CDAT Trust Finance Officer

Job Title: Trust Finance Officer

Hours of Work: 30 hours per week, All Year Round (0.83FTE)
Salary: NJC SCP 7-11: Salary £24,294 – £25,979 (1.0 FTE, pro-rata to 0.83FTE) 
Contract: Permanent, to start 1st July 2024 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
Normal Place of Work: The Heath Business and Technical Park, Runcorn. WA7 4QX

We are looking for a Trust Finance Officer to join our team. In this role you will work within the Trustfinance team, supporting the Directors of Finance and Operations.This role is office based at our offices in Runcorn: https://theheath.com/

The ideal candidate will have strong practical knowledge/understanding of finance, and will have arelevant finance qualification, or be qualified by experience. They will be confident in communicatingwith a wide range of stakeholders, including school staff, Governors, Trust Board members, ESFA andDfE contacts and have a positive, can-do attitude with a desire to raise standards.

CDAT is a multi-academy trust currently made up of seventeen primary schools spread across the Diocese of Chester – including schools currently located in Tameside, Stockport, East and West Cheshire and the Wirral. As a Trust, we believe that every child deserves to go to a great school, and our Trust team works in close partnership with our schools to ensure that this is the case. As a growingTrust, roles within our central team are always evolving and so candidates will need to be adaptableand good team-players.

For further information, please contact Jane Evans (Director of Finance) – jane.evans@cdat.co.uk n.b.please only use this email for enquiries (no agencies).

Candidates should complete the application form available to download on this pageand submit it electronically to: office@cdat.co.uk sothat it is received no later than noon on Monday 3rd June 2024; shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Friday 7th June and interviews will be held week commencing Monday 10th June 2024.

Our Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activityare subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring ServiceEnhanced check.