School Business Manager

Ref: SCH-WDT-0169
Establishment: Wade Deacon High School Location: Widnes Salary: £57,316 - £60,796 Department: Administration Job Type: Full Time
Closing Date: 08/07/2024 09:00 Interview Date: 16/07/2024 Start Date: as soon as possible

Additional Information

Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: AYR - All year round Hours per Week: 37.00 Weeks per Year: 52.143 Pay Grade: SCP48 - 51 (£57,316 - £60,796)

The Role

We are seeking to attract the very best, talented, aspirational staff to join Wade Deacon High School. Due to the significant successes and achievements and continuing rapid growth of our school, you would be joining us at an exciting time.

We are looking for an accomplished and innovative School Business Manager to join our Outstanding School and take a crucial role in maintaining our school’s achievements by ensuring efficient operations. You will supervise the established business support functions, including Finance, HR, IT, and Facilities teams. As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will strategically influence our operational framework, leading projects, creating a positive environment for both staff and students.

We can offer the successful candidate an opportunity to work with highly trained and supportive staff, as well as a whole school commitment to professional development, since we believe that staff development is a fundamental aspect in raising standards further for our students. Our school community is also a highly rewarding place to work. A comprehensive programme of CPD and a commitment to wellbeing supports colleagues at all career stages; through the School and the Trust, we provide excellent career opportunities for our staff. Colleagues seeking a varied, challenging and rewarding career can find this in the Wade Deacon family.

Prospective candidates are welcome to attend our Recruitment Open Evening on Tuesday 2nd July 2024, 4-6pm. There will be an opportunity to tour the school, meet the team and ask any questions. Please register your interest in attending by contacting Miss C Rutland by email: c.rutland@wadedeacon.co.uk or telephone: 0151 423 2721.

Wade Deacon High School is friendly, dynamic and innovative. Our latest OFSTED report from November 2022 described us as “an Outstanding School" in all areas, praising the school for providing pupils with a ‘first-rate education’ and an ‘aspirational curriculum’, describing pupils as ‘extremely happy’ and their behaviour as ‘exemplary’.

We pride ourselves on the quality and diversity of our curriculum, including our personal development and extracurricular provision which not only enable our students to enjoy their learning but also allows them to be able to meet the many challenges that they will face in the future, understanding the wider world and their place within it.

Above all else, we are a school that believes that every student, regardless of their context or starting point, can and should achieve their full potential. If you believe that you have the motivation, belief and leadership quality to contribute to our future success, we would welcome an application from you. 

The Wade Deacon Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory medical clearance. 


Qualifications

Qualification Title Grade
NVQ Level 4 in Administration/Business (or equivalent)
Essential

Skills

Relevant Skills
Ability to identify & capitalise on income generation & opportunities
Essential
Proven ability to identify opportunities for improvement in services
Essential
An ability to develop teams & train other staff
Essential
Proven ability in strategic management, leadership & planning
Essential
Ability to prioritise, plan, organise & evaluate the work of specific areas of the schools
Essential
An ability to direct & co-ordinate the work of others, devolving responsibilities & delegating tasks
Essential
Experience/Knowledge
Experience of managing financial systems & procedures
Essential
Evidence of managing budget preparation & monitoring
Essential
Experience of people & site management
Essential
Appropriate awareness of data protection and associated security and confidentiality of data management
Essential
Evidence of leadership qualities & the ability to manage people successfully
Essential
Organisational Fit
Confidentiality, integrity & reliability
Essential
Commitment to equal opportunities
Essential
Personal Attributes
Ability to relate to and motivate staff, parents and students
Essential
the ability to listen to and understand others; constant and consistent expectations of high standards.
Essential

Safeguarding Information

The Wade Deacon Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure. All applicants should read the school’s Safeguarding/Child Protection policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on our websites.

 

Wade Deacon High School

Birchfield Road,
Widnes
Widnes
WA8 7TD

Claire Rutland

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