Chief Finance Officer
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, Greater Manchester, M43 6QD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9c27a1aa-033b-4cd4-ae82-3e15b411499c |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Following Trust growth, this is an exciting time in the Trust’s development and Trustees are now seeking to appoint a dynamic Chief Finance Officer, who will play a key role in shaping the Trust’s financial future.
Along with the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operations Officer, the Chief Finance Officer will form the Trust’s Executive Team, who will, together implement strategy and deliver the Trust’s strategic objectives, sustainably.
The Chief Finance Officer will have strategic responsibility for all aspects of Trust finance, asset management, contract management and procurement.
The Chief Finance Officer will develop a culture where all Trust schools work together to use resources effectively to provide efficiency across the Trust that will benefit our students and help colleagues to ensure that every young person within the Trust is able to reach their full potential.
Our Chief Finance Officer must be able to:
Demonstrate and model leadership excellence, resilience, drive and determination gained in a Trust with a high level of disadvantage.
Work collaboratively with all stakeholders and partners, to ensure an inclusive community, building and cementing positive relationships.
Model the values of Tame River Educational Trust, particularly in our mission to challenge educational and social disadvantage by establishing great schools in which to learn, teach and belong. Our mission is underpinned by our vision that we are stronger together.
Understand how their role contributes to our core educational purposes:
1. Trust will become known for imbuing in our learners, positive character traits and enquiring minds and for the talent and professionalism of our staff.
2. Through a cycle of innovative, collaborative and creative school improvement, students in our 3. 3. Trust will receive a high-quality education. This will be evident through strong student outcomes and validation from external partners and sources.
3. Students in our Trust will receive a distinctive trust-wide community and educational dividend in the form of ‘Electives’ starting with Year 7. Significant additional opportunities will be made available to our students in the arts, sport and outdoor education.
The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
References for all shortlisted candidates will be taken up prior to interview
To apply or to find out more about our Trust please have a look at our website by clicking on the link: Tame River Educational Trust - Based in Greater Manchester which has links to all our schools. Completed application forms should be returned to lledson@tret.org.uk.
Please contact the Chief Operating Officer, Lena Ledson, via email on lledson@tret.org.uk should you wish to arrange an informal discussion with either the Chair of the Trustees or the CEO of TRET.
What the school offers its staff
The Trust
Droylsden Academy became the founding member of the Tame River Educational Trust on the 1st January 2022. You can find more information about this at: https://www.droylsdenacademy.com/tret/417608.html.
Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage by hosting a family of great community-based schools in which to learn, teach and belong. Our Trust promotes learning, develops character, values diversity and builds cultural capital. By the age of 16 we want every student to progress to suitably challenging post-16 studies or apprenticeships.
Tame River Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you have been barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to employ the best qualified personnel and we are committed to providing equal opportunity in recruitment and employment to all individuals who meet our criteria for the role advertised. We will consider candidates without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation and identity, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. This list is not exhaustive, and candidates will also be considered without discrimination based on socioeconomic, marital, parental or caregiving status, or any of the previously listed characteristics or statuses.
We value the diversity of our staff and do not tolerate any form of harassment, discrimination, or victimisation. We achieve this by creating and maintaining a work environment and culture where people from different backgrounds, and with varying lifestyles, interests, opinions, and responsibilities, treat each other with dignity and respect. Our working environment is such that our staff feel safe and are inspired and motivated to be their best.
Our Trust is dedicated to sustaining and promoting diversity with respect to recruitment, promotion, training, and general treatment during employment. We are actively seeking to extend the diversity of our staff.
Commitment to safeguarding
Droylsden Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies. It is an offence to apply for this role if you have been barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Following Trust growth, this is an exciting time in the Trust’s development and Trustees are now seeking to appoint a dynamic Chief Finance Officer, who will play a key role in shaping the Trust’s financial future.
Along with the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operations Officer, the Chief Finance Officer will form the Trust’s Executive Team, who will, together implement strategy and deliver the Trust’s strategic objectives, sustainably.
The Chief Finance Officer will have strategic responsibility for all aspects of Trust finance, asset management, contract management and procurement.
The Chief Finance Officer will develop a culture where all Trust schools work together to use resources effectively to provide efficiency across the Trust that will benefit our students and help colleagues to ensure that every young person within the Trust is able to reach their full potential.
Our Chief Finance Officer must be able to:
Demonstrate and model leadership excellence, resilience, drive and determination gained in a Trust with a high level of disadvantage.
Work collaboratively with all stakeholders and partners, to ensure an inclusive community, building and cementing positive relationships.
Model the values of Tame River Educational Trust, particularly in our mission to challenge educational and social disadvantage by establishing great schools in which to learn, teach and belong. Our mission is underpinned by our vision that we are stronger together.
Understand how their role contributes to our core educational purposes:
1. Trust will become known for imbuing in our learners, positive character traits and enquiring minds and for the talent and professionalism of our staff.
2. Through a cycle of innovative, collaborative and creative school improvement, students in our 3. 3. Trust will receive a high-quality education. This will be evident through strong student outcomes and validation from external partners and sources.
3. Students in our Trust will receive a distinctive trust-wide community and educational dividend in the form of ‘Electives’ starting with Year 7. Significant additional opportunities will be made available to our students in the arts, sport and outdoor education.
The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
References for all shortlisted candidates will be taken up prior to interview
To apply or to find out more about our Trust please have a look at our website by clicking on the link: Tame River Educational Trust - Based in Greater Manchester which has links to all our schools. Completed application forms should be returned to lledson@tret.org.uk.
Please contact the Chief Operating Officer, Lena Ledson, via email on lledson@tret.org.uk should you wish to arrange an informal discussion with either the Chair of the Trustees or the CEO of TRET.
What the school offers its staff
The Trust
Droylsden Academy became the founding member of the Tame River Educational Trust on the 1st January 2022. You can find more information about this at: https://www.droylsdenacademy.com/tret/417608.html.
Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage by hosting a family of great community-based schools in which to learn, teach and belong. Our Trust promotes learning, develops character, values diversity and builds cultural capital. By the age of 16 we want every student to progress to suitably challenging post-16 studies or apprenticeships.
Tame River Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you have been barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to employ the best qualified personnel and we are committed to providing equal opportunity in recruitment and employment to all individuals who meet our criteria for the role advertised. We will consider candidates without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation and identity, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. This list is not exhaustive, and candidates will also be considered without discrimination based on socioeconomic, marital, parental or caregiving status, or any of the previously listed characteristics or statuses.
We value the diversity of our staff and do not tolerate any form of harassment, discrimination, or victimisation. We achieve this by creating and maintaining a work environment and culture where people from different backgrounds, and with varying lifestyles, interests, opinions, and responsibilities, treat each other with dignity and respect. Our working environment is such that our staff feel safe and are inspired and motivated to be their best.
Our Trust is dedicated to sustaining and promoting diversity with respect to recruitment, promotion, training, and general treatment during employment. We are actively seeking to extend the diversity of our staff.
Commitment to safeguarding
Droylsden Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies. It is an offence to apply for this role if you have been barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.