Interim School Business Manager

Panoramic Associates; Wirral; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Panoramic Associates is supporting a large primary school in the Wirral with an interim School Business Manager to oversee day-to-day financial administration, invoices, and routine HR/admin requests.

You will line manage three admin assistants, report to the Headteacher and work onsite five days a week for approximately 36 hours, with term-time only hours and a start around 12 October, subject to DBS clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience as School Business Manager or school office manager.
• Onsite work and broad, practical workload.
• No formal finance qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Process and oversee invoices and daily financial tasks.
• Manage routine HR/admin requests with central support.
• Oversee school operations including compliance and H&S.
• Line manage three admin assistants.
• Report to the Headteacher.

Skills

Financial administration

HR administration

Office management

People management

Reporting to Headteacher

Job description

Interim School Business Manager – Wirral (Primary School)

Panoramic Associates is supporting a large primary school in the Wirral with their search for an Interim School Business Manager.

The Role:

This is a day-to-day, operational SBM position with a varied remit, but not a heavy strategic finance/HR brief:

• Processing and overseeing invoices and day-to-day financial administration
• Managing routine HR/admin requests (with core HR/finance support handled centrally)
• General school business operations (e.g. admin / compliance / H&S support)
• Line managing 3 admin assistants
• Reporting into the Headteacher

Contract Details:

• Onsite: 5 days per week (single school site)
• Hours: approx. 36 hours/week
• Term-time only: not working through half-term
• Start: ideally by Monday 12th October (subject to DBS clearance)
• Until Christmas 2026, with potential extension (possibly to Easter 2027)

Criteria:

• Prior experience in a School Business Manager / school business support role (primary preferred) or Office Manager within a School
• Comfortable being onsite full-time and picking up a broad, practical workload
• You don’t need a formal finance qualification for this requirement