Director of Operations
The Purcell School
Bushey, Hertfordshire
- £45,000 - £55,000 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2022
- Apply by:
- 10 December 2021
Job overview
Celebrated throughout the world as a centre of musical excellence, The Purcell School is the most vibrant, exciting and exhilarating place to work or study.
We are pleased to create this exciting new role and seek a person who shares our enthusiasm and positive attitude for supporting both students and staff. The key to success as the Director of Operations lies with the intelligence to create and cultivate relationships based on trust, consistency and fairness as well as an ability to be able to fix problems and “make things happen” Being a small organisation, it is important for us to maintain and develop our culture of collaboration and support, especially in these extraordinary times.
You will support the Bursar with day to day oversight and management of the operational teams in the school. The Director of Operations will play a key role in the implementation of the School’s Strategic Plan and, in particular, all elements of the plan relating to the property, facilities, structural and business management matters. The post will work closely with the Bursar and will deputise when required.
Please see the candidate information pack and apply on the School's application form (please note we are unable to consider c.v.'s alone).
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About The Purcell School
The Purcell School is a world-famous boarding and day school in Bushey near Watford, which aims to provide a rounded education with music at its heart.
The school was founded in 1962, and is Britain’s oldest specialist music school. There are currently over 180 pupils aged from 10-18 years, of whom about 30% come from abroad. Over 75% of pupils are boarders. The sixth form currently comprises around 90 pupils with approximately 25-30 pupils joining the school each year specifically for the Sixth Form. The majority of pupils progress to music conservatoires, many of them on scholarships, while a small number each year elect to go to university, often to Oxbridge or Russell Group institutions.
The school has an enviable reputation for the quality of its musical education and performance. Students enjoy individual tuition on one or two instruments, or in composition, from some of the very best teachers available. They take part in over 200 orchestral, choral and chamber concerts, and have opportunities to perform regularly at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and St Albans Abbey.
In addition to their musical studies, students study for GCSE and A Level. The range of subjects on offer includes all three sciences, art, drama, English literature, modern languages, history and music technology. All pupils take GCSE and A-level Music.
Our students are the liveliest, most committed and self-motivated young people you could hope to meet. Every day, the School’s corridors echo with the sound of extraordinary music as our students prepare for concerts both here at School and in the most prestigious venues in London.
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