Business Manager

Liverpool, Merseyside
Page Personnel Secretarial & Business Support

Page Personnel are thrilled to be working with a leading special school based in Liverpool to recruit for a Business Manager on a full time permanent basis. The purpose of this role is to provide strategic leadership and management of key school functions including Finance, Marketing, HR, Premises and SLT administrative support.

Client Details

Our client currently has 2 sites and is due to open a brand new site in Speke later on in the year. They are growing rapidly and quickly becoming the top special school in the North West. This is a Grade 7 position.

Description

The responsibilities of the Business Manager are:

• Maximise the financial resources available to the school including generation of income
• Ensure that the resources available are deployed effectively and efficiently to support the work of the school
• Contribute to strategic planning, decision making and development within the school’s senior management/leadership team
• Plan and manage change in accordance with MAT policy and the school development/strategic plan
• Attend senior management/leadership team, and appropriate CFO/Headteacher meetings
• Understand the culture and climate of the school and where appropriate the wider education environment and contribute to leadership discussions with this in mind
• Administering the budget and accounting systems, including managing the appropriate packages within the school administration system and liaising with the software provider
• Monitoring, forecasting and controlling income and expenditure for the budget as a whole and for individual budget headings
• Ensuring that all appropriate inventories are accurately maintained
• Liaising and negotiating with suppliers
• Overseeing the management of central resources, such as stationery

Profile

The successful Business Manager will posses:

• Level 4, 5 or 6 Diploma in School Business Management (formerly CSBM, DSBM or ADSBM) and/or relevant experience in a School Business role.
• Experience of supporting neurodiverse children, or with Autism (ASC) and/or Social, Emotional & Mental Health needs (SEMH) and an understanding of potential implications for communication, learning and behaviour; able to promote de-escalation and emotional regulation, supporting young people in forming and sustaining effective relationships.
• Financial management experience including budget monitoring and setting, and procurement.
• Advanced IT skills, including a good understanding of ICT systems and the ability to develop them with experience of a school-based MIS, preferably SIMS/Scholar Pack.
• Substantial successful team management, motivation and staff development experience, preferably across Finance, Procurement,ICT, HR and/or Facilities Management.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan workloads and prioritise tasks, and high levels of attention to detail.
• Resilient, committed, and a hard worker – able to keep going in the face of adversity and never giving up.

Job Offer

You will receive:

• up to £40k salary
• Pension scheme
• Free on site parking
• opportunity to develop in a new role
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Death in service