Director of Finance and Operations

Hitchin Boys' School, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  February 2026 (or earlier if available)

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 December 2025

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: £60,145.00 - £64,691.00 Annually (FTE) L7 - L10

Director of Finance and Operations job summary

Director of Finance & Operations

L7 - L10 (£60,145 - £64,691 p.a.)

Full time position

You are:

• An inspirational professional with a proven background of leading a successful team and with the skills and competencies to shape and implement a school’s financial and operational strategy
  
• Able to develop and deliver the school’s wider strategic vision, working collaboratively with the Headteacher and the Trust Board
  
• Someone who thrives on change and retains the highest possible standards for yourself, colleagues and students
  
• Passionate about education, can motivate colleagues and students and build strong, effective relationships
  
• A resilient practitioner with a growth mindset, who can demonstrate energy, enthusiasm and a strong work ethic
  
• Someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, who uses innovative and adaptive methods and management practices
  
• Someone who demonstrates a passion for ongoing professional development

Hitchin Boys’ School is:

• Underpinned by two values: A Hitchin Boy will be Strong and True
  - They will have a strength of purpose and resolve, allowing them to stand up for what they believe, to persevere and flourish in school, work and life.
  - They will be true to themselves, understanding themselves, the world and their duty to others. They will be true to others, acting wisely in a complex world, building lives of purpose, impact and service.
  
• A school that offers excellent opportunities for professional development to help you further your career, and a supportive environment in which our employees have plenty of opportunity to grow and develop
  
• A high achieving single sex school with over 1,300 students
  
• A school with high expectations, excellent standards of behaviour and pride in our extra-curricular activities that lead to academically successful and well-rounded students, who are well equipped for life beyond school

Hitchin Boys’ School can offer you:

• A team of high performing committed professionals who are constantly striving for excellence.
  
• A school with great traditions, an excellent reputation but with a modern outlook
  
• A dedicated well qualified and experienced staff who share the goal enshrined in our school motto “Per Ardua Ad Alta” - Striving for Excellence
  
• A commitment to supporting the mental, physical & emotional wellbeing of both staff and students
  
• Free Employee Assistance Programme, accessible 24/7 and on-site mental health first aiders

What next:

If you are excited at the prospect of our Director of Finance and Operations position, please contact Helen Leaver, PA to the Headteacher, to arrange an informal chat with the Headteacher on hleaver@hitchinboys.co.uk or 01462 432181.

Applications should be made via MyNewTerm.

Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 5th January 2026, with interviews being held later on that week.

More information can be found: https://www.hitchinboys.co.uk/join-us/current-vacancies

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All staff will be subject to an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service.

HBS is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Hitchin Boys' School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1357 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hitchin Boys' School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hitchin-boys-school

Hitchin Boys’ School (HBS) is a high achieving, over-subscribed comprehensive school with a mixed sixth form, which forms part of the highly successful Hitchin Schools’ Consortium. We have a history that stretches back nearly 400 years but embrace fresh thinking and a modern, vibrant curriculum. We have high expectations, excellent standards of behaviour and pride in our extra-curricular activities that lead to academically successful and well-rounded students who are well equipped for life beyond school.

Following Ofsted's visit to Hitchin Boys' School in September 2021, we were delighted to announce that we have once again received top marks by retaining the judgement of ‘Outstanding’.

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