19 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    21 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    1 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other leadership roles
  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, all year round

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Between £50,574 and £53,607

Pay scale

PO5

What skills and experience we're looking for

Skills and Abilities

  • Essential:

    • Strong skills across the 3 key school business management domains namely the ability to:

      • Finance: manage budgets, forecasts, financial plans and resource management.

      • Human resources: development of policies and processes to support the wider work force and secure effective deployment of staff

      • Site and estates: ensuring school sites are safe, maintained and statutory checks completed.

    • Excellent leadership and management skills with the ability to motivate and develop staff both in own team and beyond.

    • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present information clearly and concisely.

  • Desirable:

    • Ability to use school management information systems and other related software efficiently.

    • Negotiation and influencing skills to liaise effectively with stakeholders.

    • Evidence of working in partnership with other schools and institutions.

What the school offers its staff

What We Offer:

  • A collaborative and supportive working environment

  • Links with several Business Manager networks and communities

  • Opportunities for professional development both within the local area and beyond.

Commitment to safeguarding

James Wolfe is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children attending the school. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. As part of the school's safer recruitment process, candidates shortlisted for vacancies within the school will be subject to online checks being carried out in accordance with the DfE's Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.

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About James Wolfe Primary School and Centre for the Deaf

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
742 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
020 8858 2472

We are a dynamic, creative, highly motivated and passionate team based in the heart of historic Maritime Greenwich. We serve a close knit community that is truly diverse and provide a rich, inspiring curriculum that is fully inclusive. We have a specialist provision for d/Deaf children which is wholly integrated and all members of our community learn British Sign Language.

We are led by our PROUD values of perseverance, respect, opportunity, understanding and democracy. We are looking for talented staff who share these values, as well as someone who demonstrates a passion for equity, inclusion and creativity. You will be supported by an experienced leadership team who prioritise staff development and wellbeing through bespoke CPD opportunities and workplace wellness initiatives.

Arranging a visit to James Wolfe Primary School and Centre for the Deaf

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sao@jameswolfe.greenwich.sch.uk.

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