School Operations & Finance Officer

Rotherwood Education; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherwood Education are recruiting a School Business Support Officer for a full-time, permanent role in Burnley. The position starts ASAP and involves managing school resources and finances, leading a small support team and coordinating with senior leadership and governing bodies.

You will handle procurement, data reporting, HR administration, and health and safety compliance while supporting income generation and marketing activities for the school.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an office environment.
• Experience with managing a range of stakeholders including school staff and governors.
• Experience with budgets, invoices, procurement and cash accounting.

Responsibilities

• Undertake business and financial transactions for school resources and prepare reports for the Headteacher.
• Manage administrative systems and procedures.
• Lead a small team of support staff and handle appraisals and recruitment where applicable.
• Assist Headteacher with income generation activities and school lettings.
• Provide data reports for SLT, Governing Body and external agencies.
• Oversee HR administration processes.
• Contribute to procurement, service contracts, licences and insurance.
• Support health and safety policies implementation.
• Reconcile school bank accounts including the School Fund.

Skills

Budget management

Stakeholder engagement

Data reporting

People management

Procurement processes

Health & safety compliance

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Rotherwood Education are recruiting a School Business Support Officer for a full-time, permanent role in Burnley. The position starts ASAP and involves managing school resources and finances, leading a small support team and coordinating with senior leadership and governing bodies.

You will handle procurement, data reporting, HR administration, and health and safety compliance while supporting income generation and marketing activities for the school.