School Business Manager

Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust seeks an exceptional leader to provide outstanding business support services at St. John's RC Primary School. You will drive strategic leadership of estates, finance, HR and staff development, and report to the Headteacher and Local Governing Body.

The role requires robust business acumen, proactive management of support staff, and collaboration with the CATs central team, ensuring policies and systems are in place and health & safety standards are upheld.

Qualifications

• Strategic leadership of all school support functions including estates, finance, HR and staff development.

Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership of all the support functions within school, to include but not limited to estates management, finance, HR and the training and development of staff, ensuring all policies, procedures and systems are in place.
• Provide business support with prompt and accurate reporting to the Headteacher and Local Governing Body
• Responsible for the management of support staff across the school.
• Responsible for management of the school's support function in collaboration with the CATs central team.
• Work closely with the central finance team with regards to budget monitoring and transactional processing
• Responsible for the school's HR function and processing for payroll
• Demonstrate a robust business acumen combined with outstanding leadership skills
• A strong self-motivator driven to achieve tasks, overcome challenges as well as providing direction for others
• Work positively and inclusively with colleagues, parents and all stakeholders
• Possess a good understanding of estate management, finance and HR administration
• Experienced in Health and Safety issues
• Understand the culture and climate of educational settings
• Working practice of the following systems would be beneficial; PS Financials, Iris, Orovia, Evolve and IAM compliant.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Budget monitoring

HR administration

Health and Safety awareness

Stakeholder engagement

Systems experience

Tools

PS Financials

Iris

Orovia

Evolve

IAM

Job description

The Directors of Emmaus CAT Trust Board, Local Governing Body and Senior Leadership Team of St. John's RC Primary School wish to appoint a talented individual who is an exceptional leader, to provide outstanding business support services to pupils, teaching staff and the wider community. Could this be you? If it was you, you would be responsible for the following:

• Strategic leadership of all the support functions within school, to include but not limited to estates management, finance, HR and the training and development of staff, ensuring all policies, procedures and systems are in place.
• Provide business support with prompt and accurate reporting to the Headteacher and Local Governing Body
• Responsible for the management of support staff across the school.
• Responsible for management of the school's support function in collaboration with the CATs central team.
• Work closely with the central finance team with regards to budget monitoring and transactional processing
• Responsible for the school's HR function and processing for payroll
• Demonstrate a robust business acumen combined with outstanding leadership skills
• A strong self-motivator driven to achieve tasks, overcome challenges as well as providing direction for others
• Work positively and inclusively with colleagues, parents and all stakeholders
• Possess a good understanding of estate management, finance and HR administration
• Experienced in Health and Safety issues
• Understand the culture and climate of educational settings
• Working practice of the following systems would be beneficial; PS Financials, Iris, Orovia, Evolve and IAM compliant., We are looking for a School Business Manager who shares our values, enjoys being part of a busy, friendly and ambitious school and wants to make a real difference. You can expect a varied and rewarding role, supportive colleagues and the opportunity to play an important part in the continued development and success of St John's.