An exciting opportunity for an experienced School Business, Finance, Office manager to join our new school. Kingfisher School will be an independent special school for children and young people with SEMH, ASD and associated learning and communication difficulties. It is part of Melrose Education Limited. We are looking for an outstanding manager with experience of working in a a school or specialist school. You must be able to demonstrate good organisational skills, clear communication skills, and have a good level of IT knowledge. Excellent time management skills are essential, and you will be able to demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with local authorities or other stakeholders. Kingfisher School and Melrose Education are committed to staff wellbeing. We also offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes a wide-range of personal and professional development opportunities. Our staff in our Melrose Schools overwhelmingly recommend us as a “great place to work”. Melrose Education and Kingfisher School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant with require an enhanced DBS check, references and social media checks will be taken up before interview. Further Information Our School will be a safe, and happy environment where we work hard to ensure our learners achieve their full potential. We are totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every learner and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. For further information about our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy please access this on our website www.kingfisherschoolltd.com. Please note, references, safeguarding declarations, and social media checks will be secured before interview. The online searches do not form part of the shortlisting process, and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at your interview. We are committed to equal opportunities and have a robust equity, diversity, and inclusion policy supported by school and Company EDI Leads. This position is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and, therefore, the ability to speak and write fluent English is an essential requirement. The successful applicant would be required to start employment as soon as possible. For more detail, please contact David Bennett, School Principal [email protected] or Tracey Storey, CEO on [email protected]. Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via email. If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 28 working days of the closing date. Please do check your junk or spam boxes as well as your inbox for any correspondence. If your application is unsuccessful, we will notify you as soon as possible. About Us Kingfisher School will be an independent special school for children and young people with SEMH, ASD and associated learning and communication difficulties. It is part of Melrose Education Limited which currently owns 10 SEND schools.