Business Manager - Colne Valley High School

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Colne Valley High School.

To start: September 1, 2020.

Are you a qualified accountant/have a degree in Business Management with financial and premises management experience looking for a challenging new role?

This is an exciting opportunity for a professional, highly organised and customer-focused manager to provide financial management and premises management at Colne Valley High School (CVHS), Huddersfield, a large secondary school of 1,350 students.  You will also be responsible for the financial management of Marsden Junior School with 210 pupils located 4 miles away from CVHS.

You will deliver effective financial operations, including all areas of income and expenditure, support Senior Leaders with appropriate reports and ensure timely reporting to the Trust Finance Team.  CVHS is in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) for management of its land and buildings so a substantial part of your role will be liaising with the on-site Facilities Company Manager.  You will also be responsible for maintaining areas that are not part of the PPP e.g. Sports Centre, Artificial Turf Pitch, Well-being Centre.

You must be an experienced business manager with strong financial and operational management expertise. You will be a forward thinking and personable leader, offering a strong track record of successful operational leadership as well as excellent communication skills. A genuine willingness to embrace our School vision and values and to be fully involved in school life is essential.

You will have a passion for finance, organisation and management and a ‘can-do’ attitude in order to make a difference.

To apply for this role, please send a CV with a covering letter to Mrs A Morgan, Recruitment Manager at recruitment@themfgmat.co.uk 

Should you be shortlisted for interview, you will be required to complete our Trust application forms.

A job description and person specification are available.

Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing Date: Monday July 6th, Interviews will be held the week of July 13th.

GDPR Disclaimer: Please note and appreciate that whilst we review all CV’s and applications, due to the high volume that we receive on a regular basis, we can only respond to candidates that have been successful with their application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 14 working days of your application, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data Protection Act 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessful applications and we will not keep candidate information on file for future vacancies at this stage of our process.

The MFG Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.