📍 Location: Manchester
📅 Start: ASAP
📄 Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
🕐 Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday–Friday, 8:00am–4:00pm
💷 Salary: £45,000–£51,000 per annum

This is a great opportunity for an experienced School Business Manager to join a successful primary school in Manchester and take responsibility for the smooth running of the school's finance, administration, HR and operational functions.

⚠️ Previous School Experience Essential

You should have previous experience working within a school, academy or education setting, with a strong understanding of school finance, compliance and day-to-day operations.

What You'll Be Doing

• Managing the school's budget, financial monitoring and reporting

• Supporting the Headteacher and Governors with financial planning

• Overseeing HR administration, payroll and staff records

• Managing contracts, purchasing and relationships with suppliers

• Taking responsibility for premises, estates and health & safety

• Ensuring school policies, records and compliance requirements are maintained

• Supporting recruitment, onboarding and safer working practices

• Preparing reports and information for Governors and senior leaders

• Managing administrative systems and supporting the wider office team

About You

You will be organised, commercially aware and confident managing a broad range of school business functions. Experience with school finance systems and MIS platforms such as SIMS, Arbor or Bromcom would be advantageous.

This is a hands-on role where you will work closely with the Headteacher, staff, Governors and external suppliers.

If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted within 72 hours.