Director of Finance and Operations
Northwood College
Northwood
- Expired
- Salary:
- £60,000 + benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2014
Job overview
Director of Finance and Operations, Northwood
Northwood College was founded in 1878, in an age of pioneers in girls' education, and continues to provide a quality, broad education for girls aged 3 to 18 years. The school sits within a single 9 acre site and its fine grounds are zoned so that the four age groups can each enjoy their own dedicated space, in addition to the shared areas.
The school is at an exciting time of evolution, as it is merging with another local independent girls' school in September 2014 to form North West London's leading new school for girls. The school will be part of the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST), a charitable trust and the UK's leading group of independent girls' schools. The GDST has over 4,000 staff and 20,000 students in 26 schools.
The combined schools will be located on the current site of Northwood College and the GDST has far-reaching plans to ensure the school provides the best environment for girls' education.
The school now seeks a Director of Finance and Operations to support the Head. This is a new role with responsibility for all financial, commercial and operational matters affecting the school:
The role:
- Take responsibility for the smooth day to day running of the school's operations. Ensure the efficient running of finance, ICT, and facilities services and manage all administration, facilities and caretaking staff; totalling some 14 individuals.
- Responsible for the school's finances, preparation of budgets, forecasts and business plans.
- Lead interface with all stakeholders impacted by the merger and construction projects, the ongoing supervision of maintenance and day-to-day upkeep of all buildings, as well as grounds maintenance and building security.
The candidate:
- A natural leader, you will have experience of budget preparation and providing strategic support to a senior leadership team. Our ideal candidate will be equally comfortable working on strategic matters as well as rolling their sleeves up.
- You will be able to demonstrate strong operational experience including proven project management skills in a changing environment. A team player who believes in sharing best practice across the wider business.
- An energetic and adaptable individual who has previously run a multi-functional team. You should also be experienced in providing real value-add and business partnering.
For more information please speak in confidence to our retained consultants Lucy Brennan at Berwick Partners on 020 7529 3063 or Siobhain Brodie on 020 7529 1072. To apply, please click on the 'apply' button below.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 22nd April
GDST is committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
About Northwood College
"Northwood College is EXCELLENT in every category" - ISI inspection report, March 2012.
Northwood College is an independent day school for girls, which was founded in 1878 in Central London. By 1892 it had moved to its present site on Maxwell Road. Careful, planned development over the decades has ensured that the College has facilities which enable it to provide a high quality of education appropriate to modern needs. Further development is outlined in the school's strategic building plan over the next ten-year period.
The completion of a new Performing Arts block, comprising drama studio, recital hall, three teaching rooms including an ICT suite of 16 MAC computers, 10 smaller practice rooms, offices, assembly area and conservatory, in October 2004, marked the beginning of this development. Two new ICT suites opened in September 2005, providing four suites throughout the school plus a mobile bank of laptops. A new Early Years Centre, called Bluebelle House, containing 14 PCs for Nursery and Reception classes, opened in April 2009. In addition, there are approximately 60 interactive classboards.
Our Ethos
Teaching at Northwood College is a very rewarding and enjoyable experience. Girls are of above average ability, motivated and keen to learn. They come from a wide variety of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and all the world’s major religions are represented by the girls – as well as a number of the minor faiths. The atmosphere at Northwood College is unique. Relationships between girls and between girls & staff are excellent. We are an extremely harmonious community that places great emphasis on valuing the individual and expecting the highest standards of behaviour in order to maintain the principles of mutual respect, tolerance and consideration for others which characterise our community. There are approximately 750 girls aged 3-18 on roll, with approximately 100 in the Sixth Form.
As girls are able, the pace of teaching is brisk. Our unique “Thinking Skills” initiative challenges us all to consider the way we teach so that we enable our girls to be able to think critically and creatively, and thus help to prepare them for the rigours of the future. Staff are expected to be committed fully to this programme and training is provided in support of this.
We believe that it is important for every girl to develop her individual talents – whether academic, musical, dramatic, artistic, sporting or organisational. Every girl, from our youngest nursery pupil to our most sophisticated sixth former, is valued for her own unique contribution to the school community.
We encourage girls to recognise their own achievements and those of others. Girls display mutual respect and understanding. Initiative, independence, social responsibility and concern for others are highly valued. We offer a strong system of pastoral care which ensures that every girl feels confident and secure. The College has a warm, friendly atmosphere, and older girls take opportunities to help younger ones.
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