Business Manager

St. Andrew's Benn CE (VA) Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this is subject to an enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formally CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

Your appointment will also be subject to two references.

We would love to invite you to join our fabulous school family as a business manager, a vital role for our school. We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking, well-motivated School Business Manager to join our supportive team who always put children at the heart of their decisions. As School Business Manager, you will be expected to provide a confidential and efficient, high quality support service in the areas of finance, premises management, HR and administration to facilitate the smooth running of the school.

This will include providing daily support to the Head Teacher and line management support to financial administration staff, the school’s admin team and the Site Manager. You will be an excellent communicator, forward‑thinker and creative leader who is able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills.

• Provide a confidential and efficient, high‑quality support service in finance, premises management, HR and administration to facilitate the smooth running of the school.
• Provide daily support to the Head Teacher and give line‑management support to financial administration staff, the school’s admin team and the Site Manager.
• Serve as an excellent communicator, forward‑thinker and creative leader, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills.

• Highly developed leadership skills and the ability to inspire others.
• The ability to manage a range of stakeholders.
• Ability to manage a budget successfully and efficiently.
• Take ownership of your work and use your initiative.
• Balance finance with the needs of the children.

• A highly supportive school where we take care of each other.
• The opportunity to develop the role.
• A supportive environment with a strong commitment to high quality professional development.
• Extremely hard‑working and committed staff, who all strive for the very best for the children.

The job is for 28 hours per week. There is some flexibility on how these hours can be arranged. The job is for 39 weeks of the year.

Closing date is 12th February. Interviews will be held the w/b the 2nd March. Please contact the school if you would like to look around.