Director of Finance
- Organisation
- Gildredge House
- Number of positions
- 1
- Location
- Eastbourne
- Salary
- £29,295 - £32,331 actual salary; £51,027 - £56,316 full-time equivalent
- Closing date
- 22/01/2025
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Work pattern
- Part Time
- Hours
- 21
- Job type
- Finance
- Job reference
- orbis/TP/370373/43545
- Organisation
- Gildredge House
- Number of positions
- 1
- Location
- Eastbourne
- Salary
- £29,295 - £32,331 actual salary; £51,027 - £56,316 full-time equivalent
- Closing date
- 22/01/2025
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Work pattern
- Part Time
- Hours
- 21
- Job Type
- Finance
- Job reference
- orbis/TP/370373/43545
Salary: £29,295 - £32,331 actual salary; £51,027 - £56,316 full-time equivalent.
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Closing date: 9am 22 January 2025
Interview date: In the week beginning Monday 27 January 2025
How to apply:
Please go to our website for further details, including a full job description and an application form:
https://www.gildredgehouse.org.uk/home/contact-us/staff-vacancies/
We welcome visits from prospective candidates - please contact us via careers@gildredgehouse.org.uk for further information or to book a visit.
Who to contact if you have a query:
Please contact: Careers@gildredgehouse.org.uk
Following the retirement of our current post holder, we are recruiting for a new Director of Finance. You will play a vital role in the strategic management and leadership for the financial performance of the Trust under the Executive Head Teacher's direction.
The Director of Finance will be responsible for setting and monitoring the school budget and strategic financial plan working with the SLT to optimise the use of available resources ensuring the school's continued development aligns with its goals and values. The Director of Finance will coach and support colleagues in their team to be the best they can be.
You will also be responsible for establishing policies and managing staff and resources to realise school development priorities and value for money. If you are an outstanding leader, with a track record for proven successful business and financial leadership of a school we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
Ideal candidates will:
- Align to the Gildredge House vision, mission and values.
- Have proven experience of successful business and financial leadership and management.
- Be financially astute with strong analytical skills and experience in financial planning, together with high skill levels in all aspects of budgetary processes and financial management.
- Possess a working knowledge of risk and compliance, and ideally the law and the regulatory framework affecting schools, including safeguarding and data protection.
- Be committed to working in partnership with colleagues, Governors, parents, and the community to deliver excellence.
- Be able to organise, lead and motivate staff and to challenge any underperformance.
- Act with integrity and build effective, trusting relationships with colleagues and students.
- Be a strategic thinker who is willing to contribute to the wider strategy of the school whilst maintaining direct operational responsibilities.
- Be commercially aware, with experience of creative thinking around income generation and cost control.
- Be an outstanding leader.
- Be able to coach others in a solution-focused approach.
- Be able to use IT systems including Microsoft Office products and financial software programmes.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills, both verbal and written, in order to maintain accurate records and documentation and provide written reports as requested.
- Have a genuine interest in education and achieving the best outcomes for our young people.
Gildredge House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All offers of employment with the school are subject to pre-employment checks which will include References, Health, Right to Work in UK, a satisfactory Enhanced DBS with Children’s Barred List check and a Declaration that you are not a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2006.
Please note that under the UK GDPR, by replying to this advert, you are consenting to Gildredge House processing and retaining your personal information for the purposes of this application. You have the right to withdraw your consent and ask for your data to be deleted at any time, however it will then not be possible for Gildredge House to process your application any further. For further details please see the specific Privacy
Policy for job applicants which can be found at https://www.gildredgehouse.org.uk/our-school/data-protection/
Additional Information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.