Business Manager

Business Manager 

Full time, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year 

Kent Range 12 £43,210 - £50,608.  

27 days’ holiday per year, increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service.   

This is an exciting opportunity to head up an enthusiastic and hard-working Finance Team, which sits within the Business Operations Team, currently providing Finance, HR and IT services to The Malling School and The Holmesdale School.   

The role and its responsibilities are split equally between the two schools, so the ability to drive and have access to your own transport is essential.   

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide strategic support to the Headteachers and Governing Bodies on all aspects of school business management.
• Participate in strategic decision making as a member of the schools’ Senior Leadership Teams to ensure that the business service implications of all decisions are duly considered and particularly that all financial implications are rigorously explored to ensure the viability of strategic decisions.
• Ensure an effective link between the school financial plan and the School Improvement Plan.
• Manage the disciplines of finance, premises and health & safety.
• Negotiate, manage and monitor contracts, tenders and agreements ensuring ‘best value’ at all times.
• Maximise the use of financial resources and generate sources of income for the school.
• Ensure that school resources are deployed effectively and efficiently to support the schools’ aims and student achievement.
• Actively support the aims and ethos of the school and demonstrate continual positive commitment to the adherence to, and application of, school policies.
• To lead and manage the Finance Team and other relevant support staff.   

PERSON SPECIFICATION SUMMARY

• Relevant professional qualification.
• Proven and successful experience of relevant financial management in an organisation 
• Evidence of analytical skills and the ability to summarise findings.
• Independently able to propose solutions to problems within an overall strategic plan.
• Experience of leadership of a team of staff ideally including those not directly supervised throughout the day.
• Managing budgets, financial reporting.
• Fluency in the use of IT.
• Evidence of the ability to devolve responsibilities, delegate tasks and monitor outcomes.
• Good organisation and proven administration abilities.
• A high level of communication skills orally and in writing.
• Able to devolve responsibilities, delegate tasks and monitor outcomes.
• Resilience, enthusiasm, creativity and a sense of humour.
• Able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Able to work under pressure, meet deadlines, keep calm.
• Possess integrity, honesty, perceptiveness and a commitment to fairness. 

For full details of the job role and our requirements please refer to the job description and person specification.   We encourage potential applicants to visit our schools before applying. Please email Sian Bartle, HR Manager, at hr@themallingschool.kent.sch.uk for more information or to arrange an informal visit.  To apply for the role please complete the TES online application form.

Closing date: 18 April 2017 at 9am 

Interviews: 24 April 2017  

The Malling School is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of welfare of all children and young people. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure, CV, Occupational Health check and two satisfactory references.