Director of Finance & Estates
Blackburn College
Lancashire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Circa £75,000 + benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 17 November 2014
Job overview
Blackburn College has a reputation for academic excellence built on a passion for learning, talented staff, outstanding resources and unswerving commitment to the learner. The College is outstanding in so many ways, from recent Ofsted reports and service excellence, to its entrepreneurial mindset, unique sixth form proposition and University Centre, making them a compelling and trusted learning environment. With a clear focus on raising educational standards and student aspirations, the College is well placed to advance in today's changing educational landscape and is now seeking an experienced and commercially orientated Director of Finance & Estates.
Reporting to the Vice Principal, Planning & Performance to the Chief Executive, you will ensure the financial integrity of the organisation through the enhancement of business planning, financial control and reporting, to maximise efficiencies and opportunities for growth. You will provide the day-to-day line management for the finance function with a keen focus on capital expenditure, cash flow, investments, taxation and the analysis of key management information to maintain the financial stability of the organisation.
You will be a qualified, commercially focused accountant with a wealth of strategic experience, ideally gained within a highly complex, multi-stakeholder environment. With knowledge of IFRS, you will have excellent analytical and planning skills and be fully conversant with a range of funding mechanisms and estate management. You will possess excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, with the capacity to engage at all levels across and beyond the organisation, to solve complex strategic challenges through deliverable and workable business solutions.
Interested applicants should send a detailed CV and supporting letter to 6876@wickland-westcott.co.uk quoting reference 6876. For a confidential discussion, please call our retained consultants Nick Roberts or John Dodd on 01625 508100.
Closing date for applications is 9am on 17th November 2014.
About Blackburn College
- Blackburn College
- Feilden Street, Blackburn
- Lancashire
- BB2 1LH
- United Kingdom
Blackburn College is a further and higher education college in Lancashire. As of the most recent inspection there were over 11,000 students on the school roll. A new state of the art Sports facility and Regional Automotive Technology Hub opened in onsite in 2014 at a combined worth of £19 million. The area of Blackburn with Darwen has a population of 150,000, and is 25 miles north of Manchester. There are over 3000 students studying degrees at Blackburn College, which are primarily awarded by Lancaster University. The college’s vision statement is ‘aspiring, innovating and achieving together’.
Principal
Dr Thomas Moore
Values and vision
Blackburn College works very closely with employers across Pennine Lancashire and beyond, supporting them in developing a world class workforce and being competitive in a global marketplace. This endeavour is central to its mission as an Educational Institution driven by vocational and academic excellence, working hard to become an indispensable partner to business; and importantly exercising the college’s civic engagement responsibilities.
At the core of the college’s ethos is deliver quality education, training, employability and work-based learning solutions to thousands of organisations and learners. This includes Government funded and commercial skills training and education, bespoke professional courses, employability services and regional training contracts.
Ofsted
“Achievement and standards are outstanding. Overall success, retention and achievement rates increased rapidly over the last three years. Success rates are high and exceed the national averages for similar colleges for all key indicators. Retention rates have also increased. GCE A level students make outstanding progress.”
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