Chief Financial and Operations Officer (Spencer Academies Trust - Central Team )
Working Pattern: Full-Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: Friday, 15th August 2025
Interview Date: TBC
About us
An exciting opportunity has arisen to joinSpencer Academies Trust Executive Leadership Team in our newly created role ofChief Financial and Operations Officer. Weare looking for an exceptional leader with a passion and drive to help shapethe future of our Trust. This is a rare opportunity to make a strategic impactat executive level ensuring that the operational improvement servicesunderpinning our schools are innovative, efficient, and aligned with deliveringexceptional outcomes for all our children and young people.
As CFOO, you will lead our Trust’scritical operational improvement functions taking responsibility for strategic financialleadership and working with our operational improvement leads. If you’re anexperienced leader with vision, resilience, and a passion for making thingsbetter not just managing but transforming this could be your next challenge andwe look forward to hearing from you.
Find out more!
Our websites and Twitter feeds willgive you a great idea of the variety of work we engage in, the pace and scopeof our days, and become familiar with members of our fabulous team.
SAT is an educationalcharity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 19,000children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2800 teachers,leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. Weaspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a nationalreputation for excellence.
We currently have 18primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school inour family of schools supported by our fantastic central team. All our schools’benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trustoffers and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share anambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performingschools in the country and deliver a curriculum for students that isunderpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give youngpeople the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens thatbelieve they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for childrenand young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing anoutstanding education for local children.
WeBelieve:
* Allchildren have a right to a quality education regardless of background or abilityand have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route intheir learning and development.
* Schoolsare stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
* We growthe effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the peoplewithin them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for qualityand outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s values ofAspiration, Partnership and Responsibility.
How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in this exciting opportunity with ourTrust. For more information, please refer to: www.spencertrust.org.uk
Your covering letter must set out the skills and relevantexperience you have to meet the requirements of the role of Chief Financial and Operations Officer.
Please also include the names, addresses, phone numbers and emailcontact details of two professional referees who must be your current and previous employers.
Upon shortlisting for interviews, you will be asked to complete anapplication form for this position. In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called forprior to interview, unless specifically requested not to at this stage.
If you have any questions regarding the role or would like aninformal discussion with Paul West, Chief Executive, please contact Alison Smith, Director of HR:
T: 0115 646 4200
M: 07966 881311
Closing date for applications 15th August 2025.
Interviews are TBC
Earlyapplication is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview andclose the advert ahead of the closing date.
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promotingthe welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyoneto share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records withBarred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and thecompletion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for therole if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant tochildren (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust andits member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in bothemployment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students,parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and otherstakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignityand respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a DisabilityConfident Committed Employer
Job Description
Please see job pack attached.
Generous Local Government Pension Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, Employee Assist Programme (Health Assured) and BHN Extras (Discount and Salary Sacrifice Schemes). Recognition of local government and academy continuous of service. For full details, click here:https://www.spencertrust.org.uk/employee-benefits
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