School Business Manager
Highgate Wood Secondary School, London, N8 8RN12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Negotiable
Closing date
11 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): All year round employment contract. 36 hours a week (Mon - Fri). Will consider job share and/or flexible working.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £61,980 to £65,476
Pay scale
- PO8
What skills and experience we're looking for
Salary: Haringey Support Staff Salary Scale PO8 (£61,980 to £65,476)
Working Pattern: Full Time/52 Weeks(we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements/Job Share)
Responsible For: Finance, Premises, HR, IT, Catering, Administration, Student Welfare and Communication & Marketing.
Embark on a rewarding career at Highgate Wood School, where you will provide support and leadership in all areas of the operational functions. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT).
Within this role you will lead on the maintenance and development of the budget as well as the financial procedures and systems of the school, to ensure the most effective use of resources in support of the school’s learning objectives.
You will also be responsible for providing strategic financial information to the Headteacher and Governing Body, with the expectation that you facilitate the school’s readiness to meet Ofsted and the School’s Financial Value Standards (SFVS) criteria.
The ideal candidate will:
- Hold a degree or equivalent professional qualification in Business Management or Accountancy
- Have at least 2 years' leadership experience in financial and/or business management
- Have the ability to communicate with a range of audiences including colleagues, governors and suppliers
- Be able to adapt and be flexible in working practices and the ability to know when to use initiative
- Have a high degree of professionalism in your approach to work and tasks set
- Have an ability to be a good role model for students and colleagues
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you
- The opportunity to work in a continuously improving school.
- The chance to join a talented and highly committed staff team.
- Excellent students who are keen to excel and operate in an ethos underpinned by the principles of courtesy, consideration, cooperation & contribution.
- Our commitment to provide CPD opportunities to ensure all staff continue to develop.
- Flexible working opportunities or job share
- A learning environment where imagination and commitment are encouraged and valued.
For further information, please contact the HR Manager onhr@hws.haringey.sch.uk.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 09:00 am
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
To apply for this post, please either:
- Download the application form from this (TES) website or
- Visit our school website for an application pack and formhttps://hws.haringey.sch.uk/about-us/join-us/vacancies/and send it tohr@hws.haringey.sch.uk.
Please note that CVs alone are not accepted in line with Safer Recruitment practices.
** NO AGENCIES PLEASE**
Highgate Wood School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Also, this post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
Flexible working opportunities
Commitment to safeguarding
Highgate Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations. The successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
In line with safer recruitment practices, we will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. This is part of our safeguarding checks and seeks publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Highgate Wood Secondary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1554 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@hws.haringey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 342 7970
Highgate Wood School is a mixed comprehensive school providing secondary education. We want everyone to feel welcome, safe and secure in the school and believe that each of us has a valuable contribution to make to our community and its continued success. We firmly believe that Everyone Matters. Our core values are embodied in the 4Cs - Courtesy, Consideration, Cooperation, and Contribution, the principles of Respect and Honesty and the commitment to encouraging Perseverance and Hard Work within a Growth Mind-set.
It is through these values that we bring to life our mission statement: "Making a positive difference to students' achievements and experiences, maintaining the highest expectations and inspiring self-belief”.
Ethos and values
Our established values of Courtesy, Consideration, Contribution and Cooperation (the 4Cs), together with our Growth Mind-set focus on perseverance and hard work and our emphasis on honesty and respect underpin the school’s behaviour ethos.
Our school motto is Everyone Matters and this ensures that we take an approach that values every student as an individual, with a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities enabling talent and creativity to be identified and nurtured.
Arranging a visit to Highgate Wood Secondary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@hws.haringey.sch.uk.
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