School Business Manager
Churchdown School, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 2RB7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 February 2025
Closing date
4 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale Point 11-16
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-achieving and forward-thinking school, where staff and students work together, ensuring that high quality relationships lead to high quality learning. For February 2025, We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified and inspiring School Business Manager.
You will be responsible for Strategic Financial Planning, Finance, Overseeing Human Resources and Site Development, ICT Infra-structure, Capital Projects, Risk Management, Whole School Administration.
The main purpose of the job will be:
- Be an active member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and contribute to the strategic development of the school
- Be responsible for the financial and business management of the school
- Be responsible for leading and overall strategic direction of all support services of the school including finance, HR, admin, ICT, site, risk management, catering and cleaning
- Be responsible for delivering value for money, financial planning, budgetary control and financial advice to governors, SLT and budget holders
- Oversee the management of the site facilities and implementation of capital building improvements to provide an enabling teaching environment which will maximise staff performance and contribute to pupils’ learning and well-being
- Direct fundraising strategies including the writing of bids
- Support and develop the school’s ethos and culture
- Ensure the performance management process is completed each cycle to ensure that support staff are aware of their key objectives and receive training and support to maximise effectiveness
- Act as Company Secretary and attend governors’ meetings
What the school offers its staff
• Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Onsite parking and cycle storage
• Cycle-To-Work Scheme
• Free Flu Vaccines
• Free access to school fitness suite
• Dry cleaning delivery service
• On site car valet service
• Family-focused leave
• Discounted Nuffield Health gym
membership
• Subsidised, onsite exercise classes
• Comprehensive Free Employee Assistance
Programme
• Free onsite financial advice clinics
• ...and more!
Commitment to safeguarding
Churchdown School is committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of all our children in school and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We believe that students have a right to learn in a supportive, caring and safe environment, which includes the right to protection from all types of abuse, where staff are vigilant for signs of any student in distress and are confident about applying the processes to avert and alleviate any such problems. We have a Safeguarding Policy and procedures in place. All staff must ensure that they are aware of these procedures.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to ace@churchdownschool.com
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Churchdown School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1478 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Churchdown School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ace@churchdownschool.com
- Phone number
- 01452 713340
Our mission is to be a school where student development and learning are at the centre of everything we do. Students are expected to strive for personal excellence and demonstrate a commitment to learning as they fulfil their potential. Our community is a nurturing and caring one where students are encouraged to show compassion, friendship and support towards one another. We aim to provide an education which is fully inclusive, where every child is valued for who they are and who they can become.
At Churchdown School the education we provide is guided by values of integrity, resilience, respect, ambition and friendship. These values are particularly important to us as we develop the students into lifelong learners and prepare them for a life beyond school.
Arranging a visit to Churchdown School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ace@churchdownschool.com.
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