School Business Manager

School Business Manager
Start date : Monday 24th February 2025
Hours: 30 hours per week (5 days a week) - 40 weeks per year (Term Time + 2 weeks + annual leave entitlement)

We are seeking to appoint a friendly, well organised and professional School Business Manager to join our school team. The role includes working closely with the Headteacher, liaising with staff and other agencies and also involves communicating with young children, 
families and visitors to the school. 

Candidates need excellent communication, literacy, maths and ICT skills as well as being able to use the school’s management information system with appropriate training. 

Further information about the role is included in the job specification in the application pack.

The successful candidate will:
- Show commitment to the aims and ethos of Staveley CE Primary School
- Foster good relationships with parents, children, governors, colleagues and other 
professionals
- Be flexible, well organised and work as a team as well as independently
- Be friendly and approachable for frontline reception duties, dealing with enquiries 
in a professional and courteous manner, in person, on the telephone and via e-mail
- Be fully involved in the life of the school
- Be open to professional development opportunities and have high expectations of 
your own practice
- Have experience of financial admin procedures including monitoring school 
budgets and banking

We can offer you:
- a supportive, happy and welcoming team of staff, governors, parents and wider 
community
- great children who love their school and learning
- the opportunity to be part of a thriving village school
- opportunities for further CPD and professional development
- opportunities to develop projects and be part of the wider life of school
- potential of Clerk to Governor role

Please contact school for an application pack on admin@staveley.cumbria.sch.uk
Visits to the school are welcomed, please contact us to make an appointment.

 Application deadline is Thursday 30th January 2025 at 3pm
Interview to be held on Wednesday 5th February 2025

Staveley CE Primary School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of 
children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The school strictly adheres to Safer 
Recruitment policies and procedures. Appointment to the post will be subject to a 
satisfactory enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, and appropriate pre-employment checks. The successful candidate will be asked to make a self-declaration about their suitability to work with children, including any known disqualifications by 
association.