Business Manager

Overview

Join Our Team as a Business Manager at ROC College. Are you experienced, organised, and passionate about leading business and operational services in an educational setting? Would you like a role where you can play a key strategic part in supporting a college's leadership team, ensuring compliance, and enabling students to thrive? United Response is looking for a skilled and motivated Business Manager to join ROC College, leading the college's financial, administrative, and business services.

RESPONSIBLE FOR: Leading business, finance, administrative, HR, premises, and IT teams to support the college's educational objectives.

• Lead the college's financial planning, budgeting, and reporting processes
• Oversee SEN funding applications, monitoring, and compliance
• Ensure statutory and regulatory compliance across finance, HR, premises, and IT
• Manage SCR and ILR returns, maintaining accuracy and confidentiality
• Lead administrative and support teams to deliver high-quality services
• Support the Head Teacher and governors with strategic planning, risk management, and policy development
• Liaise with external stakeholders, including local authorities, funding bodies, and contractors
• Promote a safe, inclusive, and effective learning environment for all students

United Response is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants in regulated activity will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

• Relevant business, finance, or management qualifications (e.g. CSBM, DSBM, AAT, or equivalent)
• Proven experience managing budgets, financial processes, and compliance requirements
• Knowledge of SEN funding, statutory guidance, and regulatory compliance
• Experience preparing SCR and ILR returns and supporting SEN education outcomes
• Strong leadership, organisational, and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships with staff, students, families, and external partners
• Knowledge of safeguarding requirements and a commitment to providing a safe learning environment

Disability Confident – United Response is a Disability Confident employer and fully committed to Mindful Employer values, providing support to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities.

About Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

United Response is a registered charity, founded in 1973. Our mission is to ensure that individuals with learning disabilities, mental, or physical support needs have the opportunity to live life to the fullest. We support around 2,000 people across more than 300 locations in England and Wales, with over 3,600 staff members. ROC College, a part of United Response, is a specialist college providing person-centred, community-based teaching and learning within Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset.

We work with young people aged 16-25 with Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs).

• Pension contribution
• Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, and advice services
• Employee shopping discounts and eligibility for the Blue Light Card
• Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers
• Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications
• 2x basic salary life assurance scheme
• Refer-a-friend bonus scheme
• A collaborative and supportive team environment
• Potential for career progression
• Two Wellbeing days per year