School Business Manager

We collaborating with a Wirral based primary school looking for an ambitious and proactive individual to join us as their School Business Manager. Whether you are already an experienced School Business Manager seeking a freshand rewarding challenge, or you bring strong transferrable skills and are ready to embark on this career path, this is a unique opportunity to make a real impact.

As part of this role, you will play a leading part in exciting development projects designed to expand and enhance the school’s provision and services. These initiatives are integral to the schools mission of driving improvement, fostering growth, and delivering positive change for our pupils, staff and the wider community.

Why this role?

• Flexible working arrangements: While the role is advertised as full-year, we are open to considering reduced working weeks or days for the right candidate. Additionally, we offer the option to work from home one day per week.

• A supportive network: You will join a team of School Business Professionals across the Trust who collaborate, share ideas and provide mutual support while maintaining autonomy in their own schools.

• Professional development: The Trust prioritises your growth, offering regular CPD opportunities, 6 days dedicated to training per year, membership with ISBL, and attendance at a minimum of two School Resource Management conferences annually.

• Career progression: The school is part of a growing trust, who provide exciting opportunities to develop your career within a forward-thinking organisation.

The Role

As a School Business Manager, you will take strategic leadership and management of finance, HR, administration, and operational support. You will be the leading support staff professional, working closely with the Trust’s central team to ensure all business and financial procedures deliver the highest possible standards. This is an opportunity to be part of our transformation story. If you’re ready to lead, innovate and make a difference we’d love to hear from you.

Job Purpose

• Work as an effective member of the school’s senior leadership team to ensure the safe and effective day-to-day operation of the school.
• Lead and manage the operational and strategic functions of the school office to provide an excellent and efficient administrative service to maximise the effective coordination of all academy support activities.
• As the school’s lead finance professional, work within our financial framework to provide strategic financial advice to SLT and the Local Governing Body. This will include developing budget models, monitoring and reviewing the school’s budget and reporting to the Principal and Local Governing Body on the in-year strategic financial position, three-year budget forecast, capital and other grant expenditure and any trading operations of the academy.
• Oversee the administration of the Human Resources service within the school, including the issue of Statements of Written Particulars, and maintenance of HR, payroll and pension records, to ensure that staff are correctly contracted, paid and advised of HR matters.
• Act in the role of GDPR & Cyber lead for the academy to ensure compliance with the Trust’s data protection policy and insurance policies
• Lead, motivate, develop and train academy office staff and / or other nonteaching staff to ensure their effective deployment for the benefit of the school.
• Liaise with contractors/suppliers concerning the ordering of goods and supply of services to the school. Monitor the service provided to ensure the optimum use of resources and best value.
• Oversee the maintenance of pupil records, including registration, admission and transfer procedures and associated statistical analysis for the Principal, Trust, ESFA and DfE returns to meet management and statutory requirements.
• Monitor, coordinate and implement arrangements for the care, maintenance and improvement of buildings, technology, equipment and grounds in consultation with the Health and Safety Representative to ensure the Health and Safety of the school community is safeguarded.
• Undertake professional development as needed to ensure skills and knowledge are current and relevant to the role and play an active part in the Trust’s wider SBM network.
• Attend relevant governing body and other professional meetings to report on the school’s financial and business activities and provide support to the Headteacher

The ideal candidate would have the following

• Experience in a senior or middle management position in Education, the public or private sector in administration finance and/or human resources
• Knowledge and experience of financial and budget management procedures and systems
• Knowledge and experience of management and administrative procedures
• Knowledge and experience of Access Finance & Budgeting, SIMs and/or Civica HR
• Knowledge of management information systems, database and spreadsheet applications

If you feel like you fit this role and have read the description on detail then please do apply now.