Office & Financial Services Manager
| Posting date: | 24 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Stoke-On-Trent, Not recorded, ST8 6NN |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1eb7ccd3-be66-4e0a-b052-7f27b123206f |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint an efficient and organised Office & Financial Services Manager to lead our administrative and financial procedures. The role will be based at Marlfields Primary School. This is a pivotal role within our school, supporting the senior leadership team in maintaining efficient operations and ensuring our financial integrity. As our Office and Financial Services Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the school’s finance, HR, and administrative operations. You will lead the office team, manage school budgets and financial reporting, and ensure our policies and processes support both staff and student success.
This role is initially 18.5 hours per week, however, there is potential for additional hours for the right candidate.
The successful candidate will:
• Financially literate with experience in managing budgets and financial processes
• Experienced in office management, preferably in a school or similar setting
• A confident user of MIS (ideally Arbor), MS Office and Sage
• A natural leader with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
• Discreet, trustworthy, and capable of handling sensitive information professionally
• Flexible, proactive, and passionate about contributing to a positive school environment
What the school offers its staff
An exciting opportunity to develop a role in our Trust.
• A supportive and inclusive working environment where your contributions are genuinely valued
• A collaborative and experienced leadership team that recognises the importance of strong business operations
• Professional development opportunities, including access to training and career progression pathways
• Dedicated, hardworking and highly professional team of teaching, support and office staff
• A supportive, well-organised and committed governing body and senior leadership team who are keen to professionally develop all of our staff
• Well-mannered pupils who enjoy coming to school, are well-behaved and who have outstanding attitudes towards their learning
• Parents who value the school
• Strong community links
• Access to local government pension scheme
• Employee well-being initiatives, including counselling services and staff team-building events
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.
We are seeking to appoint an efficient and organised Office & Financial Services Manager to lead our administrative and financial procedures. The role will be based at Marlfields Primary School. This is a pivotal role within our school, supporting the senior leadership team in maintaining efficient operations and ensuring our financial integrity. As our Office and Financial Services Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the school’s finance, HR, and administrative operations. You will lead the office team, manage school budgets and financial reporting, and ensure our policies and processes support both staff and student success.
This role is initially 18.5 hours per week, however, there is potential for additional hours for the right candidate.
The successful candidate will:
• Financially literate with experience in managing budgets and financial processes
• Experienced in office management, preferably in a school or similar setting
• A confident user of MIS (ideally Arbor), MS Office and Sage
• A natural leader with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
• Discreet, trustworthy, and capable of handling sensitive information professionally
• Flexible, proactive, and passionate about contributing to a positive school environment
What the school offers its staff
An exciting opportunity to develop a role in our Trust.
• A supportive and inclusive working environment where your contributions are genuinely valued
• A collaborative and experienced leadership team that recognises the importance of strong business operations
• Professional development opportunities, including access to training and career progression pathways
• Dedicated, hardworking and highly professional team of teaching, support and office staff
• A supportive, well-organised and committed governing body and senior leadership team who are keen to professionally develop all of our staff
• Well-mannered pupils who enjoy coming to school, are well-behaved and who have outstanding attitudes towards their learning
• Parents who value the school
• Strong community links
• Access to local government pension scheme
• Employee well-being initiatives, including counselling services and staff team-building events
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.