Senior School Business Manager

Rumworth School

Senior School Business Manager

Permanent Post required ASAP

Employer: Bolton Council

Location: Bolton

Salary Grade: Grade I

Salary:  Currently £37,261 - £41,496, dependent upon experience

Working Pattern: Full-time, all year round, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 9am Friday 3rd February 2023

Shortlisting: Friday 3rd February 2023

Job Type: Education School based

Interview Date: Week beginning 6th February 2023, exact date TBC

We are looking to recruit a full time permanent Senior School Business Manager. This post is a new post within our structure as we are adding to our team due to the growing size of the school.

You will provide the strategic business leadership within the school and be responsible for the management of the school finance systems.

As the Senior School Business Manager, you will be a key member of our Senior Leadership Team and you will be a strategic, professional partner to the Headteacher in all areas of business management practice which impact on the learning outcomes of young people, families and wider community. 

The Senior School Business Manager is responsible for finance, personnel, premises, administration and all matters within the management of the school which are supportive to, but do not involve, the teaching function.

We have 330 special reasons why you should join us at Rumworth School, and they can’t wait to meet you! Rumworth School is an “outstanding” LA maintained special school catering for children aged 11-19 who all have an EHCP. Our students have a wide range of SEND including MLD, SLD, ASD and other complex needs, physical disabilities, HI, VI and SLCN.

Our ethos is “Start with the young person”. Our staff are champions for seeing education as a vehicle to improve the life chances and outcomes for our students. Our vision is “You can do it, we will help” and our staff embody our philosophy of supporting young people to be more “Confident, Resilient and Independent”.

In Year 7, students have a more class-based curriculum with their Year 7 teachers working as a team to deliver the majority of their learning within a “Foundation Year” setting. Year 7 students also access specialist rooms and may be taught by other staff for lessons such as Forest Schools, Art, Music, Dance, PE, Science, ICT, and Design Technology.

Students in Years 8 to 11 then follow a more differentiated curriculum model, according to their needs. All students access appropriate external accreditation at the end of KS4, during KS5 and at our post-19 LifeBridge provision, and this includes GCSEs, ASDAN, BTEC, Functional Skills and Entry Level Certification, dependent upon student ability.

In KS5, students continue to follow the most suitable curriculum for their ability, and we then offer a Year 14 Transition to post-19 where some students continue on to the “Pathway to Employment” route, and those with more severe learning difficulties and complex needs would usually follow a “Pathway to Independence” route.

We are always keen to recruit staff of the highest calibre, and what matters most to us is that you are the “right fit” for our staff team and our students. We welcome applications from people who have School Business Manager experience in educational settings, whether that is in mainstream or SEND schools.

How to apply: please download an application form, job description and person specification from this website, or from the “Current Vacancies” tab on our school website: www.rumworth.co.uk/current-vacancies.html

Please complete the application form and then outline in your letter of application the skills, experience and expertise that you have that would make you an ideal candidate for this post.

Your letter of application should be a maximum of three sides of A4 paper.

Please do not send a CV with your application.

All application forms and letters should then please be returned electronically to Mrs Marsha Andrews, the Headteacher’s PA: mandrews@rumworth.bolton.sch.uk

Visits to our school are welcome, please contact our School Office on 01204 333600

Closing date: 9am on Friday 3rd February 2023

Shortlisting: Friday 3rd February 2023, candidates to be notified by 4:00 pm if they have been shortlisted or not

Interview Date: Week beginning 6th February 2023, exact date TBC

Rumworth School, Armadale Road, Bolton BL3 4TP     

Telephone: 01204 333600        

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore as part of our Safer Recruitment process, references will be requested for all shortlisted applicants. Appointments are also subject to the outcome of an enhanced DBS check.