An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Officer to join our well established Central Finance Team on a fixed term basis.  The role can be based at our Trust offices in York, Hull or Scarbrough, depending on the successful candidate's location.  An ability and willingness to travel to the Schools and Academies across our Trust is vital. 

Heartwood Learning Trust has fourteen Academies and Schoools located across York, Hull and North Yorkshire,  comprising six secondary, six primary and two alternative provison settings. Our Trust’s values of Respect, Teamwork and Kindness underpin the vision ‘Life in all its fullness – a place to thrive’ and are central to all Trust activities and aims.

The Finance Officer role provides a budget and monthly management accounting role to nominated schools.  The role, overseen by the Management Accountant, provides an essential finance link between our schools and our central team. The Trust operates an equitable finance model to ensure that all pupils are valued consistently while maximising investment into the educational provisions of our schools. This role will  also work closely with school based finance administration roles to provide them with guidance and support. This role will be Level 1 or Level 2 dependant on skills and previous experience.

What we can offer:

• Opportunities for staff to develop through Continuous Professional Development

• Local Government Pension scheme

• Occupational Health

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Full year holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays

Job Details

Hours of Work: 37 Hours per Week, Full Year Monday to Friday. 

Position Type: Maternity Cover 

Line Manager: Management Accountant 

Travel Required:  Yes 

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

Application Process

Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.  You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process.  Applications via agencies will not be considered.

Interviews will take place week commencing 13th July 2026. 

To arrange an informal discussion about the role, please email recruitment@hlt.academy. 

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  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 a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.