Director of Finance and Operations
Ipswich School
Ipswich
- £70,000 - £80,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary + Accommodation + School Fee Remission
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter 2023
- Apply by:
- 9 January 2023
Job overview
Full-time, permanent, required from Easter 2023
Ipswich School is one of the foremost independent schools in East Anglia. We have a long history, established over 600 years ago, and we are the only school mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare. Today, Ipswich School is a co-educational school with over 1100 pupils aged between 3 months and 19 years. We have been ranked Suffolk’s top independent school in the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide and were recently judged as ‘Excellent’ in all areas by the ISI (September 2022).
This is an exceptional opportunity for an inspiring and highly skilled Director of Finance and Operations to join a thriving school. The successful candidate will have the strategic vision, financial acumen, leadership skills, commercial awareness, drive and experience to build on our achievements and take the School into its next chapter, while also preserving and staying true to our history and tradition.
We are very proud of our academic success, which is one of the key features of Ipswich School, coupled with a rich and successful co-curricular life. Our pupils realise their potential through a rounded education, which is second to none, and we firmly believe that we create extraordinary futures for all our pupils in a happy and caring environment, taught by excellent teachers.
The Director of Finance and Operations will ensure the School’s overall financial health and sustainability, providing leadership to a diverse team of support staff and ensuring the delivery and efficiency of the day to day non-educational operations of the School. They will also make a leading contribution to the School’s strategic direction and fulfil the role of Clerk to the Governors.
The successful candidate will have excellent financial qualifications and will have led and managed substantial teams. They will be commercially and financially astute and will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Applications are encouraged from candidates with educational, business or public sector backgrounds who have strong commercial acumen and a genuine passion for education.
Remuneration Package
The likely salary range for this post will be between £70,000 and £80,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience, and will be discussed further at interview.
We offer membership of a defined contribution pension scheme with generous 10% employer contributions and 3x life cover.
Free lunch during term time when the school kitchen is in operation.
30 days’ paid holiday entitlement per annum (plus bank holidays and paid time off at Christmas).
Reasonable relocation expenses will be paid.
This role requires the person to live near to the School site and school accommodation is therefore available by way of a service occupancy agreement.
There is school fee remission linked to this post and children will receive a 50% fee remission to all parts of Ipswich School from Reception to Year 13; admission is subject to the School’s usual requirements and to there being vacancies in the relevant age groups.
The Applications Process
Ipswich School is being assisted in the recruitment of this key position by the ISBA’s Recruitment Team, from whom an application pack can be obtained by sending an email to recruiting@theisba.org.uk. Alternatively, if you would like to speak with the ISBA, please contact Lucy Wyatt on 07817 038009. Please do not make contact with the School directly – all contact/enquiries should be via ISBA Recruitment, thank you.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 9 January 2023.
Ipswich School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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About Ipswich School
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Ipswich School is one of the leading independent schools in the area. It has a long history dating back to at least 1399 and is known for its academic success, without being an educational ‘hot house’, its extensive sport, drama and music activities and its commitment to the local community.
Pupils at the school come from a really broad range of backgrounds, and this makes the school different to many others in the independent sector. The atmosphere is very positive and pupils really do get on well with each other and with teachers. Behaviour in lessons is first class and teachers are able to focus fully on their teaching and pupils’ learning without having to spend time and effort keeping everyone in order.
Those applying for teaching posts in the Senior School will find that class sizes are generally smaller than in the maintained sector, with Lower School classes typically being around 20, Middle School can be a little larger or smaller depending on subjects – but are never larger than 24. A Level classes in the Sixth Form are typically have around 10 – 12 students, with 15 students being the upper limit.
Teachers are well supported by Heads of Department and there is a first-class CPD programme in place which not only provides the latest on class room practice, but also involves a range of optional social events. Additional training is also available for all teachers.
For those looking at Prep School posts they will find wonderful purpose-built classrooms in a state-of-the-art Prep School building, small class sizes – typically around 15 in the Lower Prep and between 18 and 25 in the Upper Prep. They will also find parents are very supportive and keen to develop the potential in their children.
Those applying for support staff posts will feel themselves very much part of a community. There are no great boundaries between teachers and support staff. There is a well-refined CPD programme for members of the support staff, great opportunities for development and a fantastic range of benefits.
There are regular opportunities for all staff to get together socially. Recently staff events include drawing sessions, juggling instruction, gin and wine tasting, orienteering, a casino night and curry and carols at Christmas. Every other year the staff – support staff alongside teaching staff - put on a major end of year show for pupils to raise funds for charity, and these have included a pantomime, Staff do Strictly and – most recently - Staff Have the X Factor.
Facilities throughout the school are excellent with a brand new Music School, the extensive Ipswich School Sports Centre at nearby Rushmere, a specially-built Prep School and a recently-opened day nursery – The Lodge.
There is free car parking on site for teachers and support staff (though this can be a little tight at times in the Senior School) and a range of other benefits.
Supporting the community is one of the school’s core values. The school has a significant community programme with pupils visiting local care homes giving music and drama performances, pupils growing vegetables and giving them to a local charity, local primary schools taking part in our annual Festival of Music and a large pupil-led termly fundraising programme.
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