Bursar

Gad's Hill School, a successful co-educational independent day school for pupils aged 3-16, in Higham, Kent, requires a highly skilled and enthusiastic team-player to serve as our Bursar.

The post is an appointment made by the Governing Body, to which the successful candidate will report directly on all financial matters, while reporting to the Headmaster on day-to-day operational issues. The Bursar will be a key member of our Senior Leadership Team, working closely alongside the Headmaster, Heads of Upper and Lower School, our Lower School Senior Leader and our Inclusion Lead.

The Bursar is expected to be comfortable managing an organisation’s accounting and financial systems. As well as having hands-on experience, the Bursar must also be adept at working with and getting the best out of people and is expected to represent the school while forming strong working relationships with a variety of external partners. Additionally, the Bursar is line manager to the heads of a number of non-academic departments, including the Operations Manager (who oversees estates services, catering and transport), the Financial Controller, Head Groundskeeper and the Network Manager.

The right candidate must be able to demonstrate attention to detail, have excellent communication skills, be good with people as well as having the boundless energy to contribute and lead by example in this busy independent school. Our new Bursar will, ideally, have experience in business/commerce, be a first-class administrator, IT literate, a strong team leader and must be enthusiastic about working in an environment where our pupils come first. We want someone who will ensure that our support infrastructure is best suited to help the school develop, improve and move forward.