Finance and Operations Director
City of London Academies Trust
Hackney and Islington
- £75,732 - £90,302 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L18 - L26
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible or Spring Term 2023
- Apply by:
- 30 January 2023
Job overview
City of London Academy Shoreditch Park and City of London Primary Academy Islington
Finance and Operations Director
Working Pattern: Full Time, 35 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, with the option of a flexible working pattern
Contract type: Permanent
Start date: April 2023 or as soon as possible
Salary: Leadership Pay Scale L18 – L26 £75,732 - £90,302 FTE
You are an exceptional leader; we are a top performing Trust. Together, we can create truly exceptional schools.
City of London Academy Shoreditch Park (COLASP) and City of London Primary Academy Islington (COLPAI) are part of City of London Academies Trust (COLAT) and are seeking to appoint a dedicated and exceptional Finance and Operations Director. As Finance and Operations Director, you will have responsibility for finance, human resources, facilities management, catering, and governance functions across the two academies based in Islington and Hackney. The successful candidate will be the leading support staff professional across the two schools and work as part of the Senior Leadership Team in each school to assist leaders in their duty to ensure that each school meets its educational aims.
About our Academies
COLASP occupies a brand new state of the art building, offering inspiring learning opportunities in the heart of one of the most diverse and vibrant areas of Hackney. COLASP opened in 2017 and achieved exceptional GCSE results in 2022 for the first cohort of students, over 20% above national average. The school is oversubscribed for entry into Year 7 with the first cohort of sixth-form pupils having joined in September 2022.
COLPAI opened in 2017 with 60 reception places, and has continued to grow, year on year, and is on target to reach its full complement of 420 pupils by 2024. In 2019, COLPAI moved into its new state of the art building near Barbican Station. COLPAI is a non-selective, fully inclusive school, with a vision to provide a world-class education for every child including pupils with special educational needs.
About Us
The City of London Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust with schools in North, East and South London. We are driven by a clear ambition to ensure that all schools are recognised as Outstanding within three years of joining us. We combine the heritage and tradition of the Corporation of London with a genuinely innovative, enterprising and entrepreneurial ethos. We are also committed to providing training and development to all our staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within this evolving Trust.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional school Finance and Operations Director to join our ambitious team from April 2023. The successful candidate will shape this new role and make it their own, promoting the highest standards of business management for COLASP and COLPAI. They will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across other COLAT primary and secondary schools as well as the central MAT team, with specialist support in finance, HR, facilities and estates, IT, and governance. COLAT is based in the heart of evolving communities in London, and we value the diversity of our workforce. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to join our team.
If you are enthusiastic, motivated, and keen to work with a dedicated team of professionals, we would love to hear from you. Candidates must address the person specification in no more than 1,000 words. Applications must be submitted via the TES portal.
For an informal discussion or to request an application pack, please contact enquiries@cola.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 30 January 2023
We plan for interviews to take place week commencing 6 February 2023
City of London Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.
City of London Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from City of London Academies Trust vision and values.
The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
City of London Academies Trust Company Registration No. 04504128.
Attached documents
About City of London Academies Trust
- City of London Academies Trust
- North Wing, Guildhall, PO BOX 270, Gresham Street
- London
- EC2P 2EJ
- United Kingdom
Established in 2016, City of London Academies Trust prides itself in its pursuit for educational excellence. We are driven to provide world-class experiences and deliver exceptional educational outcomes. You will find that all of our schools exhibit what is a central Trust Value, a fundamental belief in the power of high expectations in all we do. This pre-eminent value is complemented by the other core values we hold of integrity, professionalism and care – for our pupils as well as our staff.
Our Trust is currently comprised of 10 schools across Hackney, Islington, Newham and Southwark supporting over 7,800 students. Our primary provision (three schools) is rated Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted, providing children with the best possible start to their education. Our standalone sixth form college within the Trust, Newham Collegiate Sixth Form (NCS), is also rated Outstanding in all areas and stands out nationally in the top 1% of schools for student outcomes, with 95% of its students securing places at Russell Group and Ivy League universities each year. For our secondary provision, two of our schools are rated Outstanding in all areas, and two others are Good. Considering that 55% of students across the Trust are eligible for Pupil Premium, these are huge successes and are testament to the vision, hard work and commitment of staff across our schools.
In addition, the Trust comprises of an Apprenticeship Academy, keeping students at risk of exclusion within our school setting with dedicated support. Most recently, the Department for Education has appointed our Trust to its Behaviour Hubs programme aimed at supporting other schools strive for excellence.
Our academies draw upon the heritage and tradition of the Corporation, combined with an enterprising and innovative approach to teaching and learning, to secure high outcomes for our students. Everything we do – supported by the City Corporation – is for our students and the local communities we serve.
If you are excited by what we do, and are looking for an organisation which offers its staff fantastic opportunities to develop and learn from some exceptional practitioners, we invite you to explore our website to find out more about the Trust, our academies and our people. Come and join our team to help continue to deliver exceptional outcomes.
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