School Bursar

The Governors and Head Teacher are looking for an experienced School Bursar to support St John’s CE Primary School.

Start date: ASAP

Location: St. John’s Primary School, Keele, ST5 5AF

Salary: Grade 9, SCP 28 to SCP 33. £34,723 - £39,493 FTE, pro rata.

Contract type:  Term time only – 45.25 Pay weeks

Hours:  37 hours per week

Responsible to: Headteacher and Governing Body

Closing date: 19th February 2023 at 5pm.

St. John’s CE Primary School is a happy, friendly one form entry primary school set in the village of Keele, in close proximity to Keele University. The school also has links to the university. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and well-motivated School Bursar to join us. This is an exciting and challenging time for Bursars as they work hard to make the most of the finances available to schools in the present economic climate.

The school office is a busy and dynamic environment and is crucial to the smooth running of this school as it is the first impression and ‘window’ to our school ethos and character. The successful candidate will not only be exceptionally organised, a strategic thinker, incredibly efficient but be flexible, resilient and maintain good humour at all times.

The core responsibilities of the post:

• to organise, maintain and monitor the school’s financial and personnel systems effectively and to a high standard;

• to give advice on budgetary matters and financial accounting to the Headteacher, Governing Body and Senior Leadership Team;

• to ensure the school makes the best possible use of resources through effective forward planning and financial consideration;

• to line manage the administrative/finance and premises staff overseeing the smooth running of the office and delegation of duties;

• to manage all HR issues and support the HT in all aspects of safer recruitment;

• to work alongside the Premises Manager on the upkeep and development of the site, including managing all lettings and being responsible for Health and Safety across the school site. 

You will have:

• confidence and experience in financial management and budget setting;

• strong literacy, numeracy and ICT skills (to GCSE level minimum expectation / higher qualifications would be an advantage);

• experience of working in a school office and managing databases – own office will be provided. 

•experience in using SIMs and Schools Finance advantageous

• excellent communication skills and the ability to present both written, and verbal information/reports and act in an advisory capacity for the Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team and Governors;

• a proven track record of managing and liaising with people positively and effectively;

• a genuine desire to involve yourself fully in the life of our school and to work as part of our forward-thinking team of professionals.

Applications are invited from professionals who have worked in school finance.

Please outline in your application your relevant experience and how you would use this to carry out all duties to a high standard, concentrating on the core aspects of the role contained within the job description and the requirements laid out in the person specification.

Only electronic applications should be submitted on the correct Staffordshire County Council Application Form, no CVs will be accepted.

Please email these directly to the Headteacher - Mrs S Bailey at: headteacher@st-johns-keele.staffs.sch.uk

Shortlisting will take place on 22nd February 2023.

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 28th February 2023.

Our school is committed to the principles of equality of opportunity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share these commitments. All posts are subject to safeguarding checks and pre-employment checks.