Business Manager
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Job Description
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 9 December 2024
Closing Date: Sunday 1 December 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC9 £44,225.49 - £53,141.91 pro rata
Working Pattern: 26 Hours per week
Location: Bell Baxter High School, Cupar
Purpose and Values of Education & Children's Services Directorate
The Education & Children's Services Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
Ways in which you believe you have modelled Fife Council's How We Work Matters framework, focusing on how you have taken ownership in a managerial role and delivered results.
(Consider your skills and experiences and demonstrate how you personally made a positive impact and the role you played.)
How you have used your financial acumen, skills, and experience to manage budgets with limited financial resources.
(Consider and demonstrate, how you ensured the delivery of accurate, timely and insightful financial information and analysis to manage budgets for managers and external customers.)
Describe your ability to build strong working relationships and build capacity through inspiring and motivating others.
(Consider and demonstrate your ability to lead, manage and support staff, including utilising policies including change management/workforce change, learning and development and absence management.)
Ways in which you have demonstrated your ability to embrace technology and information to influence and make improvements.
(Consider how you have encouraged new ideas, used technology to enhance delivery of outcomes or streamlines processes.)
Demonstrate how you have led strategic change to bring about an improvement which has benefited the organisation.
(Consider what skills and knowledge you used to lead a change initiative and the role you played.)"
Job Details
We are looking for a highly-skilled individual to be part of the school leadership team, who is passionate about improving life chances for all through commitment to leading change and improvement that ensures positives outcomes for our children and young people. As a manager in Fife you will be responsible for supporting the School Management Team in developing the strategic direction of the school, implementing and pursuing the objectives set in policies, and for contributing to the development of a self-improving system across the education community and beyond.
The Business Manager role will manage functions within the school, to ensure a high quality support service, strategic planning and accountability in the context of statutory, council and school policy. To participate as a member of the school management team and to act as a business contact between the school, the Education Service and other partners.
The Business Manager role profile is included within the advert where you will find more information about the role, with specific reference to essential and desirable criteria for applicants.
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to contribute to the leadership and management of the school community, both at strategic and operational levels, to ensure continuous improvement.
Educated to SCQF Level 9, which includes a Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline e.g. Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Administration
Considerable experience within a relevant environment, in a senior or managerial role with budget and management responsibilities to enable you to provide effective advice and support to the head teacher
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
- How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
- Directorate Information - Council Department information
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For further information please contact Lynn Black - bellbaxterhs.enquiries@fife.gov.uk