School Business Manager
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £39000 – £43000/annum
SEPTEMBER START – PERMANENT – £39k – £43k
Starfyn Education are seeking an experienced School Business Manager to continue successful progress in the facilities and administrative management of one of our partner schools.
Your leadership, ensuring a quality school environment, financial success and appropriate resources, will support pupils with very complex neurodiverse needs, including Autism (ASC) and/or Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, access nurturing and therapeutic approaches to enable them to gain positive learning and social outcomes.
The School is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education.
Our settings support pupils to access education through academic, vocational or enrichment programmes, bringing together therapeutic and nurturing approaches, as well as developing leadership, independence and career skills.
Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:
Level 4, 5 or 6 Diploma in School Business Management (formally CSBM, DSBM or ADSBM).
Experience of working in an environment with neurodiverse young people, including those with ASC and/or SEMH, with an understanding of the implications for behaviour and communication.
Resilient, committed and a hard worker – able to keep going in the face of adversity and never giving up.
Substantial financial management experience, including budget monitoring and setting, and procurement; with past experience in strategic business planning – including ensuring Health and Safety of premises and the development and maintenance of facilities.
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan workloads and prioritise tasks, and high levels of attention to detail.
Hold very high expectations of yourself and others (behaviours etc), with the ability to reflect on own practice and to always seek self-improvement.In return we offer :
Competitive salary and terms and conditions and 30 days annual leave and Bank Holidays.
An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / NPQs) and options to take progressive Ofqual registered Level 3 – 5 qualifications in Therapeutic Education.
Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process.
Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform
More Information
- Address North West London, London
