St Stephen’s is a high performing school in the London Borough of Bexley. We employ an author in residence, as well as specialist teachers for music and PE who work alongside our class teachers to ensure every child receives a broad and balanced curriculum. Our Ofsted inspection found that ‘pupils exude a love of learning and describe the school like being a second family. Behaviour is exemplary. Pupils are courteous towards adults and their peers.’

For further information about the school, please visit 

https://www.st-stephens.bexley.sch.uk/

We are looking for a School Business Manager to join our two-form entry school staff in January 2024. 

St Stephen’s is a high performing school in the London Borough of Bexley. We employ specialist teachers for music and PE who work alongside our class teachers to ensure every child receives a broad and balanced curriculum. Our Ofsted inspection found that ‘pupils exude a love of learning and describe the school like being a second family. Behaviour is exemplary. Pupils are courteous towards adults and their peers.

The candidate should have an enthusiastic, helpful approach and a ‘can do’ attitude. They will contribute to continuous improvement of the school and become part of the leadership team.

This exciting role includes a broad range of responsibilities that will require an extensive set of skills, relevant qualifications and resilience. As School Business Manager, you will be responsible for managing the school finances, HR procedures, overseeing facilities management, health and safety and the administrative function of the school.

The successful candidate will be a valued member of the Senior Leadership Team, who will   interact with a range of stakeholders (staff, governors, parents, pupils and other advisors). You will need to be highly organised, work well as part of a team and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.

The school is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers.  The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact the School Office on 0208 303 9738 or at admin@st-stephens.bexley.sch.uk

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

To apply for this vacancy please download and complete the application form available from the Attachments section below. Your application should be submitted to admin@st-stephens.bexley.sch.uk

CVs will not be accepted.

To apply for this vacancy please visit https://www.st-stephens.bexley.sch.uk/Vacancies/

The closing date for applications is Friday 29th November 2024 and interviews are scheduled for w/c 2nd December 2024

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

References will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview.

Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete and return a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.

Online Searches will be carried out on shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any concerns will be discussed with candidates at interview.

Further vetting checks including an enhanced DBS, incorporating a check of the Children’s Barred List, will be undertaken on provisional offer.