School Business Manager - Full-time

Cliftonville Primary School, Margate

• Ref:KCC886-2028-179S
• Posted:02/04/2025
• Pay:Coastal Academy Trust Grade 11/ 12
• Start Date:July/ August 2025
• App Close Date:28/04/2025 at 09:00
• Interviews:Wednesday 30th April

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Cliftonville Primary and Pre-school is a vibrant and inclusive primary school, dedicated to providing a nurturing and stimulating environment for our students. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced School Business Manager to join our senior leadership team to be responsible for ensuring efficiences and effectiveness in all our support operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Management: Oversee the school's budget, financial planning, and accounting processes. Ensure efficient use of resources and compliance with financial regulations.
• Human Resources: Manage HR functions including recruitment, staff contracts, payroll, and employee relations.
• Facilities Management: Ensure the school premises are well-maintained, safe, and conducive to learning. Oversee maintenance, health and safety, and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Administration: Lead the administrative team, ensuring effective office management, record-keeping, and communication within the school community.
• Strategic Planning: Work closely with the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team to develop and implement the school's strategic plan. Contribute to decision-making processes and school improvement initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Proven experience in financial management, preferably within an educational setting.
• Strong understanding of HR practices and facilities management.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with staff, parents, and external stakeholders.
• Relevant qualifications in business management, finance, or a related field.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive and dedicated team.
• Opportunity to make a significant impact on the school's success and student outcomes.
• Professional development opportunities.
• A positive and inclusive school culture.

We warmly welcome visits from prospective candidates, and all enquiries should be addressed to Mrs Green, PA to SLT. Further details about the school can be found on our website.

Information about the school

We are one of the largest primary schools in Kent with over 840 children on roll, including a Pre-School that offers 30 hour provision. When joining us, you will be supported to be the best that you can be. As an academy within the Coastal Academies Trust (CAT) we are passionate and driven in delivering outstanding opportunities for our whole community- staff, children and parents.

We are a family. Our school is warm and welcoming to children, their families and staff. The school is immensely proud of the diverse community it serves and is committed to maintaining outstanding outcomes for every child, no matter what their starting point in an environment that promotes intellectual, physical, emotional, social and spiritual development. As with any school, there are challenges...but the rewards of working at Cliftonville are huge.

Our school values of Independence, safe and settled, respect, resilience, aspiration, learning and community are integral to all that we are and do at Cliftonville Primary and Pre-school. As part of our commitment to community we make it our mission to promote positive wellbeing for all our pupils, staff and the wider community including parents and carers. We recognise that without positive wellbeing we cannot reach our full potential. Therefore, we aim to educate and support our whole school community on the importance of wellbeing and mental health, ensuring it is everyone’s responsibility to care for one another. Through our innovative ‘Wellbeing Hub’ we will provide mental health support, understanding and intervention for pupils and parents ensuring a holistic approach.

Our staff are our greatest resource and so we ensure that all staff have a supportive network and feel they are listened to and valued at all times.

We work together with a whole range of partners including parents, external agencies, local groups to foster warm, friendly and purposeful relationships. Through these partnerships we support and develop the children's social, and emotional foundations upon which learning is achieved through a bespoke, exciting, ambitious and engaging curriculum.

The school holds a number of important accreditations including most recently the Well being Award, the Inclusion Quality Mark and the Continuous Professional Learning and Development Quality Mark.

Cliftonville Primary and Pre-School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 other relevant employment checks, online recruitment checks and overseas criminal background checks, where applicable.

All new trustees, employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Cliftonville Primary and Pre-School is an inclusive and accessible employer, we are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. We embrace and cultivate an inclusive, equitable and respectful workplace. We welcome colleagues with different backgrounds, perspectives and capabilities.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Sue Green
• Address:Northumberland Avenue, Margate, Kent, CT9 3LY
• Telephone: (01843) 227575
• Email: finance@cliftonvilleprimary.co.uk

Fax: (01843) 230614