Director of Finance and Operations
Wimbledon High School
Merton
- Expired
- Salary:
- £60,000 - £65,000 + benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2014
Job overview
Director of Finance and Operations, Merton
Wimbledon High School was established in 1880 and is one of the 26 schools of the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST), the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools. One of London's top day schools, Wimbledon High School is conveniently situated in the heart of Wimbledon and only a few minutes' walk from all major transport networks.
The school consistently provides an outstanding record of academic achievement for its girls. Yet this is only a part of school life; the school strives to bring out the best in each individual, and offers a wealth of opportunity to embrace new challenges and make new friends. Through sport, music, drama and a host of extra-curricular clubs, students are encouraged to have a go, to take risks and develop their resilience.
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:
- Ensure the efficient running of the finance, operations and facilities services. Act as a hands-on leader to all finance, administration, facilities, caretaking and cleaning staff and directly manage nine reports. Provide support and guidance to other support functions such as ICT and HR.
- Responsible for the school's finances, preparation of budgets, management accounts, forecasts and business plans. Review and improve administration and reporting processes where feasible.
- Take responsibility for the smooth day to day running of the school's operations. Supervise the maintenance and daily upkeep of all buildings, as well as grounds maintenance and building security.
The candidate:
- A natural leader, you will be a numerate individual with experience of budget preparation and providing strategic support to a senior leadership team.
- Someone with strong operational experience, proven project management skills and a hands-on approach. 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.
GDST is committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
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
About Wimbledon High School
An academically successful school, with meaningful partnerships placing us at the heart of our community, Wimbledon High School is a hub of intellectual activity, fun and laughter.
We are proudly a flagship school of the Girls' Day School Trust, experts in educating girls, from 4 to 18. We like to challenge and inspire our students through an innovative focus on 'play' in our Junior School and 'playful scholarship' in Seniors, which sees us embrace problem-solving, critical and disruptive thinking and creativity in and out of the classroom. It may seem a contradiction but at Wimbledon High we are as serious about play as we are about academic rigour – and indeed, believe that the one cannot exist without the other. A highly selective school, with outstanding results, our students do nine GCSEs and 3 A levels, giving them time and space to explore around, over and above the curriculum. We go off-timetable one afternoon a week for our partnerships work, which sees over 200 visiting pupils get involved in activities and which was noted as a significant strength of the school in our recent ISI inspection.
A vast array of co-curricular clubs and activities allow students to find their thing: passions and interests that they will take with them through life, as on their journey of discovery about themselves, they learn what is important to them. Excellent pastoral care, under our GROW programme, is embedded in everything we do; we teach girls to believe in their own agency and use their voices for good.
Our school aims:
Stepping in: we aim for every girl to feel known, supported, confident and able to shine at Wimbledon High.
Striding out: we aim for every girl to leave us prepared to shape the society in which she lives and works.
We will do this, across the school by:
· Encouraging resilience, independence and kindness
· Nurturing curiosity, scholarship and a sense of wonder
· Promoting excellent teaching and learning
· Running a broad, inspiring co-curricular programme
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