Small School Business Manager

Part-time Salary: Small School Business Manager BS Grade 8 – £32,061 per annum pro rata

Hours: 23 hours per week, 40 weeks per year

Start date: as soon as possible, subject to notice periods

Selside is a very special place to learn, and where we see each day as a learning adventure. We are situated just off the A6, only a short drive from Kendal and have the most amazing grounds, including a wild life area and stream, a large playing field and an outdoor classroom.

We are seeking to appoint a hardworking, flexible and enthusiastic Small Schools Business Manager to join our friendly and supportive team. This is a permanent role The role is to start at 8.30 every morning but the hours worked each day can be negotiated.  The role includes responsibility for the areas of finance, health and safety, personnel and premises. School experience is desirable but not essential.

 The successful candidate will:

• have the skill to manage a busy office, prioritising and managing workload and a variety of tasks
• have a ‘can do’ mentality with a desire to overcome challenges that arise.
• have excellent interpersonal skills, whether meeting parents each morning, dealing with telephone calls and correspondence, or presenting financial and other key information to leaders and governors
• have some relevant finance/business experience
• Have excellent ICT skills and familiarity with Microsoft packages. Experience of dealing with pupil and staff data on a school information management system would be an advantage.
• work well as part of a team, be able to work under their own initiative and be committed to improving and developing their own practice

We can offer you the opportunity to:

• Join our very supportive happy team of staff, governors, parents and wider community
• Be part of a thriving and growing rural school, contributing to its success.
• Develop projects and be fully involved in the wider life of the school.

Visits to the school are welcomed, please ring for an appointment. To arrange a telephone conversation, or book a visit please contact the school. Application packs are available on the website.

Contact: head@selside.cumbria.sch.uk / 01539 823649 and visit www.selside.cumbria.sch.uk

If you are interested in applying, please complete an application form, and include a letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining why you are interested in this role and what you can offer to our school. Electronic applications are fully acceptable and should be marked for the attention of the headteacher, Miss June Lowther

Closing date for applications – 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025

Please email applications to: head@selside.cumbria.sch.uk

Interviews are to be held on Thursday 16th October 2025

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All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure.  However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’.  These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered.  Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or via the Unlock website.

Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview.  You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process.  If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

In addition to the above, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on short-listed candidates.  This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online.

Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.