School Business Associate

Willow Bank Primary School, London, SE2 9XB

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  1 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,414.00 - £35,881.00 Annually (Actual) Scale Points 22-25 (Outer London) pro rata for 36 hours per week / 42 weeks per year

School Business Associate job summary

Job title: School Business Associate
Status: Permanent
Hours/ weeks: 36 hours per week
Working weeks per year: 42 weeks per year
Grade: Scale Points 22-25 (£36,073 - £38,737)
Pro rata: £33,414 - £35,881
Post Start Date: As soon as possible
Closing Date for Applications: 19th October 2025

Are you an organised, proactive and collaborative professional looking to make a real difference in a vibrant school environment? Willow Bank Primary School are seeking a dedicated School Business Associate to join our team and play a key role in ensuring the smooth and effective day-to-day operation of our school.

As a valued member of the senior leadership team, you will lead and oversee the operational functions that keep our school running at its best — from health and safety and facilities management to HR processes, data administration and office operations. You will be a trusted partner to the Headteacher, helping to create the conditions for staff and pupils to thrive by ensuring our systems are robust, our environments are safe and welcoming, and our teams are well supported.

You will work closely with our Trust central team to align school operations with wider strategic priorities, and you will lead and develop colleagues across premises and office teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, professionalism and high standards. This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same — and where your contribution will directly support the success, wellbeing and ambitions of our whole school community.

The successful candidate should:

• Have experience managing people and operations within a busy setting, ideally in education or a similar environment.
• Be highly organised, with the ability to plan ahead while responding calmly to changing priorities.
• Have strong ICT skills and confidence using online systems to manage information effectively.
• Be an excellent communicator, able to build positive relationships with staff, families and external partners.
• Demonstrate resilience, confidentiality and a flexible, solution-focused approach to challenges.

If you are ready to take on this rewarding role and contribute to our school community, we warmly welcome your application.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found; therefore, early application is encouraged.

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Willow Bank Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 210 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Willow Bank Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/willow-bank-primary-school

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