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Business Manager

Ark Castledown Primary Academy

East Sussex

  • £35,411 - £42,503 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
12 June 2023

Job overview

Business Manager

Ark Castledown Primary Academy

 

Location: Hastings

Start date: ASAP

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 36 hours per week, Full Time

Salary: Ark Support Scale 10, Points 29-36, £35,411 - £42,503

Closing date: 9am on Monday 12th June 2023

Interviews:  Thursday 15th June 2023

 

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Business Manager to join our Leadership Team.  This role will involve leading on finance, HR, and site management across the academy.

The successful candidate will:

o  be committed to improving educational outcomes for our pupils

o  enjoy working part of a strong network of academies

o  have a strong sense of moral purpose

o  have well-developed ICT skills

o  have experience of people management

o  have experience and/or knowledge of schools or education administration

o  have experience of finance administration and basic financial processes

What we can offer you

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with outstanding school leaders across the three Ark Hastings Primaries.

We can offer you excellent opportunities for professional development as well as the support and guidance of an experienced and outstanding senior leadership team. You will also benefit from considerable administrative and site support in the form of our Regional Finance Director, Academy Site Manager, Receptionist and Academy Secretary. The Castledown team works closely with Ark Blacklands and Ark Little Ridge Primary Academies both of whom have long-standing and experienced Business Managers who will work closely with you in your new role.

If you have a keen interest in education, business, and finance, we can offer you support and challenge to develop further. By joining the Ark schools network you will gain access to an exclusive range of benefits including comprehensive CPD, training and best-practice sharing opportunities, reduced gym membership, large retail discounts as well as the unique opportunity to apply for international exchanges and other scholarship prospects.

About us

Ark Castledown Primary Academy is a successful and popular school in the heart of Hastings. Last year pupil outcomes were above national averages in all areas, and significantly above for KS2. 

How to apply

Interested in this exciting opportunity? If you have any questions or would like to arrange a visit, please contact Mr M Rankin on 01424 444046, or email finance@arkcastledown.org

To apply please go to http://arkcastledown.org/vacancies.

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.

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About Ark Castledown Primary Academy

Ark Castledown Primary Academy is a community primary school serving the children of Hastings. It is a 2-form entry school, with 60 pupils in each year group, from Nursery to Year 6. 

Ark Castledown Academy has recently joined the Ark network of schools and works closely with successful local primary schools Ark Blacklands Primary Academy and Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy, under a shared Regional Director with added opportunities of sharing best practice and professional development across the Ark network.

Our vision for our pupils is clear: we are working so that every child who attends Ark Castledown will be academically and socially equipped for success at secondary school -  and beyond that - to go on to university or the career of their choice. 

Our staff makes a tremendous effort to get to know each and every pupil individually, in order to provide the very best care they can for them.  

At Ark Castledown Primary Academy we have high expectations for all our pupils.  We are dedicated to doing whatever it takes to ensure that all of our pupils succeed. 

Curriculum 

Our curriculum places an emphasis and clear focus on English and mathematics.  Skills learnt in these subjects provide the foundations for all learning. There are also many other opportunities for students to explore and develop their other skills and talents. Our curriculum includes a broad range of enrichment activities such as humanities, music, PE, the arts and more.  

The Ark network 

Ark Castledown Primary Academy is part of Ark, an international charity transforming lives through education. Ark has 38 schools across the UK in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. Ark exists to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. Ark schools are all non-selective and in areas where they can make the biggest difference.  

Read more about Ark: http://arkonline.org/ 

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