Interim School Business Manager

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