Chief Finance Officer

This is an exciting new role within Enable Trust, based in South Gloucestershire, offering a unique opportunity to contribute to shaping the next stage of our journey as a growing and successful Trust. You will be a key member of our innovative and proactive Leadership Team. Together, our shared mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for our children and young people.

Our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do. We are a specialist Trust delivering dedicated to providing outstanding and holistic education for children and young people with a range of complex co-existing special educational needs. Additionally, we are expanding into alternative provision for children and young people who require short term education because they are temporarily unable to attend mainstream school for a variety of reasons.

Enable Trust currently operates three schools, with plans to grow to five or more by 2028, with further expansion planned beyond this date. Our proven track record for educational outcomes in achieving excellent educational outcomes, combined with high quality financial and operational management, provides a strong foundation for this ambitious growth.

The Chief Finance Officer will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of the Trust, providing an opportunity to influence and develop systems, and processes required to realise our vision of 'achieving more together'.

Key responsibilities include:

• Financial compliance, management and control

• Strategic leadership

• Audit oversight

• Academy growth

• Procurement

• Team management

We are proud of our people and our culture. High quality collaboration, support and professional development are just some of the factors which contribute to our strong teams. The successful candidate will share our vision and values, and demonstrate positivity, ambition, strategic thinking, analytical expertise, and problem-solving skills. Significant experience in a senior financial role is essential.

We offer a very competitive salary, a generous local government pension scheme, hybrid and flexible working arrangements, and outstanding CPD opportunities.

We invite you to download the Candidate Pack, which contains detailed information about Enable Trust, the Job Profile and Person Specification, as well as the recruitment process.

We strongly encourage prospective candidates to arrange a visit; contact details can be found within the Candidate Pack.

Please note that interviews will take place on 4th & 5th February.

Safeguarding Statement

Enable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. Short-listed applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children and young people. We will carry out online searches on all short-listed applicants, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, Part 3, Safer Recruitment. Where given permission to do so, references will be requested for short-listed candidates prior to interview. Candidates attending an interview should expect the interview panel to explore issues relating to safeguarding. All successful applicants will be required to undergo security and vetting checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS check. Applicants must be aware that it is an offence to apply for a role if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and young people.

Equality information:

We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.