School Business Manager
Ivel Valley School
Central Bedfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- POS 7 Points 49 – 52 (£46,440 - £49,433)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2015
Job overview
The Headteacher and Governing Body invite applications from highly motivated and organised individuals with energy and vision to join our excellent and dedicated team as our new School Business Manager.
Ivel Valley School is a successful area special school which operates on two sites. We are based in Biggleswade in Central Bedfordshire. We have high aspirations and expectations for our pupils. Our vision is to ensure we continue to provide an excellent environment for the future that will continue to maintain our route of improvement and success. Our staff is very stable and committed to the school and strive to achieve the best within the school community.
We are looking for a strong candidate who can provide strategic vision and leadership in all aspects of school administration; including finance, resources, HR, premises, Health and Safety and income generation.
The successful candidate will be forward thinking and able to support the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team to develop school systems to enable us to deliver the highest quality education to our children. They will also ensure that all services provided are of an excellent quality, conform to legislation, are best practice and are cost effective.
Our school can offer you:
- An opportunity for you to make a real difference in the lives of our young people
- A supportive school community
- A welcoming and enthusiastic environment with a talented and dedicated staff team
The successful candidate will need to:
- Have experience as a School Business Manager.
- Have effective interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of, and manage a team
- Have excellent organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Be able to adapt, design, develop or procure robust information and administration systems
- Be confident and capable with data analysis, and have clear written communication skills
- Be able to adapt the role to a changing educational landscape and to support staff through this.
Please contact the school on 01767 601010 or email admin@ivelvalley.beds.sch.uk for an application pack
Closing date is Wednesday 20th May 2015 and interviews will be on Thursday 4th June 2015.
About Ivel Valley School
We are the Area Special School for the east of Central Bedfordshire and aim to provide a high quality, calm and caring learning environment, where pupils and staff are encouraged to reach their true potential. The school provides high standards of education for pupils with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities aged 3 – 19. The main school operates on two sites which are within ½ a mile of each other; the school site and the college site. Additionally, we have three satellite classes based on a local mainstream school site.
We have experience and expertise in addressing the needs of pupils with moderate, severe, and profound and multiple learning difficulties. Many of our pupils have additional needs, such as sensory or physical difficulties and a significant proportion of the school population are on the autistic spectrum. A small number of our pupils have particularly challenging behaviours.
Our catchment primarily serves pupils who are resident in the east of Central Bedfordshire; however, with the agreement of the Local Authority, we also accept pupils from neighboring authorities and further afield. All our pupils have either a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan in place.
The school is located in Biggleswade and operates from two main sites, both conveniently situated close to the town centre, chiefly catering for school and college age pupils respectively. We also maintain lower and middle school classes, which are successfully collocated within a local mainstream school. We also run a successful after school and holiday club for our pupils.
In addition to providing the full range of special educational services for our pupils, we are commissioned by the Local Authority to deliver an autism advisory service and an outreach service to mainstream schools. We are also commissioned to provide an Early Years Support Service to parents and early years' settings in the east of Central Bedfordshire, for children with complex needs.
We are a significant local employer and work closely with health and social care colleagues. Our annual budget is in excess of £4million.
Our last Ofsted inspection was in May 2018. We were assessed as being Good across all areas.
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