School Business Manager

St Vincents Catholic Primary School, Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 2TX

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  20 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,597 - £35,412 per annum pro rata

School Business Manager job summary

We will consider both full time and part time working hours for the right candidate.

At St Vincent’s Catholic Primary, we are seeking to appoint a skilled and highly motivated School Business Manager to join our team of dedicated professionals. We would like to hear from candidates who feel they can demonstrate the characteristics and skills we are looking for and hold the relevant experience to meet the demands of this important role.

Job overview

You will contribute to the strategic development of the school: taking a lead role in finances, premises management and administration.  Working directly with the Headteacher,  you will manage budgets and procurement strategies as well as oversee the day-to-day running of the school’s business functions.

Job requirements

• Ability to meet deadlines and targets set by the school’s leadership team
• Excellent ICT skills (Microsoft packages) 
• Experience of finance systems and procedures 
• A working knowledge of Management Information Systems – such as ARBOR 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills (written and spoken)
• Experience of working in a busy school or office environment

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.

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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 St Vincents Catholic Primary School, Newcastle

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 209 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Vincents Catholic Primary School, Newcastle website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-vincents-catholic-primary-school-newcastle

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