Assistant School Business Manager
St James Church of England High School
Bolton
- Expired
- Salary:
- £29,323 to £32,486
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st January 2018
- Apply by:
- 28 November 2017
Job overview
Assistant School Business Manager
Required from January 2018 or sooner if possible for a permanent contract
Grade 8 Points 33 to 37, £29,323 to £32,486 per annum
37 hours per week
8.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday (4.00 pm finish Friday)
Hours can be all year round or negotiable to school term time plus a number of days in the holidays.
Actual salary will be determined by the number of weeks worked.
Are you looking for a new challenge? Here at St James’s we have just created a brand new role for an Assistant Business Manager and are looking for an innovative person to join our dedicated and committed support staff team. As this is new role, there is a real opportunity for you to shape how the role develops in the future. It is also an excellent opportunity for an aspiring Business Manager of the future as full training will be provided with the opportunity to undertake professional qualifications. Alternatively you may already be a Business Manager in a primary school wanting to make a move to a large secondary school and gain experience of working as part of a MAT.
The role has been created as our existing Business Manager takes on the role of CFO in the Bishop Fraser Trust, a Multi Academy Trust to be formed by St James’s and Canon Slade, along with sponsoring Bolton St Catherine’s. The Bishop Fraser Trust is due to open on the 1st December 2017.
The role will involve managing the day to day function of the Finance Office and supporting the business function in school in the absence of the school’s Business Manager.
You will need to have strong financial management skills, be an excellent communicator, have an understanding of the School Business Manager competency framework and be willing to develop your technical expertise across a wide range of professional disciplines in school including - Estate Management, Health and Safety, Contract Management, Project Management, Procurement and ICT.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop professionally by joining our forward thinking, dynamic, successful and oversubscribed school. We base our work on a strong Christian ethos, value the contribution made by all and deliver high quality learning experiences within a caring environment. At St James’s, we are all learners and constantly aim high in all that we do. We are delighted to have been awarded Teaching School status in September 2013 and strive to develop ourselves and others. Our school has been judged as outstanding in December 2011.
St James's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. Successful candidates are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
For further details, including how to apply, please contact the school on 01204 333000 or visit our website www.st-james.bolton.sch.uk
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sharon Wardle, HR Manager in the first instance.
Applications must be returned by Tuesday 28th November 2017 at 8.30 am and can either be emailed to recruitment@st-james.bolton.sch.uk or posted to St James’s CE High School, Lucas Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 9RU.
Interview date Wednesday 6th December 2017
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About St James Church of England High School
- St James Church of England High School
- Lucas Road, Farnworth, Bolton
- Greater Manchester
- BL4 9RU
- United Kingdom
St James’s is a Church of England Secondary School that was judged to be ‘Good’ by OFSTED in 2022 with behaviour and attitudes; personal development as well as leadership and management at the school being described as ‘Outstanding’.
Our mission is to ensure every young person, no matter what their starting point can experience ‘life in all its fullness.’ To this end we ensure every young person fulfils their full academic potential whilst also developing into happy, confident, compassionate and accomplished young adults. We are ambitious for every student and we support and encourage them to be ambitious for themselves.
We believe in the importance of teaching students that success comes from hard work and self-discipline however we also ensure that students who struggle get the bespoke support and help they need to catch up.
St James’s High School is a high performing Church of England Academy. We have high academic standards and each year our students achieve excellent results, above the national average. We recruit the best teachers and invest in their training and development to ensure every student is inspired and consequently flourishes.
We are a Church of England school that welcomes members of other Christian denominations, and of other faiths. Our Anglican beliefs, values and worship are central to everything we do. Every child is valued at St James and through the highest quality pastoral care they are nurtured and loved. Our motto of ‘Caring for others † Achieving excellence’ sums up our view that care must and should come first in order to support and enable achievement.
All staff at St James’s are absolutely committed to giving every young person the very best. We work to ensure all students go on from us as committed, caring, serving leaders that work to make their communities and our society a better place.
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