School Business Manager - Croydon, United Kingdom - Complete Classroom Services

Complete Classroom Services

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Croydon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Central School Business Manager needed to look after two Primary Schools in Croydon.

Central School Business Manager will act as the link between the Trust's Central Services and school leaders across multiple school sites.

This is for two schools within the Croydon region, with a particular focus on supporting in the areas of Human Resources,Site Health and Safety and Compliance.

Key responsibilities include:

To provide strategic and operational support across nonteaching and learning areas of responsibility.
To line manage other schoolbased administration and support staff.
To lead by example in creating a culture of professional excellence and achievement.
In liaison with the Head of Estates and School Leaders be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of each respective school estate, ensuring an attractive and vibrant environment for learning.
To lead on employee relation's matters at each school

Estates & Health & Safety Management

In liaison with the Head of Estates and School Leaders be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of each respective school estate, ensuring an attractive and vibrant environment for learning.
Assisting the Head of Estates with any relevant information in the development of bids for capital funding opportunities
To work under guidance from the Head of Estates and School Site Manager to ensure a robust assurance framework is in place to manage all statutory compliance requirements at each school
To act as the main point of contact for external Health & Safety inspections of each school and to oversee where required the timely implementation of all agreed actions.
To ensure all risk assessments for estates, educational visits and other areas are robust and in place
To act as a schoolbased champion for all energy efficiency measures and initiatives.

Human Resources

To lead on employee relation's matters at each school
To ensure the continuous maintenance of the Single Central Record, at each school
To undertake safer recruitment training as required and to be responsible for the employment clearances and checks for any new staff, in liaison with the Head of Staff Development and Head of HR
To ensure personnel files are maintained and complete for each school.
To ensure the accurate completion and timely submission of all statutory school workforce returns.
To manage all other administration and support staff at each school, providing leadership and professional development as required, to ensure high performing teams with a clear focus on contributing to the overall effectiveness of each school.

Governance & Risk Management

To work with the Head Teacher at each school to maintain on a continuous basis and in line with the Trust's Risk Management Strategy the online operational risk register
To maintain on a continuous basis a Business Continuity and Emergency Plan for each school and to ensure that this is reviewed and tested on at least an annual basis and also following any major incident.
Ensuring all school level publication requirements for each school's website are adhered to
To attend and present any items as required, in support of school leaders, at each school's LGB meetings.

Whole School & General Administration

To act as a champion for the effective implementation on an operational basis of all agreed Trust wide and schoolbased policies and procedures.
To manage each school's lettings and charging requirements efficiently and in line with the Trust's Lettings policy.
To oversee and authorise the completion and submission of school census and other statutory returns in accordance with published timescales.
To ensure all requirements to comply with GDPR requirements are built into all schoolbased systems and procedures on an ongoing and continuous basis.

Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity and Health & Safety

To safeguard and promote the welfare of children for whom you have responsibility or come into contact with, to include adhering to all specified procedures.
To carry out your duties with full regard to trust Equality Policy and objectives.
To comply with Health and Safety policies, organisation statements and procedures, report any incidents/accidents/hazards and take a proactive approach to health and safety matters in order to protect both yourself and others.

The trust is a primary multi academy trust with schools across London and South East England. All schools, range from small infant schools to large primary schools, working collaboratively, sharing resources and expertise.