Business Support Manager

About us and the role 

We wish to recruit a Business Support Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for Business and Administrative support to the school and be the key point of contact between the centralised Finance & HR Teams.   

Would you like to join a school with exciting opportunities? Would you like to work with pupils who have excellent learning behaviour and a thirst for knowledge? Would you like to work in a school that values you as a person? Then Avanti Park School is the school for you!  

Avanti Park School is a Middle deemed Primary school with pupils from Reception to Year 8. The Avanti Schools Trust took over the school in November 2019 and the school has improved rapidly since this takeover. 

The staff at Avanti Park School are passionate about the school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all the students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students. 

You will be working as part of a team who are passionate about providing the very best experience for our students. 

This is a unique opportunity to help develop a new and innovative school, which will be shaped by three key elements for both students and staff: 

• Educational excellence 
• Character formation 
• Spiritual insight 

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the School directly to arrange a suitable time. 

Why should you apply?

• You will be working in a fantastic environment. 
• Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.  

What will you do? 

• Be responsible for advising the senior leadership team and the SSC on various matters to ensure the smooth running of the school. 
• Ensure new members of the office staff are fully trained and inducted on the use of office and ICT equipment  
• Research grants and sources of funding and have marketing responsibilities for promoting the extended school service 
• Build close working relationship with the Senior Leadership Team and SSC. 
• Proactively review resources and spending priorities to ensure that school development plan targets reflect budget planning. 

For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description 

What are we looking for? 

• Experience of project management e.g. building projects 
• Able to cope with varied pressures and work to deadlines 
• Experience of managing and leading staff 
• Personable, approachable, able to explain complex issues 
• Proven experience in a relevant function 

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role. 

Further information 

Pre-employment checks 

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. 

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks. 

Diversity and Inclusion 

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.  

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.