Assistant Bursar (Estates)
Bethany School
Kent
- £45,000 - £50,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- + Benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 February 2023
Job overview
Bethany is far more than just a school. We’re a unique charity and educational community set in 60 acres of the stunning Weald of Kent countryside. In recent years we’ve created an indoor swimming pool, built a sixth form Centre, and a dedicated fitness suite. Right now, we’re focusing on the construction of a purpose-built performing arts centre that will open in 2024 and empower our pupils to express themselves to the full.
In this position, you will make sure all these assets are safe, secure, compliant and fit for purpose. Working closely with the Bursar you will be taking ownership of our ambitious estates strategy, as you procure facilities management contracts, define and deliver planned and reactive maintenance and lead a closely-knit team to achieve best performance and best value. Your remit will extend across grounds, maintenance, cleaning and more, and you will go the extra mile to ensure that our superb facilities are presented to optimal effect, whilst carefully controlling budgets and costs.
Managing projects, engaging contractors and consulting with stakeholders should be second nature to you, and you will be commercially astute, highly organised and well versed in health and safety requirements. A relevant estates management experience would be very useful, as would a formal safety certification (IOSH or NEBOSH) but it’s your computer and ability to work with and motivate your teams, as well as a clear vision for the future and drive and determination to make a difference, that will matter most.
In return, we offer excellent conditions of employment within a friendly school community with a welcoming Christian ethos. Central London is less than an hour away, as is the Channel Tunnel, so this is the perfect location in which to be based and we can even offer onsite accommodation if you need.
For further information, please visit our website via the apply button.
Bethany School is being assisted in the recruitment of this key position by the ISBA’s Recruitment Team, from whom an application pack can be obtained by sending an email to: amandawhite@theisba.org.uk. Alternatively, if you would like to speak with the ISBA, please contact Amanda White on 07354 249322.
About Bethany School
In addition to being a registered charity, Bethany is a co-educational, independent boarding and day school for pupils aged 11-18 years. There are 325 pupils in the School, including 110 boarding pupils. The majority of pupils remain in the School until they are eighteen and most proceed to University. There are 90 pupils in the Sixth Form and the A Level pass rate in 2019 was 95%. The 2019 GCSE pass rates was 85% at 9-4 (A*-C) grade.
Bethany enjoys an ever-growing reputation, both locally and further afield, for the quality of its teaching and pastoral care. As a result, pupil numbers are very buoyant. In recent years the School has undertaken a programme of building development, including the construction of an indoor swimming pool, an extension to the sixth form building as well as a dedicated fitness building The next phase of this development will include a purpose built performing arts space.
The School is a Christian foundation with a strong community life. All members of staff are expected to be in agreement with the Christian values and to attend Chapel with the pupils. The School is well known for its high level of pastoral care for pupils. In addition, it enjoys an international reputation for the education of dyslexic pupils. Class sizes are small, rarely reaching more than eighteen pupils, and considerably less in the Sixth Form.
The School is set in beautiful Kent countryside and the 60-acre campus is spacious and attractive. It lies in the hamlet of Curtisden Green, mid-way between Goudhurst and Marden. Central London is less than an hour’s journey from Marden Station, as are Dover and the Channel Tunnel. For a small school, the high standard of sporting success and the extensive games programme are made possible by the expertise and commitment of the teaching staff outside normal lesson time. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme also enjoys remarkable success, as do the Performing Arts. We have a hugely successful pupil/teacher/exchange programme with a senior school in Taiwan.
The School is forward thinking in all aspects of teaching, learning and curriculum and has created a 10-year vision, Bethany 2026, for its education provision.
Bethany 2026 is a school, which is:
• Providing an innovative education relevant to the 21st century;
• Encouraging the virtue of learning in young people delivering 21st century learning habits;
• Living our Christian values through excellent pastoral care.
• A flourishing school investing in the future.
Furthermore, the School has a unique philosophy of learning centred on developing excellent learning habits in its pupils in order to instil in them the ‘Virtue of Learning’. All teaching staff are encouraged to undertake their own action-based research through a teacher-led Professional Learning Community model.
In recent years the curriculum has been enhanced further and now includes GCSE Dance, and level 3 courses in Economics and Computing. In addition, all full-time staff are provided with a laptop computer and all pupils from Year 7 have their own laptop. This is complimented by a revised Computing curriculum in Key Stage 3 which includes coding and the opportunity for pupils to develop core computing skills. As a school we make use of Microsoft 365 for supporting teaching and learning and have a number of staff who are Microsoft Innovative Educators. We have used Teams to deliver a highly successful remote learning program during lockdown.
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