Director of Finance & Operations
Highgate Wood Secondary School
Crouch Hill
- £58,209 - £61,491 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Haringey Salary Scale PO8 + additional benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September (or sooner if possible)
- Apply by:
- 8 June 2023
Job overview
Director of Finance and Operations
Required for September (or sooner if possible)
Grade: Salary Scale PO8 with additional benefits
Working Hours: Full time 52 weeks per year
Contract: Permanent
An exciting opportunity has become available at Highgate Wood School as the Director of Finance and Operations. The successful candidate will play a leading role in the running of a happy and successful school and will take line-management responsibilities for our Data Manager, Network Manager, Office Manager, Facilities Manager, Finance Manager & Communication and Marketing Officer.
The successful candidate will:
• Have two or more years’ experience of working in a lead finance role in a maintained school or significant finance and operations experience outside of education
• Demonstrate a track record of stakeholder management; development of colleagues and being an approachable and collegiate leader
• Have knowledge of Network Management, Health and Safety, IT, HR and School’s Funding requirements.
• Have sound technical understanding of school leadership issues
• Can work hard in a fast moving and demanding school environment
• Be computer literate with working knowledge of SIMs and school finance packages.
• Possess a proven ability to lead complex initiatives
• Demonstrate success in improving operational effectiveness of an organisation
• Can set, manage and update budgets
• Can make accurate judgments about strategic operational decisions and interventions
• Have demonstrable experience of leading operational budgets for developing innovative approaches to resource management
• Open to further professional development
• Have a good sense of humour and be a team player
We can offer:
• A friendly work environment and a supportive leadership team
• Pension, Cycle scheme, Season ticket loan, Tech scheme, EAP
• Continuous CPD
• A happy school environment with confident students who enjoy being at school
• A committed Governing Body and an inspirational Headteacher
Candidates are encouraged to visit the school by prior arrangement. Please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Emma Olakisan eol@hws.haringey.sch.uk for further information or a visit.
Closing date for applications: 9am - Thursday 8th June 2023.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Please note that previous applicants need not apply
Interview date: Tuesday 13th June 2023.
How to apply:
• To apply for this post, please download the application form this (TES) website or visit our website for an application pack and form, https://hws.haringey.sch.uk/about-us/join-us/vacancies/
• Please note that CVs alone are not accepted in line with Safer Recruitment practices.
Highgate Wood School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Also, this post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
In line with KCSIE 2022 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further guidance and will be asked to clarify their online presence
Please note the advertised actual salary is a range based on continuous service, with the maximum range indicating up to 4 continuous years with local government/schools. The starting salary will be calculated based on the individual circumstances of the successful candidate.
Attached documents
About Highgate Wood Secondary School
Highgate Wood School is a mixed comprehensive school providing secondary education to approximately 1600 students. The school is situated in a pleasant area in Crouch End and is surrounded by woodland and sports grounds.
Headteacher
Patrick Cozier
Ethos and values: The Highgate Wood Way
Our established values of Courtesy, Consideration, Contribution and Cooperation (the 4Cs), underpin the school’s behaviour ethos and what we call the Highgate Wood Way.
Our school motto is Everyone Matters, Everyone Achieves and this reflects our conviction that we have a duty to value every student as an individual.
We strive to be as inclusive a school as we can possibly be and provide a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities for our students to enable their individual talents and creativity to be identified and nurtured.
The Highgate Wood Way is regularly celebrated and routinely promoted so that it is always something that is real and tangible. The Highgate Wood Way is far more than words on a page. It is the lived experience of our students and staff.
It is through the Highgate Wood Way that we bring to life our mission statement: "To inspire our students to be confident and open-minded through exceptional teaching in a caring school community”.
Ofsted Report
We are delighted our Ofsted report (November 2021) confirmed that Highgate Wood School continues to be good, and improving. The inspectors confirmed our governors and leaders know the school well and this accurate self-evaluation is allowing us to continuously raise standards.
Ofsted observed our “strong sense of community among pupils and staff” and noted that “leaders are passionate about building a school with a culture of inclusion at its heart”. They noted that our “pupils enjoy school and behave well in lessons” and are committed learners who want to achieve.” Ofsted also commented on how “pupils show respect for each other and the school celebrates the diversity of its community.”
Ofsted were impressed by the way our lessons have “focused and purposeful atmosphere” in which “pupils work hard”. They praised the way “subject leaders have given careful thought to the sequence of the curriculum and pupils build their understanding over time. Teachers plan opportunities for pupils to recall their learning at the start of each lesson” and “plan lessons which help pupils to make connections between the different parts of their learning.” Ofsted commented on the success of our sixth form and the way we have “high ambitions for all.”
The inspectors also saw how “pupils learn to engage with the wider world around them. Leaders expect pupils to be responsible, critical citizens.” and noted that “there is a strong sense of cohesion between staff from different departments in the school. Staff say that leaders support them with their workload and are responsive to their request. They are proud to work at the school.”
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