Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School  has a vacancy for a School Business Manager, whilst this is being advertised at 32.5 hours per week, there is the possibly to increase to 35 hours per week - term time plus two weeks.

As the school’s leading support staff member, you will work with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure the effective and efficient fulfilment of our educational aims, making the most efficient use of resources to support our learning objectives. If you have experience of working in a school or academy, or in a similar setting and are an effective and experienced manager, we encourage you to apply for this post.

Duties will include:

·        Line management of the school office and other non-academic support staff

·        Budget management, providing advice and guidance on financial matters to the Headteacher, Governors Central Support CFO

·        Organisational tasks, and support to the Headteacher and Governing Body, on all areas of school - management

·        Implementation of Health and Safety throughout the school

·        Administration of the school’s personnel functions, in conjunction with our payroll providers and Central Support Director of HR

·        Premises management 

·        Producing reports, analysing and responding to complex correspondence

·        Administrative and clerical support as required

Please refer to the job description for further details , skills and experience

Further training opportunities will be offered to the right candidate.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is part of the Pope Francis Multi Academy Company, a group of Catholic schools in and around Oxford. This partnership provides excellent opportunities for collaboration, co-operation and the sharing of good practice between our schools. Informal pre-application visits are most welcome, as are applications from Catholics and non-Catholics.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School  along with the The Pope Francis Multi Academy Company, has a responsibility for and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups. All employees and volunteers are expected to share this commitment and to obtain an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) and where relevant, a childcare disqualification check. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including two suitable references, evidence of Right to Work, Medical Clearance and where applicable a prohibition check and evidence of qualifications. All successful candidates will be required to present photographic ID and or their birth certificate along with evidence of any name changes. 

This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. 

 An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Please note that we are not engaging with recruitment agencies for this vacancy