Director of Finance and Operations
Burgess Hill Girls
West Sussex
- Salary:
- Competitive depending on experience.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 May 2024
Job overview
Burgess Hill Girls is a leading Sussex independent day and boarding school for girls aged four to eighteen. It is a friendly and empowering community which equips students with the knowledge, and all the social, physical, and emotional skills they need to pursue their dreams.
The School is looking for an experienced Director of Finance and Operations (DFO) or equivalent with a proven track record and with the vision, drive and energy to help shape the next stage of its development.
The role of the Director of Finance and Operations encompasses a very wide remit with full responsibility for all the administrative, compliance, financial, HR and property aspects of the School. The successful candidate will be a key member of SLT and the Executive team and needs to form good working relationships with all members of staff.
Burgess Hill Girls is being assisted in the recruitment of this key position by the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association (ISBA) Recruitment Team, from whom an application pack can be obtained by sending an email to recruiting@theisba.org.uk
Alternatively, if you would like to speak with ISBA, please contact Lucy Wyatt on 07817 038009.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 9am, 24 May 2024
Screening interviews conducted by the ISBA recruitment team will be held for long-listed candidates during this period and short-listed candidates will attend first stage interviews w/c 3rd June 2024 with the final stage interviews w/c 10th June 2024.
Burgess Hill Girls is committed to promoting the safeguarding of children and expects all employees to share this commitment. Any offer will be made subject to the satisfactory pre-recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure. Burgess Hill Girls is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.
About Burgess Hill Girls
Burgess Hill Girls is a leading independent day and boarding school in Sussex for girls aged two and a half to eighteen years of age.
Our motto at Burgess Hill Girls is ‘I am, I can, I should, I will’. It encapsulates the journey students take with us. Discovering who they are, what they are capable of, the importance of supporting others and developing the will to achieve their dreams. When you join Burgess Hill Girls you become part of a unique empowering community where there are no limits.
Burgess Hill Girls stands in 14 acres of beautiful grounds within a conservation area close to Burgess Hill’s town centre in the centre of Sussex. All aspects of the school are located on this one campus; Nursery, Pre-prep, Prep, Senior, Sixth Form and Boarding Houses.
The school is only a five minute walk from the railway station (on the London to Brighton line) and close to excellent road networks (10 miles from Brighton and only 20 miles from Gatwick).
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