Trust Business Manager

St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 8UE

40 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  1 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 May 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: £40,777.00 - £46,142.00 Annually (FTE)

Trust Business Manager job summary

Trust Business Manager

The Liverpool Diocesan School’s Trust are excited to be growing our family with this Trust Business Manager role. The successful candidate will be instrumental in fulfilling our purpose - Working together with our school communities, provide an excellent education and life-enhancing relationships with the Christian faith and Jesus Christ. We are unique in our values of difference, local focus, collaboration and inclusion and we are looking for a committed individual with business or office management experience to embody these values.

This is a central Trust role to provide business management support to schools within the Trust as directed. You may be deployed to any of schools within the Trust as part of your role. You may also work from the Trust Headquarters in central Liverpool and our secondary office in Maghull. The Trust has embraced a flexible working model and therefore you will be able to work from home if desirable and when appropriate, however, it is anticipated most of the time will be spent in schools.

This role will be initially deployed at St Philips CE Primary School, Westbrook, Warrington WA5 8UG

LDST Office: 11, Damfield Lane, Maghull, Liverpool L31 6DB

Job title: Trust Business Manager

Grade: NJC 30-35

Hours: 36 Hours per week / Full-time

Salary: Full Time Equivalent salary: £40,777.00 - £46,142.00 per annum

Main Purpose of the Role:

• • Enabling successful teaching and learning across the schools through supporting the Executive Headteacher and staff team by:

  • Ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the schools’ office and of the schools’ administration, personnel, premises, business, IT, and support services.

  • Contributing towards the caring, inclusive, and child-centred ethos of the schools.

  • Meeting with Executive Headteacher, SLT governing body and any other relevant members of the Leadership team as appropriate, on a regular basis, to provide an overview of key issues relating to administration, premises, business, and support service matters including identifying priorities and contributing to strategic planning in line with the ethos of the schools and the Schools’ Development Plans.

  • Managing all administration and site management staff.

  • Attending governors meeting when required,

  • Ensuring GDPR compliance.

The closing date for applications is 1st July 2026 at 9am.

Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and, expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to 2 satisfactory references and verification of qualifications. This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) and will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate with a children’s barred list check. You will also be required to complete a criminal self-disclosure form if you are short-listed for the post.

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 Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School

• School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 630 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-philip-westbrook-cofe-aided-primary-school-warrington

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