School Support Manager - St Ninian's High - EAD08953

East Dunbartonshire Council; Kirkintilloch; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Kirkintilloch is seeking a School Support Manager to oversee secondary school support staff and provide administrative and financial support to the Senior Leadership Team. Candidates should have extensive experience in education and knowledge of school policies. This position is only available to current employees and agency workers within the authority.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience within an educational or similar environment.
• Wide knowledge of school procedures and policies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and implement an effective and efficient service.
• Daily line management of all secondary school support staff.
• Provide comprehensive administration and finance support.

Job description

Job Summary

This post is only available to all permanent and temporary employees and agency workers currently on assignment within East Dunbartonshire Council.

Reporting to the Head Teacher, the School Support Manager has responsibility to deliver and implement an effective and efficient service in line with Devolved School Management principles which include the daily line management of all secondary school support staff. Responsible for providing comprehensive administration and finance support to the Senior Leadership Team and wider school community. The successful candidate should have extensive experience within an educational or similar environment and have a wide knowledge of school procedures and policies.

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR &OD Manager.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.
• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.
• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.
• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.
• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.
• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)
• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.
• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

Websites

East Dunbartonshire Council

www.st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk