School Business Manager

Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension

Retail discounts

EAP access

Green Car scheme

Cycle to Work

Employee networks

Career development

Inclusive environment

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is recruiting a School Business Manager for the Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service (GHES). The role leads strategic planning and operational management across finance, HR, safety, governance and admin to support high-quality teaching and pastoral care.

The successful candidate will manage multiple support functions, lead teams, ensure SFVS compliance, and drive efficiency while contributing to service development and the Senior Leadership Team.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in school business management or a similar senior operational role.
• Strong knowledge of financial management, including budget planning, monitoring, and SFVS standards compliance.
• Experience managing teams across administration, catering, and premises.
• Familiarity with HR procedures, safer recruitment, and staff development.
• Competence in managing school IT systems (e.g., SIMS, FMS) and Microsoft Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead on strategic planning and operational management of all school business functions including finance, health and safety, HR, compliance, catering, administration and governance.
• Provide expert guidance and implement daily support systems to ensure the school runs efficiently for high-quality teaching and pastoral support.
• Shape GHES strategic direction and ensure efficient and effective operations.

Skills

Budget management

HR management

Leadership

IT literacy

Communication

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Tools

SIMS

FMS

SharePoint

Forms

Teams

Job description

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: School Business Manager
• Job Location: Gloucestershire Hospital Education Svcs.
• Salary: £48,226 - £51,356 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 31/08/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 14148
• This post is not open to job share

About The Team & Role

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity?

Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service (GHES) is seeking to appoint an experienced and strategic School Business Manager to join their Senior Leadership Team. This is a new role for GHES, and is crucial to the development of the service as we begin to use a second site to deliver the service from.

The successful candidate will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team – leading on the strategic planning and operational management of all aspects of the school’s business functions: including finance, health and safety, human resources, compliance, catering, administration and governance (GHES Management Committee).

They will provide expert guidance and implement daily support systems that ensure the school runs efficiently, enabling the leadership team to focus on delivering high-quality teaching and learning, and pastoral support.

This role requires strong leadership skills, HR expertise and the ability to manage multiple priorities. You will play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of GHES and ensuring that it operates efficiently and effectively.

About You

• Proven experience in school business management or a similar senior operational role.
• Strong knowledge of financial management, including budget planning, monitoring, and compliance with SFVS standards.
• Experience managing teams across multiple support functions, including administration, catering, and premises.
• Familiarity with HR procedures, safer recruitment practises, and staff development.
• Competence in managing school IT systems (e.g., SIMS, FMS) and Microsoft Office tools such as Sharepoint, Forms, Teams etc...
• Understanding of health and safety regulations and premises management.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and leadership skills.

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the hospital education team. You can be confident of joining a highly professional, passionate, supportive and very experienced team of teachers, pastoral and administrative team working tirelessly to ensure the best outcomes can be achieved for every individual despite the health barriers they may be facing.

Working Arrangements – About The Role

The role is a term-time only role with an additional 3 weeks (42 weeks). This works out as being approximately 0.91FTE. It is for 37 hours per week, at Grade 10.

There would be the opportunity to work from home for 0.5-1 day per week.

GHES is a school and a service within GCC and as such employees are entitled to many benefits within GCC:

• Membership of a Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounts at a number of major supermarket chains and high street retailers
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• An in-house Occupational Health service

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

School Business Manager (GHES) - Job Profile

Information about GHES - School Business Manager

This Position is subject to a DBS check.

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.