Job Description

Executive Business Manager Location: Your office will be in Hunningley Primary Academy and you will split your time between the three Schools as required. Working hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week. The hours are to be negotiated, dependent on the individuals\xe2\x80\x99 circumstances, but generally we would look to cover the hours of 09:00 \xe2\x80\x93 17:30 with an hour unpaid for lunch. We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; we encourage open and informal conversations about your work-life balance needs. Start date: As soon as possible. Starting salary: \xc2\xa358,300-\xc2\xa369,300 - This is negotiable and dependent on your skillset and previous experience.


Welcome to the South Yorkshire Primary Cluster of United Learning and thank you for your interest in the role. If you are looking for an exciting, challenging and highly rewarding role that offers a strong commitment to professional development and well-being (as evidenced by our benefits below), we encourage you to apply. This is a senior, strategic leadership role in which you would report directly to the Regional Director; it is a fantastic opportunity for you to shape and support the successful futures of the three Schools within the South Yorkshire Primary Cluster: Bank End Primary Academy, Hunningley Primary Academy and High Hazels Academy.


The three schools have operated on an informal cluster basis and would like to enhance the cluster arrangement as part of United Learning\xe2\x80\x99s plans to share resources and expertise and give staff local opportunities to develop further. Whilst there is commitment to nurturing the unique ethos of each school, our common mission in bringing out the \xe2\x80\x98Best in Everyone\xe2\x80\x99 shines through. We aim to offer more to both colleagues and young people than any single school could offer alone.


You will see that there is a wide-ranging job description for this post; this represents the scope of activities undertaken within the support functions of the Cluster and it is expected that you will be a professional expert in at least one of the functions with strong and proven financial acumen. Strong relationship building and providing outstanding customer service to all stakeholders will be vital for this role. We require a strong and capable leader equipped to provide the level of support and challenge needed to exceed the basic requirements of our schools.


The role will involve line management of the varying functions that you will lead, therefore you will need to be able to evidence development in leading your own team to excellence. You will work closely with the highly skilled Central Office team, the Finance and HR Business Partners as well as our central Estates, Health and Safety and IT leads.


United Learning is an exciting organisation to work for; there is a real focus on developing people and empowering innovation where staff are appreciated and celebrated. A key benefit of being part of United Learning is to have the support of colleagues across the wider group and ample opportunities to network; we recognise the powerful impact that collaboration and partnership have on colleagues. The Group\xe2\x80\x99s aim is to ensure that the technology, finance, HR, and data support is provided more effectively and efficiently than would otherwise be possible, so that leaders can focus on educational leadership.


United Learning is an inclusive employer and is committed to creating and sustaining a more ethnically diverse workforce. Therefore, we would very much welcome applications from professionals of all backgrounds who share our commitment but especially those of minority ethnic origin. We do hope you will get in touch with any questions you may have ahead of submitting your application.


Please take a look at the application pack
for full details.


The School


High Hazels Academy is a great place to develop your career \xe2\x80\x93 whether you are just starting out or looking for a place to grow!


Our vibrant and diverse community of learners is part of United Learning. We are two schools; a nursery infant and junior school, working together as a single primary school. We can offer excellent professional development within a supportive and friendly atmosphere. We work hard as a team and are committed to being the best that we can be for the children here. Our children are the best thing about our academy; they are bright, well behaved and keen to learn. The only thing missing could be you!


United Learning


High Hazels Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.


Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.


As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It\'s an ethos we call \xe2\x80\x98the best in everyone\xe2\x80\x99.


We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation \xe2\x80\x93 which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are open to discussing flexible working options.


How to Apply

For further information please visit the website https://www.highhazelsacademy.org.uk/about-us/working-for-us/vacancies


Please complete an online covering letter (you will be prompted to do so after completing your profile) explaining the motivation for your application for this specific role and why you would be a good match for the role and stakeholders. This supporting statement should be no longer than 8,000 characters. In line with our compliance with safer recruitment, we will take references for all those candidates who proceed to interview, as well as asking candidates to complete a standard application form. Please provide us with 2 referees when prompted to do so.


The deadline for receipt of applications is Sunday 19th November 2023 and shortlisting will take place in the week commencing 20th November 2023. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we consider that we have received an appropriate number of candidates for the post. We plan to hold interviews on Monday 4th December 2023 at Hunningley Primary Academy; albeit this may be subject to change. All applications will be acknowledged by email, if you haven\xe2\x80\x99t received this, please contact Karen Jones, HR Manager at (karen.jones@highhazelsacademy.org.uk).

Further information
To arrange an informal discussion regarding the role please email Tanya Hughes: (Tanya.Hughes@unitedlearning.org.uk).