Bursar & Estate Manager
Belhaven Hill School
East Lothian
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 25 June 2022
Job overview
We seek an experienced Bursar & Estate Manager to lead the operational management of Scotland’s premier boarding preparatory school, to start as soon as possible
Belhaven Hill is special. Known simply as ‘Belhaven’, its small size allows for a happy, fun environment in which children achieve outstanding academic results.
The School is thriving. The candidate we seek will bring experience, innovation, reliability, professionalism and outstanding communication skills to this key leadership role. Belhaven has been a Prep School for a century. It welcomes day pupils, but is predominantly a ‘full-boarding’ school and the boarding ethos is central to school life and enriches the experience and opportunities available to all pupils. As part of exciting new plans, a Pre-Prep day school was launched in the grounds in April this year, extending the School’s provision to up to 150 children aged between 5 and 13. The handsome listed house is at the centre of the School. It is set in 20 acres of beautiful grounds, close to the sea, some thirty miles east of Edinburgh. To mark its Centenary in 2023, Belhaven is engaged in a major fundraising campaign to enable ambitious building projects and create an endowment fund for bursarial awards.
Belhaven has a strong academic record and an enviable reputation for its pastoral care. Heads at public schools say they can recognise our children instantly - a ‘Belhaven DNA’ which makes for charming all-rounders, who fit in with confidence and contribute to school life.
This is an exceptional opportunity to help lead a successful and ambitious school whilst enjoying a very high quality of life in the beautiful setting of Belhaven.
For further details about the role, please read the Job Description. The Application Form is available to download. Please apply as soon as possible as we are reviewing our applications on a rolling basis. Candidates may be interviewed before the closing date on 20th June 2022 and we may withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
Closing Date: 20th June 2022
Belhaven Hill is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland. The School is a Registered Charity in Scotland, No SCO 07118
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About Belhaven Hill School
Belhaven is a happy and thriving co-educational prep school with a warm and welcoming atmosphere and ethos. Pupils aged between 6 and 13 come from all over Scotland and the north of England and are joined by a small but important group of international pupils. Currently, approximately 60% of the school board whilst 40% attend daily. Founded in 1923 as a boys' boarding school, is has been genuinely co-ed since 1995. A significant majority of the children board for their last two or three years. Boarders stay at the school on a fortnightly cycle, where they go home every two weeks from Friday lunchtime until Sunday evening or Monday morning. 'Weekends in' therefore see the school full of children enjoying a range of activities, making friendships that last for a lifetime. Currently, the school is investing in an exciting Digital Education programme as well as continuing to exploit its enviable position on the East Lothian coastline via an expanded Outdoor Education curriculum. The encouragement to the children to have a go and to learn via experience is pervasive and creates confident young people, ready and eager for the next stage of their education.
The main school building is a handsome listed mansion, dating from 1760. Five large rooms and an additional storey were added in 1900 and there have been further extensions in recent years. Boys have their dormitories in the main building and there is a separate girls' house across the lawn: both are comfortable and welcoming. The main house has been undergoing a rolling programme of refurbishment and redecoration in recent years, enhancing dormitories and common rooms and creating a new library and computer room. A new classroom block, music school and art building have all been created since 2000. Many of the teaching staff live within the lovely grounds which extend to 20 acres, with accommodation in either the old stable block or the south lodge. There are fine playing fields, a small astroturf pitch, a sports hall, a heated outdoor swimming pool, grass tennis courts, a croquet lawn, putting green and children's gardens within the walled garden. Between the rear of the school and the sea is a golf club, of which the senior children can become members and play rounds in the evenings and at weekends.
The school is a charitable trust run by a Board of Governors. The Head reports to the Governors and attends meetings of the full Board and its sub-committees.
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