Business Support Manager

Salary: Grade 8, £33,311 - £35,114 per annum. Approximate pro rata £29,514 - £31,112 per annum (0.88602 FTE).

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.

Avanti Fields School is an all-through, faith designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.

The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our 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.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:

• Educational excellence
• Character formation
• Spiritual insight

Why should you apply

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.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• A strong vision of Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight
• Great opportunities for professional development
• LGPS pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria
• O2 discounts
• NUS Card
• Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Access to multiple well-being programmes
• Cycle to work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
• Plus many more!

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.