School Business Manager (1 Year - Maternity Cover)

Parkside Community Primary School, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 4EP

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 September 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  27 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,654.00 - £40,476.00 Annually (FTE) 37 Hours Per Week, 39 weeks Term Time (Includes inset Days) Plus 2 weeks to cover in holidays

School Business Manager (1 Year - Maternity Cover) job summary

Purpose and scope The School Business Manager (SBM) holds a key post of responsibility within the school. Reporting directly to the Headteacher, the SBM is responsible for ensuring all non-teaching aspects of the school run efficiently and effectively. The SBM is a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and is expected to contribute significantly to the continuous improvement of the School’s services.

This will include:-

∙ The promotion of the school aims, objectives and ethos

∙ Assisting in the monitoring and evaluation of performance and processes

∙ Ensuring specific day-to-day functions of the school run smoothly

∙ Establishing good working relationships with all stake holders and external agencies

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential:

Financial management & accounting procedures

Information management systems

Resource management and procurement with regard to best value practice

An awareness and understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and implications

School financial management and accounting

Understanding of Schools Financial Value Standards (SFVS)

Personnel procedures and employment legislation

HR policies / codes of practice / legislation

Desirable

Knowledge of local government and committee processes

Understanding of using ARBOR

Premises maintenance

H&S policies / codes of practice / legislation

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 Parkside Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 246 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Parkside Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parkside-community-primary-school-borehamwood

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