School Business Manager

School Business Manager

Location: Horsham, West Sussex

Contract Type: Permanent, full-time, full year

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: up to £45,000 per annum, depending on experience

Aurora Vincent House School

As part of our growth strategy; we’re really plea a brand new SEND Secondary School in 2025 in the heart of Horsham, West Sussex for young people who are predominantly autistic aged 11-19.

Key to the success of this new school will be the appointment of a highly effective School Business Manager to join us on this exciting project!

The Role:

As our School Business Manager; you’ll need to ensure the wellbeing and safeguarding of our young people is always at the forefront of everything we do.

This position will be a key role within our Senior Leadership Team with the responsibility of ensuring the smooth, efficient and economical running of each of the support departments (including Finance, Administration, HR, Facilities and Site Maintenance, Health and Safety, Housekeeping and Catering) to keep our school is safe, compliant, financially sound and delivering great outcomes for our young people within our budget.

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:  

• Previous School Business Manager experience preferred
• The ability to organise and effectively communicate with senior stakeholders and multiple operational teams.
• The ability to manage and deliver multiple projects of all sizes collaboratively
• A keen willingness to learn and an enthusiasm to be involved in all aspects of school life.
• A supportive, approachable, flexible and solution focused mindset.
• Previous experience of working in a similar setting is advantageous but not a requirement. You must though be dedicated to understanding and learning about Autism and a range of special education needs.

Benefits and Additional Information

We offer:

• A rare opportunity for you to create and grow a school as a senior leader. You will be integral to ensuring the success of a provision that will change the lives of many young people and their families within the community.
• Support for you within the school and the Aurora Group to be innovative and autonomous with a network of other SBMs to collaborate with.
• You will be fully involved in ensuring the building of, and development of the facilities are appropriate for the purpose of Vincent House School.
• It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora and this is a unique career opportunity to make your mark on our growing services.

You’ll also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Enhanced Pension
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

Enquiries:

For further information / request a job description please email our Recruitment Partner: Liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com

Applications to be made via our online application form. 

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.