School Business Manager - July Perm - Sevenoaks Kent

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A fantastic School in Sevenoaks, Kent has retained The Education Network to identify their next School Business Manager.

The school is graded “Good” by Ofsted and is currently undergoing an exciting expansion and as such is looking for a highly skilled Business Manager to be the Headteacher’s right hand person with responsibility for all financial management and administration systems across the school.

The School we are representing is a heavily oversubscribed secondary School which opened in September 2013. The Schools has a strong Christian ethos and currently caters for students in years 7, 8 and 9 They will be moving into a brand new, purpose-built School in September 2016.

This role is integral to the strategic leadership and success of the School and driving forward the plans for relocating across to the new site. The successful candidate must be a confident leader who can function well as part of a team, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, have a “can-do” attitude, be highly organised and have the ability to work under pressure in order to meet deadlines.

The ideal candidate will be a dynamic and forward thinking Business Manager who can support the Headteacher in leading the School and achieving Good to Outstanding.

You will have:

o Sound experience of financial management and budgetary control in schools or equivalent

o Experience of ICT and Sage 50 or equivalent o Supervisory experience of the administrative systems within a school

o An understanding of facilities management including Health and Safety

o The ability to identify, research, develop, cost and implement new initiatives o An ability to secure funding through researching and applying for resources o A high degree of motivation to be fully committed to working in a school environment

o Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills

Ideally we are looking for someone with:

• Experience of supporting a Senior Leader within an organisation

• Experience of leading budgetary management systems ideally within a School

• Ideally an understanding of school management and Governing Bodies

The package on offer is competitive, please call The Education Network to discuss further.

The core hours of work will be 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a supportive and busy team in a successful School, if you think you have the relevant skills and experience to be considered for this position and feel that you could bring value to the post, please contact Maxine at The Education Network (the School’s recruitment partner) for further information and an in-depth discussion about the School and the post, with a view to arranging a School visit.

The deadline for applications is 6th June however applications will be accepted in advance of this date.

Interviews will be held on 8th June 2016