Bursar
DLD College London
Westminster
- £70,000 - £75,000 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 13 August 2021
Job overview
We are looking for experienced and dedicated applicants from qualified Bursar backgrounds (preferably in schools/Colleges) on a full-time basis. DLD College is an independent co-educational boarding college situated in the heart of London overlooking Westminster and the river Thames. The college was recently crowed ‘Boarding School of the Year 2020’, offering first class pastoral provision to our students. This is a vibrant and diverse environment, offering ample opportunities for professional development and growth.
The successful candidate will be someone who can work as part of a team, as well as on their own initiative, and who relishes the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and support.
DLD College is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity. DLD College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to obtain an enhanced disclosure via the DBS and have DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance.
Job Purpose
The Bursar should be capable of managing a complex organisation and of dealing effectively and sympathetically with a wide variety of people. They will provide financial input in the preparation of the College’s plans and strategies, proposing and consulting on changes and new initiatives where appropriate, and having regard to the aims and objectives of the College.
Person specification
Job Description
Staff Management
• Executive Leadership Team representative for all College support staff
• Line manager (including annual appraisals) of Office Manager, Finance Bursar, Facilities Manager and contact for outsourced Security/ Catering/Cleaning companies
Finance
• Responsibility for two financial systems: Alpha Plus Group and APEL
• Responsibility for ensuring that billing for both is sent in good time
• Monitoring of deposit and advance fee journals and reconciling against Alpha Plus local records
• Liaising with Head Office accounts department for all annual reporting
• Review of income on a termly basis, ensuring bills raised matches enrolments
• Responsibility for credit control
• Processing of commission invoices and sending reminders to agents for outstanding claims
• Preparation of the annual budget in conjunction with the Principal and Head Office, ongoing variance analysis and detailed cost tracking per budget line
• Banking and cash management the monthly reconciliation procedure (bank and fee accounts).
• General oversight of sales ledger and Credit Control processes (managed by Finance Bursar), reporting of debtors’ situation to the Company Secretary
• Completing authorisation forms for all capital expenditure, marketing expenditure or staff recruitment
• Ensuring that any trips have a budget before parents are billed to ensure that all costs can be recovered and final review to ensure no overspends
• Managing authorisation of employee expenses (to be administered by Finance Bursar)
Admissions
• To participate in interviews for prospective students, under the direction of the Head of Admissions or Sales Team
• To participate in the interview process for prospective staff, in conjunction with the HR Officer
Operations and Premises
• To lead on all matters of Health and Safety, ensuring compliance at all times, in conjunction with the Facilities Manager
• Negotiation of rental agreements, including holiday-time sublets
• Manage the tendering process for service contracts and monitor spending to ensure quality and cost-effectiveness for the College
• Liaising with other staff members to ensure that the building and IT requirements are planned in advance.
• Be responsible for the College’s Business Continuity Plan, Risk Register and all matters compliance
• Through the Office Manager, manage the purchase of all goods and services for the College
• Monitor the quality of provision in catering and cleaning services, to ensure high standards are maintained
• To chair the College’s ICT Strategy Committee and work with the IT Operations Manager on building infrastructure and network reliability.
General
• Undertake any such duties as reasonably correspond with the role
This list is not exhaustive, and the essence of the job is to be accommodating and flexible at all times and the Bursar may be asked to do duties other than those listed, as deemed reasonable in the opinion of the Principal.
Qualifications
• A good honours degree and substantial experience in similar or related roles;
• Professional accountancy qualifications;
• A flexible and adaptable approach to work.
All candidates will be screened and shortlisted on the same criteria prior to the deadline and we reserve the right to interview candidates prior to this deadline. We therefore encourage early applications
To apply: Alpha Plus Group Careers page
Closing date for applications: Friday 30th July 2021
Interviews: TBC
Attached documents
About DLD College London
About DLD College London
DLD College London, affectionately known as DLD, is a multi-award-winning boarding and day school in the heart of London opposite the Houses of Parliament and close to Waterloo and South Bank. Its mission is to ‘Develop the next generation of Leaders to take their place in a challenging and Diverse world’; from now on, that is what DLD now means to us – Development, Leadership, and Diversity.
DLD was founded in 1931 by Davies, Laing & Dick to provide tutoring for Oxbridge and the Colonial Service entrance exams. After the Second World War, the college specialised in ‘A’ and ‘O’ Level teaching. Over some fifty years, there has been a gradual transformation so that DLD now is a school for 13-19 year-olds providing full-time education for some four hundred children.
Our pupils come to us from all over the world. They are attracted by our enviable location, wide range of subjects, high academic achievement, outstanding pastoral care and our award-winning boarding in the heart of London. Our focus is first and foremost on the wellbeing of our students (and staff) and removing any barriers to learning, which will help them be happy and achieve their potential both in and out of the classroom.
In September 2015, DLD College London relocated to brand new, purpose-built premises by Waterloo station, overlooking Westminster and the River Thames. It focuses on each student as an individual, offering each child the best teaching and educational resources. It aims to build confidence, enabling them to accessvarious degree courses at top universities in the UK and worldwide. DLD is a school noted for its friendliness, warmth and informality – our award-winning Wellbeing Centre is the beating heart of the school.
As part of the Abbey DLD Group of Colleges, DLD aims to maintain a ‘gold standard’ of educational quality. Our pupils follow a number of academic pathways, from our ground-breaking Year 9 curriculum, GCSEs and A Levels, to BTECs and our popular International Foundation Programmes (IFP). Classes are small, enabling students and teachers to focus on the most effective ways of learning. We stretch and challenge our students, motivating them and raising their expectations of themselves. Moreover, our learning community is supported by e-learning platforms and a desire to develop core skills necessary for the future of work.
Theschool offers superb, modern teaching facilities and resources in one of London’s safest and most accessible areas, a stone’s throw from Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. While the school is strong in all academic areas, our creative arts continue to flourish, and our theatre, art and design, music and photography studios are scintillating and inspiring places. Our boarding provides some 250 rooms in our purpose-built boarding house directly above our school premises.
DLD recently won the Special Judges’ Independent School of the Year Award and the ‘Boarding School of the Year’ Award in 2020 and again in 2023. DLD has also recently won the Independent Schools’ Association award for ‘Innovation in Pupil Voice’ and Talk Education’s ‘Innovation in Education’ in 2023. It was one of the finalists in the 2020 TES Awards for Boarding School of the Year and has been listed in the prestigious Tatler’s Schools guide in 2022, 2023 and 2024. In addition, DLD is the only school in the UK to receive the Gold Award for ‘Mental Health in Boarding’ from the Carnegie School of Education.
DLD is a thriving boarding and day school with an enviable range of co-curricular activities, including sporting, cultural and social opportunities using ‘London as its Classroom’. The Good School’s Guide recently said, “It is one of the most unique and exciting schools in Britain: urban, modern, forward-looking and undeniably cool”.
We look forward to welcoming you to DLD College London soon.
Child Protection
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Checks and Training
• Enhanced DBS checks to ascertain your suitability to work with children will be carried out. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and therefore all convictions, cautions and bindovers, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared.
• Online searches will be carried out on candidates for any unsuitable content by or about candidates.
• Two written & verbal references from previous employers and a personal reference will be sought. Your referees will be asked about your suitability to work with children and whether you know of any disciplinary offences relating to children or young persons and whether you have been the subject of any child protection allegations or concerns and if so the outcome of any enquiry or disciplinary procedure.
• Your full employment history will be checked, any significant gaps will require explanation and proof of any relevant qualifications will need to be provided.
• You will be required to complete Child Protection Training via e-learning prior to commencing employment.
• Pre-employment health screening will be carried out.
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