Business Manager

Permanent, full-time

Start: Negotiable, as soon as possible.

Salary: Up to £68,000
( Salary between £59,000 and £68,000, depending upon the applicant's skills and experience.)

Relocation: A generous relocation allowance may be available where the employee's new home is reasonably close to the workplace and the former home is not.

We are excited to announce an opportunity for an exceptional School Business professional, with the right blend of skills, talents, experience, and values to become the Business Manager of The Blue Coat CE School, a high performing, 'Outstanding' 11-18 Comprehensive School in Oldham, Greater Manchester. We are a large and successful school, with more than 1,700 students from diverse faiths, cultures and backgrounds. We are consistently the highest attaining state secondary school in Oldham and amongst the highest in the country.

We provide a happy place to work and to learn. Our staff pride themselves on respectful relationships with students, and each other, and are committed to the best welfare and interests of all. We have a strong and supportive ethos, working hard so that every student becomes everything they can be and are meant to be.

As Business Manager, the successful applicant will have far reaching influence in how we support our young people, and we are looking for an exceptional candidate who puts student welfare and progress at the heart of everything they do.

Blue Coat's Business Manager is an integral member of the Senior Leadership Team and also part of the Deputy Head strategic group, driving constant improvement in partnership with senior colleagues. The ideal candidate is someone who communicates clearly and confidently and who proactively seeks potential for positive change in both people and process, whilst modelling the values of the school and the trust.

A key responsibility of this role is to ensure that the business and student support operations of Blue Coat are aligned across the organisation. This includes finance, administration, HR, IT, data, exams, estate and facilities, student services and library. All of these functions are delivered by experienced teams, and it is the role of the Business Manager to lead and direct them. We are fortunate to have committed, hardworking colleagues and we foster a culture of transparency, honesty and integrity. The Business Manager is supported by a Deputy Business Manager who also helps ensure the smooth running of all non-teaching functions. Achieving efficiencies and continual improvement is nonetheless an ongoing challenge, alongside the need to ensure that staff have the training and development opportunities to enable them to keep up with a fast-paced and demanding environment.

There is, of course, no requirement that you be a teacher.

The deadline for applications is 10am on Monday 2nd December 2024.

Shortlisting and contacting candidates will be later that week.

Interviews will be during week beginning 9th December 2024.

Start date: We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible, but we realise that notice periods can be variable, and we are prepared to discuss the best start date for the right candidate.

We offer:

• A competitive salary
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous leave entitlement
• A professional working environment at The Blue Coat School in Oldham, which is very accessible in the centre of Oldham
• Free parking on site

The appointment is, of course, subject to satisfactory references and a successful enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Further details and a full application pack are available from our advisers ASDTi by visiting and downloading from our website via the button below, or by calling .

Please note, however, that (in common with most UK Schools and Colleges) we cannot accept CVs, nor will we accept approaches from agencies.

ASDTi are available, on our behalf, during evenings and weekends as well as in the working day, and would be pleased to discuss your application, career or relocation expectations.