Cluster Business Partner - Coventry, United Kingdom - Damsel Friday Ltd

Damsel Friday Ltd

Verified Company

Coventry, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This Multi Academy Trust is looking to appoint an inspirational and highly effective Business Partner who is committed to supporting the Trust to educational excellence.

As Cluster Business Partner your role will be to focus on the operational side of academy leadership to enable the Headteacher to focus on teaching and learning.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

The appointee will be line managed by the academy Headteacher but will also be accountable to central team Heads of Department (including for performance management) for the business functions as set out below, which will be managed following trustwide procedures.

JOB PURPOSE

The Cluster Business Partner is the academies leading support staff professional and works as part of an academy Senior Leadership Team to assist the Headteacher in their duty to ensure that the academy meets its educational aims by allowing the Headteacher to focus on teaching and learning.

The Cluster Business Partner will follow Trust processes and procedures to facilitate this.

The Cluster Business Partner is responsible for providing professional leadership and management of non-teaching school support staff in partnership with teaching staff, to enhance their effectiveness in order to achieve improved standards of learning and achievement in the academy.

The Cluster Business Partner promotes the highest standards of business ethos within the administrative function of the academy and the wider Trust and strategically ensures the most effective use of resources in support of the academies learning objectives.
The Cluster Business Partner contributes to strategic and operational leadership of the school and is responsible for Resource management; Administration management; Management Information and ICT; Facility & Property management; Health and Safety management and Data Protection management for the Academy.
The Cluster Business Partner takes a lead responsibility for forming effective working relationships with external agencies such as contractors etc

DUTIES Leadership and Strategy

Attend academy Senior Leadership Team meetings, negotiating and influencing strategic decisionmaking within the academy Senior Leadership Team whilst working within Trust parameters.
In the absence of the Headteacher and in consultation with the Trust's central team, take delegated responsibility for Operational decisions.
Plan and manage operational change in accordance with the academy improvement plan.
Lead and manage all nonteaching academy support staff including arranging cover where required, ensuring that all office and administrative duties are completed.
Ensure quality assurance and disaster recovery procedures are robust.
Market and promote the academy to existing and potential parents Finance reporting to the Trust's central finance team
Feed into budget setting processes.
Support annual audit processes.