Due to the retirement of our long-standing business manager, a rare opportunity has arisen to join the Bourne Partnership, working across both Hadlow and Shipbourne Primary Schools. The successful candidate will support the strategic growth of the Partnership whilst ensuring financial stability and future sustainability.
Working across our partnership will involve an exciting variety of opportunities and experiences where no two days are the same. The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of budget, finance, human resources, facilities, tendering and school management systems.
Core responsibilities will include:
1. Monitoring and developing the procedures and systems of administration and data throughout the Partnership, ensuring deadlines are met.
2. Monitoring and developing procedures for personnel management and safer recruitment.
3. Ensuring that the school makes the best possible use of resources available.
4. Liaising with the site team to provide a safe, secure and well managed learning environment.
5. Ensuring that the school is fully prepared to meet all auditing and compliance requirements.
6. Liaising with the relevant members of the Local Authority.
7. Overseeing third party service providers, ensuring full health and safety compliance.
8. Ensuring that IT and Catering providers work effectively across both schools.
9. Communicating with both schools’ service users and stakeholders.
10. Attending main Governors’ meetings to present budget monitoring and expenditure reports.
11. Line managing admin and premises staff as directed by the Headteachers.
12. Supporting the front office staff as and when needed to ensure smooth daily running of both schools.
To further enhance our passionate and friendly staff team, candidates will need to be positive, professional, adaptable, resilient, highly skilled communicators and able to use their initiative.
In return, our Partnership will provide you with:
1. Warmth, care and kindness
2. Wonderful children, with excellent manners and morals, who will make you smile every day
3. A strong and effective team
4. A family ethos built on trust and respect
5. A whole school commitment to further improve wellbeing and workload
6. Focused continuous professional development
7. Innovative, people centred policies and practice
8. Great community cohesion, in picturesque village locations
The position is term-time only, working 20 hours a week across the Partnership, based predominantly at Hadlow Primary School. Ideally the Business Manager will fulfil these hours across five days, but we will be flexible to secure an exceptional candidate.
Visits to Hadlow Primary School (the base) are warmly welcomed and encouraged; we look forward to meeting with you.
The Bourne Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application and a check against the Barred List for Children.
In line with the latest KCSIE guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, The Bourne Partnership reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence. All candidates will be expected to complete and return a written self-disclosure form. Any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview.
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