Director of Finance - Create Partnership Trust

Director of Finance

Create Partnership Trust

Salary: Competitive

The closing date: Monday 20 th January 2025 at 9:00 am

We are looking to appoint a committed Director of Finance to provide strategic leadership and management of the Trust's finances.

Create Partnership Trust was established in Birmingham in September 2016. We are four primary schools across Birmingham. Greet Primary and Conway Primary, which were federated in 2009, formed the Trust initially. Hodge Hill Primary joined in January 2017 followed by Brookfields Primary in November 2018.

The uniqueness of each school is respected and celebrated by the Trust, but we also seek ways of working collaboratively - sharing best practices, solving common challenges and moving forward together.

As the Director of Finance at Create Partnership Trust, you will play a pivotal role in guiding the financial strategy and operations of our dynamic Executive Team.

Create has a strong track record of school and trust improvement, including shortlisting for Small MAT of the Year and Most Improved MAT of the Year 2024. Your contributions will be crucial in ensuring our continued success and further development.

You will oversee financial management and strategic leadership within our middle-sized trust, which serves 2,600 pupils in areas experiencing significant deprivation. Your expertise will directly influence sustainable growth, enable resource optimisation, and support our commitment to providing high-quality education.

As part of the Trust's Senior Executive Team, you will inspire, motivate and bring the highest level of integrity and attention to detail in all you do. Our ideal candidate will have excellent analytical skills and sound judgement, paired with a proven ability to manage a team effectively, displaying excellent leadership skills.

You will have a proven track record of successful financial leadership and building effective teams and significant experience in successfully leading and managing budgets, working and communicating effectively with other stakeholders.

Join us in shaping the future of our schools and making a significant impact within a collaborative and innovative environment.

To find out more and register your interest in the role, please visit

If you have any questions or queries about the role, please do not hesitate to get in touch by contacting Liz Hayden on or

• The closing date for applications is: Monday 20 th January 2025 at 9:00 am
• Interviews will be held: Shortly after the closing date

Create Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practices across the Trust. On joining, you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practices and to safeguard our children and young people.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide .

This post is covered by part 7 of the immigration act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement of this role.

Online searches are carried out on all shortlisted candidates for positions at Create Partnership Trust. The searches are carried out to identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, which the Trust might want to explore with the candidate at the interview. Please find a link to our safeguarding policy you are encouraged to read this policy prior to applying to work with us.

CREATE PARTNERSHIP TRUST IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE