School Business Manager
Lime Academy Hartwell, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0EZ23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
11 August 2025 at 9am
Date listed
18 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £47,754.00 - £50,788.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Points 38-41, 36 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
School Business Manager job summary
Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 9 schools over 11 locations across Luton, Peterborough and the London Boroughs of Havering and Waltham Forest. We have grown to include four primary schools and five special schools, with 2500 pupils and over 760 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure that:
Learners are safe and enjoy learning
Everyone feels included, respected, and valued
An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood
Employee potential is recognised and invested in
The Trust’s vision is to provide high quality education for learners through school-to-school collaboration, Trust direction, high challenge and high support. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do.
We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure. The Trust has also added an additional week closure making the school holidays 14 weeks per academic year.
Overview of the role:
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to:
Work as part of the Senior Leadership Team to assist the Headteacher in his/her duty to ensure that the school meets its educational aims
Be responsible for providing professional leadership and management of non-teaching school support staff, to enhance their effectiveness to achieve improved standards of learning and achievement in the school
Model good practice when using different methods for communicating effectively with colleagues and stakeholders
Promote the highest standards and business ethos within the administrative function of the school and strategically ensure the most effective use of resources in support of the school’s learning objectives
Be responsible for the administration management; facility and property management; health and safety management of the school
Be the critical link between the school and the regional hub teams for Finance, HR and ICT support whose role it is to support the schools with these key functions
The successful candidate will have excellent attention to detail, be proactive and confident working with people. The successful candidate will also demonstrate:
Experience of working at a strategic level in organisation
Experience of Business and Financial Management
Practical experience of using ICT systems to deliver results
A proven record of managing projects and achieving results
Experience of Business Planning
Experience of working in a team and promoting good practices to move organisation forward
A commitment to the vision and values of the Trust, alongside a collaborative and effective partnership working style will enable you to fulfil this role.
You will be a highly motivated practitioner who is committed to implementing significant and sustained improvements across the schools and the wider Trust, who is enthusiastic to see all of our learners’ flourish in a safe, secure and welcoming learning environment.
For more information about the role, please see the attached Job Description.
We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure.
Applications will be reviewed as submitted and candidates could be called for interview prior to the closing date.
Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed. Please contact Laura Fisher Head of Business on laura.fisher@limetrust.org to discuss the role further or to arrange a visit.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References will be taken up before appointment.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Lime Academy Hartwell
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- Up to 120 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lime Academy Hartwell website
School location
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