Business Manager
Somerhill
Tonbridge, Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 19 June 2019
Job overview
The Schools at Somerhill - Business Manager
The Schools at Somerhill is seeking to appoint a Business Manager to direct all the School’s business operations while contributing enthusiastically to all aspects of School life.
The School Business Manager is a senior position reporting to the Principal and through him, reporting to governors, and working closely with the Heads of each School section as part of the Senior Leadership Team.
The successful candidate will, first-and-foremost, be a people person with outstanding influencing, leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. They will be able to inspire and lead a diverse and capable group of support staff and develop a strong spirit among them.
The Business Manager will play a crucial role in all strategic, operational, commercial, and financial aspects of the School, and will report to governors on these matters by attending regular meetings. The successful candidate must have an excellent understanding of budgeting, forecasting and strategic long-term planning alongside extensive business experience which demonstrates a strong record of success in operational and financial management within organisations of relevant scale and complexity.
Key Dates:
Wednesday 19th June 9.00am - Closing Date for Applications
Thursday 20th June – Invitation to interview
Week commencing Monday 1st July – Interviews and assessments
Please note that we do not accept CVs in place of an official SAS Application Form as we require the same range of information from all of our candidates. Completed applications with covering letter can be submitted to recruitment@somerhill.org
The Schools at Somerhill is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. References will be taken up for those candidates short-listed for interview. The successful candidate will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
The Schools at Somerhill is an equal opportunities employer.
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About Somerhill
Ours is a very special school with a unique structure in this part of the world. We have a coeducational pre-prep of 200 boys and girls aged three to seven. At the end of Year Two, in the same way as for ‘diamond model’ schools, our girls join Derwent Lodge, (136 girls from Year Three to Six) and the boys join Yardley Court (250 boys from Year Three to Eight). Our pupils are, therefore, taught in single sex classes from the age of seven but very much in a coeducational setting. More details can be found on our website: www.somerhill.org.
The school is based in a stunning Jacobean mansion, set in 150 acres of beautiful parkland. You will be hard-pressed to find a more glorious setting for a school! Somerhill is an estate just to the south of Tonbridge and is readily accessed by a slip road off the A21. We have excellent facilities including a multi-purpose sports hall, astroturf, new dining hall, indoor swimming pool complex and music centre built in 2014.
Ours is a mixed ability school. We have very bright and capable pupils and are one of the largest 11+ grammar school feeders in Kent. We also have a strong record of obtaining scholarships to top independent secondary schools, such as Tonbridge and Sevenoaks, at 11/13+. We also have boys and girls who find aspects of their learning more challenging and currently approximately 60+ pupils receive some measure of additional support.
When girls leave Derwent Lodge, many of them go to the Kent grammar schools and others go on to Sevenoaks School, Kent College, Walthamstow Hall, Mayfield, and other independent and state schools. Of the boys who leave Yardley Court at 11+ many go to the local grammar schools. For boys leaving at 13+, Tonbridge School is the most popular destination. Others join Sevenoaks School, Bede’s, Eastbourne, Caterham, and Sutton Valence.
Whilst Somerhill has some 600 pupils, the division into three separate sections means that each section can tailor its teaching to best suit the children within it. Parents feel that they have the best of both worlds with small care and linked pupil/teacher ratios but with larger school facilities and social opportunities. They are very supportive of the idea behind a coeducational pre-prep leading to single sex prep sections, but within a mixed gender environment.
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