum (actual) based on 12 hours per week (2 days) up to £33,015 to 35,301 per annum (actual) based on full-time working (5 days) Term Time Only Plus 2 weeks

Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust is a cross-phase multi academy trust. Currently of twelve schools, one secondary and eleven primaries, which includes a mix of both Church of England and community schools, based in and around Harrogate and Craven. With an underpinning mission of “ambition, learning and enrichment for all,” our schools deliver high-quality education through rich and broad learning experiences that enable pupils to flourish.

We are seeking a School Business Manager who has high levels of initiative and motivation, who can effectively work as part of the Central Trust Team providing operational and strategic support to Headteachers, Senior Teams and the Trust to ensure our schools meet their educational aims and objectives, taking specific responsibility day to day for school finance, HR, health and safety and site management.

The successful candidate will have Oatlands Infant School, Harrogate as their primary base school, but will also be expected to work across other schools within the Trust. The role creates opportunities to lead on a wide range of areas, allowing the postholder to use their extensive experience of working in a business management environment, to do so.

Why Join Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust

We recognise that our staff are central to our success and offer a supportive and collaborative working environment. Benefits include:

• A positive, friendly, positive and supportive staff culture 

• 25 days' annual leave (rising to 34 days with service) plus bank holidays (pro rata)

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme

• Free, onsite parking at most locations

• Access to training and professional development opportunities

• Flexible working approach where possible

• Access to a wider range of employee benefits

  For further information about our Trust, please visit the website www.ycst.co.uk

  Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and young people. We have a robust Child Protection Policy, and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment with the Trust. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children. 

  An online search may be undertaken for shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

  Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity.

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.

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.

About Oatlands Infant School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 269 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Oatlands Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oatlands-infant-school

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