Head of Finance
UWC Atlantic
St Donat's, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary £46,552 - £53,681
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 18 July 2019
Job overview
Head of Finance
Salary £46,552 - £53,681
UWC Atlantic, founded in 1962, is the original United World College. Enjoying a spectacular location at St. Donat’s Castle, perched above the Bristol Channel approximately 20 miles west of Cardiff, our 380 students are drawn from over 90 countries, with many attending on scholarship and all of them taking part in a well-developed co-curricular programme.
Our unique and distinctive mission is ‘to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future’. The College encourages international understanding and tolerance by demonstrating that conflict and hostility can be overcome if young people from different nations, races and religions are brought together and challenged physically and academically.
Instrumental in the creation of the International Baccalaureate, UWC Atlantic has a global reputation for educational innovation. Students come inspired by our mission and values and graduate empowered to make a positive difference in the world. 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the IB Diploma Programme, developed by UWC Atlantic in collaboration with the Geneva International School and the United Nations School in New York. It is now time for the next bold innovation in international education. UWC Atlantic, and the wider UWC global educational movement, are uniquely qualified and placed to develop and deliver such a pioneering new curricular approach.
As Head of Finance, you will play a critical role in our mission. Working closely with the Principal and Director of Facilities and Operations, you will act as the lead manager for the finance function of the College, with an annual turnover in excess of £13m, assisting the development and implementation of a 5-year medium term plan.
Ideally ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, you possess strong technical, financial and management accounting skills. You will be comfortable dealing with the annual accounts and audit process and coaching and mentoring members of the Finance Team to take ownership and be accountable for their areas of work.
Confident, articulate, tenacious, able to remain calm under pressure and cope with the unexpected, you will be able to establish credibility quickly and lead and manage improvements and efficiencies in financial management throughout the College, working closely with budget holders, senior management, Governors and external funders.
Entrepreneurial, solutions focused and driven you will lead and manage strategic projects to support the College’s ambitions and also lead, develop and implement a 5-year financial plan setting the strategic and tactical direction for associated plans e.g. Income generation
Experience in the education sector or within a commercial business environment is essential.
To apply for this position please visit our website at: https://www.atlanticcollege.org/head-of-finance/ to complete an application form, and email it through to: hr@atlanticcollege.org
UWC Atlantic College is committed to the safeguarding of children and the successful candidate will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure check.
Closing date for completed applications is noon on 18 July 2019
Interviews for this post will take place on 29 July 2019.
Registered Charity Number: 525761
Attached documents
About UWC Atlantic
ATLANTIC COLLEGE: Background
UWC Atlantic is at the heart of a powerful global movement and at the vanguard of progressive education worldwide. We are proud to be a part of the UWC family of 18 schools and colleges worldwide – and for our courage to champion the values, ideas and aspirations in which we all believe. We are driven by the UWC mission to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. It drives everything we do.
We continue to embrace the spirit of those pioneers who not only created the College in Wales in 1962 and launched the UWC movement in 1967 but who also co-created the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme, in collaboration with the International School of Geneva (Ecolint) and UN International School in New York (UNIS).
Our multicultural student body, from over 90 countries every year, comprises young people from vastly differing political, religious, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. They are selected to attend UWC Atlantic based on their demonstrated promise and potential, to make a difference in the fields of sustainability, social justice and peace. These inspirational young people are the next generation of change makers, empowered to go on to careers and lives that create impact locally, nationally and globally.
The first of 18 United World Colleges now located across the Globe, UWC Atlantic was inspired by educationist Kurt Hahn to engage young people from all nations in finding peaceful means to bring together a world divided by political, racial and social barriers.
UWC Atlantic was the first school in the UK (in 1971) and also one of the first colleges in the world to follow an international curriculum. It continues to lead the way in pioneering new options for the International Baccalaureate Diploma which its students study over a two year period.
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