Job Title
Finance Director
Job Start Date
3 March 2025
Salary Range
Grade 7 (points 50-58) FTE £64,561– £83,183
Hours Per Week
36.5
Working Pattern
All year round
School Address
Summit Learning Trust
Ninestiles, an Academy
Hartfield Crescent
Birmingham
B27 7QL
Contact Email
recruitment@summitlearninigtrust.org.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
10 January 2025, 12:00midday
Job Information

Summit Learning Trust is seeking an outstanding Finance Director to join our Executive Team, and to lead our central Finance and Payroll team to deliver our Finance Service Level Agreement to our nine academies, South Birmingham SCITT and our central team. We offer an ethical and rewarding working culture where everyone plays a part in supporting the high levels of educational provision and care we offer our learners, a competitive salary and generous benefits, as well as access to extensive professional learning and development opportunities through our Professional Learning Institute.

If you aim to be a member of a high-performing team, are a qualified accountant, have high aspirations and ambition, pay excellent attention to detail, have a strong background in Finance and have good knowledge of the sector, then we would love to hear from you.

Why work for us?

We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:

  • employee assistance programme
  • high quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
  • wellbeing Advocates
  • lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
  • health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers
  • generous employer pension schemes
  • excellent holiday entitlement

Potential candidates are very welcome to book an informal discussion about the role with the CEO, Vince Green, by contacting Rebecca Hill, Executive Assistant: Rebecca.Hill@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.

Closing Date: 10 January 2025, 12:00midday

 

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to Apply:

Apply via our website: https://ce0785li.webitrent.com/ce0785li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=8006642GTA

Interviews: Week beginning 13th January 2025

Please note we do not accept CV’s

We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted. Our policy is available to view here. If you require the application form in a different format, please contact hr.enquiries@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and Conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.