The Traded Services to Schools Team provides a vital service to Sheffield schools and Council Services. The Team are responsible for the development, co-ordination and delivery of an integrated service offer to schools. This includes an on-line sign up to subscription services, billing, establishing agreements and contracts with maintained schools and academies, and assisting all schools to access the services that they require.

We are looking for someone to join our small team, who is highly motivated, committed and a valuable team member. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to support and challenge, experience of working under pressure and achieving deadlines, they must be competent on all Microsoft Word applications and generally IT literate. Training will be provided on the service specific applications relevant to the role.

Responsibilities will include:

Managing the annual Traded Services to Schools sign-up processes for maintained and academy schools.
Promoting relationships with schools and acting as an advocate and point of contact for schools in managing queries and resolving issues around Traded Services.
Supporting individual Traded Services and responding to service queries including producing management information such as reports and projected income levels.
Develop and maintain information systems that support service delivery including spreadsheets, databases, SharePoint sites and web pages.
Extensive use of the Council’s Financial systems, including Integra and Qtier
Maintaining and further developing the management of Traded Services to Schools

The Traded Services to Schools Team is based at Howden House but flexibility is available to also work from home.

Interviews w/c 15 June 2026

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.