Description Role: Business Manager (Part Time) Academy: Outwood Academy Freeston Start Date: March 2026 Hours of work: 08:00 - 16:00 Salary Range (FTE): SCP 34: £45,094 – SCP 40: £51,672 Salary Range (Actual): £22,547 - £25,836 We have an exciting vacancy for a Business Manager offering a fantastic flexible working opportunity on a job-share basis to partner with our current Business Manager at Outwood Academy Freeston. The role is part-time and full year, with a flexible working pattern averaging out at 18.5 hours per week, worked over a two-week period: Week One: Monday and Tuesday Week Two: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday Welcome from the Principal I am very excited to introduce you to Outwood Academy Freeston, where you will receive a family-centered, warm, and positive welcome. Our academy is located conveniently in the heart of Normanton, one of the five towns of Wakefield. As a family, we support and challenge ourselves to be the very best for every young person in our care, preparing them to be excellent citizens with the options to pursue any future they choose. Our roots are important: we are privileged to be supported by The Normanton Freeston Foundation, which provides financial support to help our academy and students thrive—a legacy dating back to 1594. We are proud to be part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, passionately sharing the belief in raising standards and transforming lives. Our staff is committed to making a positive, sustained difference for our students, their families, and our community. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our passionate vision. If you share this commitment, please get in touch. Responsibilities As Business Manager, you will provide overall strategic leadership and management at an academy level of all aspects of administration, HR, and operations support within the school. You will be the school’s leading support staff professional and provide leadership and management of the school’s support staff. You will also maintain a strong relationship with the school’s Finance Manager and ensure that the school’s resourcing needs are clearly interpreted into the budget setting process. As a member of the school’s Senior Leadership Team, you will also receive strategic support, direction and development from the Trust’s Deputy Chief Operating Officer. To view the full job description please Click Here To view the person specification, which you should use when completing your application, please Click Here If you would like to arrange an informal discussion, please contact Alison Lister at a.lister@outwood.com Qualifications This strategic role requires a degree-level qualification (or evidence of continuous professional development with demonstrable experience considered). You must have essential HR experience, including dealing with a wide range of Human Resources issues. Furthermore, you need experience contributing at a strategic level within a senior management/leadership team, and knowledge and experience of managing risk assessments and health and safety legislation. Experience leading, managing, and motivating staff is also essential. A Human Resources qualification and experience working in a school environment are desirable. The successful candidate will be a member of the academy’s Senior Leadership Team. Whilst the role reports to the Principal, the Business Manager will also receive strategic support, direction and development from the Deputy Chief Operating Officer. You will have a solid background in leading and motivating colleagues and developing strategies to improve the support services of a school and be able to confidently make independent decisions on operational issues.