Valley College Business Lead

Tor View School, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 6LR

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  11 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  27 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 37,280 - 39,152

Valley College Business Lead job summary

Valley College is a specialist post 16 institution offering courses designed to meet the needs of its learners. We are looking to recruit a College Business Lead who will play a central role in ensuring the college runs smoothly. This role is about balancing day-to-day operations, managing people, and contributing to the college's long-term goals.

You will help shape policies and initiatives to improve how the college operates, working closely with the Senior Leadership Team and the Central Trust Team. Preparing reports and analysing data will be a key part of keeping everything on track along with ensuring all records are accurate, up to date and available for audit.

You will oversee all administrative systems and processes, including managing facilities and working with support teams like admin, IT, catering, and site staff. You will also play a vital role providing administration support and guidance for the Governing Committee throughout the process.

You will collaborate with the site team to ensure health and safety processes meet the required standards and that the college is fully compliant in all areas. You will act as the health and safety co-ordinator ensuring systems are in place for effective monitoring and reporting. HR matters, including absence management, payroll and recruitment, will also fall under your responsibilities as will managing the contracts of all staff.

A good understanding of budget management is desirable and ideally you will have an understanding of the complexities of funding for further education (FE) colleges. You will work closely with the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) to manage resources effectively and will be up to date on the latest sector updates from the ESFA. Additionally, you’ll help promote and market the college, support fundraising efforts, and drive income generation activities.

The above is a flavour of what to expect in the post of College Business Lead and the role is not limited to the duties outlined above. The post holder will be required to undertake other duties appropriate to the level of the role.

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 Tor View School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 258 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tor View School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tor-view-school

Tor View is an all through school, providing an ‘Outstanding’ education for children and young adults, aged 3 – 19 with a wide range of educational needs. Predominantly, we specialise in teaching children with learning difficulties, either moderate (MLD), severe (SLD) or profound and multiple (PMLD); many of our children have accompanying conditions such as Autism, Down Syndrome or Cerebral Palsy. All of our children attend school because they have complex and lifelong learning disabilities which means they need an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

Tor View School is very well equipped and benefits from a range of multi-sensory rooms, a hydrotherapy pool and a therapy dog, Ruby. Throughout the school, provision is made for pupils with additional needs arising from physical disabilities, sensory impairments and specific conditions including Autistic Spectrum Condition. In addition, the Academy has a specialist resource, the Intensive Support Centre (ISC) which accommodates young people with complex needs arising from behavioural and communication difficulties. Tor View also has a café, The Garage Café, which is open to the public and provides the learners with valuable work experience. As well as providing an ‘Outstanding’ education for its learners, Tor View is also a National Support School, has been a Teaching School since 2013 and has recently been designated as a Teaching School Hub.

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