Business Manager - City Wide - EDN30722

City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading council in Edinburgh is seeking a Business Manager to support various primary schools. This role involves overseeing non-curricular management aspects, including finance and HR, while ensuring operational efficiency. Strong leadership and problem-solving skills are essential. The position offers flexible working options and requires a commitment to safeguarding children.

Qualifications

• Experience in Finance, HR, IT, and Health and Safety.
• Ability to identify and resolve operational challenges.

Responsibilities

• Support Headteacher in non-curricular school management.
• Monitor and report on employee and resource budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Job description

Job Description

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Business Manager
Various Primary Schools

Salary: £37,626 - £44,257 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 18 per week, 40 weeks sessional

Supporting one of various primary schools across the city. All posts will be based onsite and will include the following schools, however, all sites with vacancies will be confirmed at interview: Blackhall Primary, Flora Stevenson’s Primary, Granton Primary, and Hermitage Park Primary.

Candidates will be considered for all Primary Business Manager posts currently available with a single application, and it will be possible for an applicant to be considered for two schools. Please specify in the application if you wish to be considered for two schools.

We are seeking dynamic, creative problem solvers to support each school onsite and work closely with the Head Teacher and other Senior Leadership Team members.

The core role of a Business Manager is to support the Headteacher in all non-curricular aspects of school management, ensuring these aspects operate effectively, including Finance, HR, Information Governance, Resources, Facilities, Information Technology, and Health and Safety. The successful candidate should have experience in these areas. An ability to identify and resolve a wide range of challenges to ensure operational efficiency across the school will be key to this role.

With a large staff team in each of our schools, the successful candidates will require strong leadership skills to support, guide, and develop the individuals to work effectively together. The Business Manager will ensure the consistent monitoring and application of all HR employee processes and support the Head Teacher to plan, monitor, and report on employee and resource budgets.

For full details of Business Manager responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Profile.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more outside the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work. We recognize the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experiences, and backgrounds brings to us as an organization.

As part of our goal to improve our organizational culture and create a great place to work for the people of Edinburgh, we want to ensure we bring the best people into our roles, not just in skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

Requirements

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioral and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new method will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring our Behaviors of Respect, Integrity, and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and increases annually until it reaches the top of the range.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options.

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