Business Manager

BUSINESS MANAGER
37 hours per week - all year round (permanent)

Start Date: Required as soon as possible

Salary: PO5/6 (44-49) Actual Salary £39,177 to £43,821 p.a.

(Starting salary dependent on experience)

Bradford Forster Academy is a new 11-16 Church of England secondary Academy and part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT), a growing Christian Multi-Academy Trust based in Bradford. The Academy opened on 1st September 2015 and now has 350 students on roll in years 7 and 8 with 550 students from September 2017. Within BDAT there is an exciting opportunity to work across a variety of growing diverse schools.

This is a very exciting time for us and we are now looking to appoint a Business Manager who will be able to utilise their finance and business operations skills across the academy.

The Business Manager will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team and is a wonderful opportunity for a talented and ambitious professional to make a sustained and substantial contribution to the growth and development of the Academy. The role offers the successful candidate a challenge that will be both rewarding and fulfilling and will support you to achieve your own personal career goals and aspirations. 

The successful candidate will: 

• Have experience of using PS Financials and Orovia BPS for the finance operation, along with other cloud based products such as Office 365. 
• Have previous experience of working as a Business Manager in an academy setting.
• Provide effective communication with the Head of School ensuring a co-ordinated approach on HR and payroll matters.  

We can offer you:

• An academy and senior leadership team that will allow you to be inspirational, proactive and      play an active part in our school improvement
• Tailored CPD with a strong commitment on developing individual career paths
• A stimulating, attractive and welcoming learning environment
• A brand new purpose built building with state of the art technology and resources
• An approach which supports and stimulates professional growth 
• A supportive Leadership Team

If you are looking to join an academy with a culture of professional learning and reflection, then we want to hear from you.  Visits to the academy are encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Barbara Blackham, PA to the Head of School, at b.blackham@bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk 

Closing Date for applications is 9.00 am Monday, 7th August 2017.

Interviews will be held on Thursday, 24th August 2017.

For full details, application form with information pack, please visit our website http://www.bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk/job-vacancies/

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).