Trust Business Manager

River Tees Multi Academy Trust, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  6 December 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 November 2026

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: £51,928.00 - £56,293.00 Annually (FTE) Actual

Trust Business Manager job summary

This is a brand-new role within River Tees Multi-Academy Trust and an exciting opportunity to shape trust-wide business operations as the organisation continues to grow. The Trust Business Manager will work across all schools within the trust, helping to ensure that operational practice is consistent, effective and compliant. We are looking for a motivated, forward-thinking professional with integrity, strong communication skills and the ability to build positive working relationships. You will be confident managing competing priorities, using data to support decision-making, and working collaboratively with school and central teams to strengthen operational systems and standards across the trust. 

The postholder will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Finance Officer, School Business Managers, Headteachers, school leaders, central Trust colleagues and school-based administration and business support teams. The role will require strong working relationships across all sites, providing clear advice, constructive challenge and practical support to help ensure business operations, administration, compliance, finance, procurement and reporting processes are well managed and aligned to the Trust’s wider objectives.

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

RTMAT is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and Barring service check. An online search will be undertaken as part of the recruitment process, on information available in the public domain

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 River Tees Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: River Tees Multi Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/river-tees-multi-academy-trust

River Tees Multi-Academy Trust is a small but growing Trust in the North East of England serving some of the most disadvantaged communities in the country. We provide the highest quality education for learners who have struggled within the mainstream schooling system. Children and young people are welcomed in to our academies, regardless of their challenges, past history or additional needs.

They may have been permanently excluded, are at risk of exclusion, have health needs that prevent them attending their usual school or have additional needs that require a specialist placement. Working for River Tees Multi-Academy Trust takes a special person, someone who thrives off helping others. Someone who is passionate about changing lives. If you are that person, we are that school. The package we provide gives a wealth of opportunities for a person who wants to pursue a career breaking cycles and changing lives.

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