School Bursar

Due to the retirement of the current Bursar, the governing body is seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward thinking Bursar to join our school leadership team. The successful candidate will have experience of managing the finances of a large institution, department or business. They will also be skilled in leadership and management, with excellent inter personal skills.

Cardinal Newman School is an 11-19 mixed Voluntary Aided school, with 780 pupils currently on role. The school is over-subscribed in Year 7 and our role is projected to rise to over 800 in 2015. The school has an excellent reputation for both our academic results and our pastoral care. We are a Central South ‘Hub School’ offering school to school support to other schools in the consortium. We are a ‘Green School’ in the new Welsh Government banding. We consider ourselves an ‘Excellent’ school and eagerly await having this confirmed in our next inspection.

We can offer you:

• a Christian ethos permeating every aspect of the life of the school
• the opportunity to play a leading role in a ‘sector leading’ school
• excellent ongoing training, development and CPD
•  enthusiastic staff, dedicated to realising the full potential of each studen
• enthusiastic and engaged students with the highest attendance and lowest exclusion rates in the local authority
• a school with a four year improving trend on all major indicators
• supportive parents, Governors, diocese and local authority

The successful candidate will:

• have excellent financial management skilll
• have the skills and personal attributes to deal effectively with a wide variety of people
• have drive and vision
• be flexible
• be willing to go ‘the extra mile’
• be 100% committed to driving school improvement at Cardinal Newman
• lead and support the Catholic Ethos of the school

Candidate packs and application forms can be found on TES and on the school website.

Applications should be completed electronically and returned to Mrs Kate Duffin: duffinC@cardinalnewman.co.uk

Closing date for applications: 12 noon 2nd June 2015
Shortlisting: 5th June 2015
Interviews: 15st June 2015