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Operations Bursar

Operations Bursar

Brighton College

Brighton and Hove

  • Expired
Salary:
Up to £100,000 per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2021 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
Apply by:
24 May 2021

Job overview

Brighton College is seeking to appoint an Operations Bursar, to start in September 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Brighton College is one of the leading schools in the world, with campuses in the UK and overseas. In November 2020, the College was awarded 'United Kingdom School of the Decade' by The Sunday Times for the quality of its education and its culture of kindness. Located in the vibrant city of Brighton, the College takes pride in employing passionate and talented individuals who wish to become part of its progressive and inclusive community.

The College comprises a prep school with 525 day pupils, aged 3-13, and a senior school with 1,200 pupils, of whom 750 attend daily and 450 board.  The Brighton College family of schools in the UK also includes St Christopher’s School and Handcross Park.

The College is seeking to appoint an outstanding Operations Bursar to line manage the front-facing support functions of the College, with a particular focus on delivering outstanding customer service to current and prospective parents, support to teachers in their delivery of outstanding education and a warm and safe environment for its pupils. Human Resources, Catering, Buildings and Estate Management, Transport, Health, Safety and Security are all part of the wide and interesting remit.

The individual must have an understanding of what 5-star service looks like, possess the ability to replicate this in a school setting, and have the fastidiousness and strength of character to insist upon the highest standards from colleagues at all times. The Operations Bursar will be a key member of the College Senior Management Team and will be accountable to the Head of Senior School and Executive Head of Prep Schools and through them to the Head Master, Richard Cairns.

The successful candidate will be an individual of proven senior leadership ability, have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and will possess excellent relationship-building and communication skills. Experience of delivering first class customer service will be essential.

Candidates will have a genuine passion for education but prior experience of working in a school is not a prerequisite. The salary for this senior role is up to £100,000 and, as a member of the College Senior Management Team, the post comes with generous fee remission.

For further information about the role and details of how to apply, please visit www.rsacademics.com    

Interested candidates are invited to contact RSAcademics to arrange a confidential discussion about the role:

Nina Lambert: NinaLambert@RSAcademics.com  or + 44 (0)7764 185745

About Brighton College

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THE SCHOOL

Brighton College is one of England’s leading schools. The College comprises the Senior School, educating 1,181 pupils aged 13–18, and the Lower School, educating 89 pupils aged 11–13.

The Brighton College family of schools also includes Brighton College Prep School, St Christopher’s School, Handcross Park, and from September 2023, Brighton College Kensington, educating a further 1,450 children aged 3 to 13. Overseas, the College has opened Brighton College Abu Dhabi, Brighton College Al Ain, Brighton College Dubai, Brighton College Bangkok and Brighton College Singapore. The first of seven schools in Vietnam opens in Hanoi in August 2023. Brighton College educates over 6000 pupils globally.

The College was delighted to receive record-breaking A-level and GCSE results in 2022. The Times listed us as one of their top schools for our A-level results, with 99% of grades A*-B and a phenomenal 62% of grades at A*, which compares to 15% nationally.  One in six Sixth Formers are offered a place at Oxford or Cambridge. At GCSE, our pupils excelled, with 94.13% of grades at 9/8/7. Almost 1100  9s were achieved in the 2022 GCSE exams, with more 9s than all the other grades combined. Not a single paper was failed, with nearly 2,000 GCSEs sat at the school.

The College was recently named ‘England's School of the Decade’ by The Sunday Times. The award was given on the basis of our exceptional examination results as well as our fundamental emphasis on kindness and social engagement.

The Sunday Times also named Brighton College ‘England’s Independent School of the Year 2019’, the second time in a decade the school has won this accolade. The Week magazine named Brighton College ‘Most forward-thinking school in Britain’ for two years running in 2017 and 2018. Tatler magazine awarded Richard Cairns the title of ‘Head Master of the Year 2012-13’, and Brighton College was named UK ‘Independent School of the Year 2013- 14’ at the Independent Schools Awards. The last full ISI Inspection in 2021 on educational quality and compliance awarded the top grade for both pupil attainment and their personal development, and the compliance section of the 2021 report (and the shorter 2018 inspection) confirmed that all aspects of the College’s operation were fully compliant.

There has also been major investment in new facilities over the last ten years. This has seen the construction of five major buildings on the main site, including the new £55m School of Science and Sport which opened in January 2020, which includes eighteen state-of-the-art laboratories alongside a new sports hall, 25-metre swimming pool, fitness centre and roof-top running track. Other recent additions include two new boarding houses, a state-of-the-art Music School and the Yeoh Building, a teaching building which includes 22 classrooms for maths, history, economics, politics and EAL, alongside an innovative Creative Learning Centre, opened in 2017. Our next new building will open in May 2024: this is an exciting development which will include a stunning theatre, a first-class Sixth Form centre, teaching and performance spaces for dance and drama, and modern, spacious classrooms for English, computing and music.

Above all, Brighton is a very happy place where staff and pupils feel fulfilled and purposeful. We are proud to have taken a progressive stand on diversity, equality and inclusion and we are committed to furthering this agenda through our teaching, and all aspects of the life of the school. We are a member of the School Inclusion Alliance and an important aspect of our vision for education is to increase diversity among our teaching staff to enrich all aspects of the life of the College and provide diverse role models for all pupils. We pride ourselves on being a warm, inclusive and respectful community, where our staff are welcoming and positive and our pupils are intellectually curious and kind.

LIVING AND WORKING IN BRIGHTON

The College enjoys its location in Brighton, one of Britain’s youngest cities and one of the most vibrant and progressive in Europe. A recent national survey identified Brighton as the ‘happiest city in the UK’ and it regularly features within the top cities for quality of life nationally. With an extensive beach and seafront, and proximity to beautiful rural areas including the South Downs National Park, the opportunities for recreation and leisure are varied and numerous. Transport links are also excellent, Brighton being within easy travelling distance of London (50 minutes by train), and 30 minutes from Gatwick Airport. Brighton is also a university city, and the College has good links with both the University of Sussex and Brighton University. Our annual involvement in the Pride parade has strengthened existing links with the local community.

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