School Business Manager

Salary: £72,094 – £79,387 per year

Position: School Business Manager

Location: High Wycombe, HP15

Start: ASAP

Role: Permanent (Interim considered)

Salary: £72,094 – £79,387per annum pro rata

Qin Recruitment are working with a co-educational secondary school in High Wycombe. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 with a total of approximately 1,000 pupils attending. 

They are seeking to appoint a School Business Manager, reporting to the Headteacher and working with Governors, who will be responsible for taking a strategic lead in the development, design, organisation and monitoring of the support services within the school. You will be accountable for budget negotiations, budgetary control, and compliance; research and make recommendations regarding the strategic development of the school and line management of staff, including commissioning and delegation of relevant activities.

Key duties include:

• Member of the school’s Senior Leadership Team and deputising for the Headteacher during school holiday periods
• Lead on Finance: the financial management of the school, plan, prepare, monitor, and evaluate budgets and future years budget planning
• Provide a range of financial and budgetary information as required
• Identify and maximise income generation
• Lead on HR, Marketing, School Administration, Site, ICT, Catering, Health & Safety and GDPR
• Oversee the maintenance of the school site and the buildings

With previous experience within a school or business environment, you will be educated to degree level or its equivalent, possess extensive budgeting experience and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. This is a highly visible role in which the successful applicant will possess natural leadership skills enabling you to get the best from your team.

We are looking for a person who:

• Has an ambition to improve outcomes for young people
• Is commitment to building positive, respectful relationships with colleagues and students
• Is reliable, following through on what they say they will do
• Can display resilience, adapting, learning, and growing in the role

In return you will:

• Receive access to a comprehensive induction and ongoing programme of continuing professional development
• Have regular line management meetings
• Work in an environment that prioritise student and staff health and well-being
• Have access to free car parking on site