Job Description

Overview
The Headteacher and Governors at Tylers Green Middle School are looking to appoint an exceptional School Business Manager to work as part of the Senior Leadership Team in our school, managing our Finance, HR and Health and Safety support functions.
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Range 5 - 7, 33,158 - 45,072 (pro rata for 40 weeks per year plus holiday entitlement, approximate salary 28,949 - 39,698)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only, including inset days and one additional week, 40 weeks per year
Closing date: 14/07/2025 09:00
Interviews to be held: Thursday 17 July
About us
Tylers Green Middle School, a two-form entry junior school, is located on the edge of the Chilterns in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Our school buildings house outstanding specialist teaching facilities as well as extensive sports fields, an indoor swimming pool and an outdoor conservation area. We are fortunate enough to have a parent community which actively engages in our children's learning, as well as a helpful and knowledgeable governing body readily on hand to offer advice and guidance, and a well-established and supportive staff team. Please visit our website for further information as well as to view our school via a virtual tour on .
Tylers Green is a happy and inclusive place to work and learn. Staff and pupils are supported alike. There is a high value placed on well-being, and the school prides itself on providing opportunities and training to allow staff to develop their skills and interests. The school has a strong community feel and is at the heart of the village.
About the role
Our wonderful school has an opportunity to make a real impact in a supportive and rewarding environment. Are you a dynamic, strong and resilient individual who enjoys it when every day brings new and exciting challenges? If so, we'd love for you to join our vibrant school's senior leadership team! Your responsibilities will include managing the Finance, HR and Health & Safety support services in our school, including line managing three support staff. You will be expected to multitask a large variety of tasks, all handled with care and professionalism, among many others:
FINANCE

• Ensure the school's finances are managed in line with the School's Financial Value Standards.
• Manage the financial management of the school package (Arbor Finance) using the school's MIS, ensuring information is entered, updated and maintained
• Administer, or oversee, those financial processes associated with the letting of the school site, its buildings and facilities, to include generating invoices, receipt of income and ensuring that all appropriate records are maintained.
• Be in charge of all ongoing contracts with external contractors of the school, including ad-hoc work and annual contracts; re-tendering and commissioning new contracts as required
• Be responsible for the administration of all matters associated with the Voluntary School Fund

HUMAN RESOURCES

• Ensure all HR aspects of the school are carried out correctly and timely and according to HR policies and law.
• Assist in the recruitment of staff at the school, including all aspects from advertising, organising interviews, carrying out checks and references, and finally initiating appointment and induction
• Ensure all staff are remunerated accurately and timely manner; liaising with Bucks Council's HR department and dealing with staff enquiries as necessary
• Champion staff mental health and wellbeing in a supportive capacity, as well as signposting to external services

HEALTH & SAFETY

• Assist the Headteacher by liaising with the Local Authority and appropriate services on matters related to the school site. To develop close links with all staff to ensure collaboration and continuity, where appropriate, on all relevant H&S issues.
• Advising the Governing Body to ensure all the relevant premises documents and policies are maintained.
• Manage the administration of all maintenance and repairs, including programmed improvements to the school site in collaboration with the caretaker.
• Obtain quotations for additional works or repairs in line with Buckinghamshire County Local Management of Schools requirements.

LINE MANAGEMENT OF STAFF

• Manage a team, including allocation of work and performance management of office staff and the Caretaker.
• Ensure that the school office is manned appropriately to ensure the effective running of the school office; help cover the front desk during lunches, sickness and other absences.

You will be working closely with all staff, external providers and contractors, the local authority and the pupils and parents of the school, keeping the best outcomes for all our children at the forefront at all times.
About you
The ability to multitask and prioritise an ever-changing workload, along with high levels of resilience, flexibility, adaptability and patience, are key when taking on the school business manager role in our senior leadership team. No day will be the same as the one before, and you will be presented with new and exciting challenges and experiences on an ongoing basis. The right person has to be kind and empathetic when dealing with staff crises, methodical and meticulous in financial matters and pragmatic and down to earth when it comes to health and safety. Being hard working, self-motivated and able to prioritise your workload are essentials, as well as being discreet and diplomatic when dealing with sensitive and confidential matters. A strong sense of teamwork is more important than having school experience, although previous administration experience is absolutely essential, ideally coupled with staff line management, and definitely a level of financial expertise.
Other information
Completed job application forms to be emailed to Elin Chalk, School Business Manager, on by 9 am on Monday, 14 July 2025. Interviews will take place on Thursday, 17 July 2025. Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
If you wish to have an informal conversation before applying, please contact the School Business Manager on ; you can also access our virtual tour via our website at .
Please note that an online search will be completed for shortlisted candidates. The use of internet/social media information will be restricted to information relevant to the role for which an individual has applied. Information on the internet may not always be accurate, up-to-date or relate to the right individual. If information has been discovered, this will be compared with the candidate's application form, employment history and criminal/suitability self-disclosure and then discussed with the applicant at interview. The recruitment panel will let the applicant comment and respond to any information which has been obtained via an online search before a final recruitment decision is made.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to and the (see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.