School Business Support Manager

Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust, Loughton, IG10 3HE

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 December 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: £33,862.00 Annually (Actual) Full time 37hrs per week, 47.2 weeks paid, 2 weeks to be worked in the school closure period.

School Business Support Manager job summary

The Role

Are you an experienced finance or business professional looking to make a meaningful impact in education? We are seeking a School Business Support Manager to provide vital operational and financial support to a group of schools within our Trust. The role is full-time/ 37 hours per week, term-time plus 2 weeks, although part-time will be considered for the right candidate.

In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for the financial management of Trust schools, ensuring they meet their business objectives through robust administration, process improvement, and effective staff management. You will act as a key liaison between Headteachers, the Trust Finance Manager, and school staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Management: Produce budgets and three-year plans, monitor spending, and work with Headteachers to ensure efficiencies and funding solutions.

• Staff Leadership: Supervise central finance staff, manage recruitment and training, and set performance goals to enhance team development.

• Operational Excellence: Lead operational projects, identify process improvements, and analyze financial data to report findings to stakeholders.

• Administrative Oversight: Ensure accurate record-keeping and maintain strict compliance with GDPR and data protection regulations.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain positive working relationships across internal teams and external partners.

About You

We are looking for a candidate who is highly organized, calm under pressure, and committed to the ethos of our schools.

Requirements include:

• Qualifications: NVQ Level 4 or equivalent experience in financial management. A school business Management or accounting qualification would be ideal.

• Skills: Strong numeracy skills with the ability to undertake complex budgetary calculations.

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to negotiate effectively and present complex information.

• Technical Proficiency: Ability to use Google Suite and a wide range of financial/administrative IT packages.

• Values: A commitment to equality, child protection, and trauma-perceptive practices.

  Why Join Us?

You will be joining a Trust (EFSPT) that is committed to Trauma Perceptive Practice, creating spaces of belonging and safety for our children and staff to flourish. We offer a supportive environment with a clear commitment to your own professional development and learning.

The closing date for applications is Monday, 5th January 2026, at noon. Interviews TBC.

For more information on the Trust, please visit the EFSPT website www.efspt.org

For an informal conversation about this role, please contact the CFO, Karen Salmons, Email: ksalmons@efspt.org

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 Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/epping-forest-schools-partnership-trust

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