Business Manager
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 5HS17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP pending pre-recruitment checks
Closing date
7 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £46,731.00 - £49,764.00 Annually (Actual) OAT Grade 9, SCP 37 - 40
Business Manager job summary
At Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy, we are an exciting and supportive place to work. Our academy is known for its calm, purposeful atmosphere, driven students, and dedicated staff. We work together to provide outstanding opportunities, supported by cutting-edge facilities. This is an exciting time to be joining our Academy. Our latest building houses the English, science and modern foreign languages departments in state-of-the-art facilities.
Our core values—Courage, Ambition, Respect, and Excellence—guide everything we do, creating a supportive and dynamic community. We are committed to high quality teaching and learning and we seek and embrace strategies to inspire and support our students. Our students are warm, welcoming and willing to push themselves to succeed and our staff are committed to providing a caring yet challenging environment in which young people can learn, develop and become successful global citizens.
We believe in transforming lives through education and are deeply connected to our local community. OIEA is a vibrant place to work, with a strong culture of collaboration and a commitment to professional growth.
We are looking for an outstanding Business Manager to join this forward thinking academy. As the Academy Business Manager, you will be an important member of the Academy Senior Leadership Team, with a responsibility for ensuring all support services are functioning effectively and efficiently (Finance, HR, site, grounds, cleaning, catering, porting, admin, reception) in order to provide the best school environment for our children and staff. You’ll also play a key role in embedding Trust policy and process and working with key Regional and National specialists to ensure the very best for the academy.
The successful candidate will need to have:
- Extensive knowledge or experience in the budget setting process
Experience of developing, enhancing, and maintaining appropriate processes/systems within an office environment
The ability to review systems to ensure the robust evaluation of performance and actions to secure improvements
- A strong ability to analyse, interpret and resolve estate management problems and to develop, report and implement practical, workable solutions
- A skilled understanding of manipulating numerical and statistical data
- The ability to lead and motivate a team including appropriate delegation of responsibilities
We can offer you the following benefits:
- A sensible approach to flexible working with a work to live mentality including a term time wellbeing day for all staff
- A network of exceptional support staff, teachers, middle and senior leaders
- A supportive and collaborative working environment
- Lifestyle savings via Vivup platform, cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme and access to 24/7 counselling service
Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, one of the oldest and largest school trusts in the country. OAT’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust.
Ormiston Academies Trust is an ethical sponsor, committed to improving the life chances of young people. We share their vision for all young people to have the highest academic, social and practical skills to allow them to lead a fulfilling life.
For an informal chat or to arrange a visit please contact Mrs Meakin, PA to Principal and VPs on 0115 9303724 or by emailing kmeakin@oiea.co.uk
To apply, please submit an application form via the link below. Please note that CV’s will not be accepted.
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 975 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
This is an exciting time to be joining our Academy. Our latest building houses the English, science and mathematics departments in state-of-the-art facilities. Our Academy is a vibrant and friendly place to teach, with 980 students currently on roll between 11-16 yrs.
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