Business Manager

Role Information: 

Closing date: 4pm Thursday 6th March 2025

Shortlisting:  Friday 7^th March 2025 

Interviews: wb 10^th March

Salary: SCP 20 

Hours: 35 hours per week/term time only

Applications to be returned to the Headteacher Mr Rob Parish 

head@millfields.cheshire.sch.uk

The Headteacher and Governors are looking to appoint a permanent School Business Manager (AAAD5088) for this warm and friendly school in the heart of Nantwich. We can offer you a friendly and supportive welcome, a dedicated and enthusiastic staff, an exciting school environment and opportunities for professional development. Our January 2022 Ofsted said, Staff enjoy working at this school. They told the inspector that leaders take account of their workload, and are mindful of their well-being. They described the staff team as a family.

Behind the successful teaching team sits a proactive support team who collaborate with the teachers and parents to ensure the smooth daily running of the school. An opportunity has arisen for the appointment of an Officer Manager.  Are you looking for a challenge? Do you have amazing organisational and interpersonal skills, like to be busy all day and enjoy having no two days the same?  If yes is the answer to these questions, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.  

This role is central to the effective running of the school, and calls for a calm head, flexibility, professionalism and being a team player. 

The office manager needs character and the key attributes we are looking from candidates are:   

• Friendly and professional manner
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Sense of humour
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to prioritise tasks.
• Ability to work on your own initiative
• Commitment to teamwork
• A willingness to listen
• An aptitude to learn
• A willingness to get the extra mile to get the job done
• The ability to learn from both success and failures
• Experience of working in a busy office/school desirable
• Proficient user of IT packages in order to create spreadsheets, mail merge, letters and marketing material.
• Business management experience/finance acumen
• Managing staff

If you feel that you have the skills and personality to support the Headteacher and staff, as well as ensuring the phones get answered and you have not got lost under a pile of PE kits then this is the right role for you!

Visits to the school are strongly recommended to all candidates. Please telephone the school to arrange a visit on 01270 443890.

Safeguarding Commitment  

The North West Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to pre-employment clearances including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. 

Diversity in the Workplace  

The North West Academies Trust values diversity in the workforce and is committed to ensuring that throughout the recruitment and selection processes no applicant is disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation.