Are you highly organised, financially astute, and passionate about supporting education? Victoria Road Primary School are seeking a dedicated Bursar to join our team. The successful candidate will:
- Oversee the school's budget, financial planning and reporting
- Manage payroll, procurement and contracts
- Supervise administrative staff and maintain efficient office systems
We are a friendly, inclusive school and were judged to be a good school by Ofsted (May 2024). We are looking for someone who has:
- Strong financial management skills
- Excellent organisational and communication abilities
- Experience in finance or business administration (school experience desirable, but not essential)
- Ability to work independently and as part of a tea
Qualifications and trainingThe successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Evidence of CPD
- Evidence of relevant successful track record in a role combining high level admin and interpersonal skills
- Be willing to undertake further training.
- Proven track record of managing a busy administration office
- Business Manager specific qualification, e.g. CSBM, DSBM, ADSBM or Msc. Business Management
- NVQ Level 4 or degree level management/business qualification
Experience
- Recent years of experience of working in an office environment as a proven strong successful leader.
- Experience of turning policy into effective and successful practice.
- A track record of supervising and managing staff.
- Financial Management and budget setting experience.
- Experience of dealing with HR, payroll, and health and safety matters.
Knowledge and skills
- Knowledge of complex financial information systems and making payments
- Knowledge and experience of health and safety, first aid, medical, and fire safety regulations and requirements
- Up-to-date-knowledge of statutory regulations and guidance relating to the post
- Ability to work under pressure, but accurately and with attention to detail
- Understanding of national and regional educational services and how an administrative support service is run
Professional SkillsAbility to:
- Analyse data and plan an appropriate course of action for improvement.
- Review systems to ensure the robust evaluation of performance and actions to secure improvements.
- Deliver excellent organisational, communicating and problem solving skills, with the ability to use own initiative and work proactively both in a team and independently.
- Lead and manage team/s to successfully achieve agreed goals.
- Be an effective team player that works collaboratively and effectively with others.
- Develop and deliver effective and inspirational professional development for staff (including mentoring and coaching as appropriate).
- Communicate effectively to a wide range of different audiences (verbal, written, using ICT as appropriate).
- Support, motivate and inspire both colleagues and pupils by leading through example.
- Deal successfully with situations that may include tackling difficult situations and conflict resolution.
- Work successfully with a range of external agencies.
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Contact Details:
Victoria Road Primary School Recruitment Team
