Total 32 Director/C-Level job vacancies in Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9AD

What skills and experience we're looking for



Are you ready for the next step in your teaching career? Are you seeking a new opportunity for September 2024 that offers progression? Are you an ambitious Science practitioner, ready to lead, motivate and inspire an entire department?

We are seeking to appoint a highly talented individual in the role of Director of Learning-Science This is truly a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate teacher to make a real impact within this curriculum area and the wider school.

We’d like to hear from candidates who are:

• An excellent leader, passionate about learning and has strong subject knowledge within the Science curriculum area
• Collaborative, able to build strong professional relationships
• Able to motivate and inspire students and staff to achieve their full potential
• Energetic and have a can-do attitude
• Confident and has strong career aspirations
• Committed to safeguarding and the happiness and wellbeing of everyone at the school
• Prepared to be involved in leading co-curricular activities either within or outside of their teaching subject

What the school offers its staff



Working for Leigh Academy Bexley: Leigh Academy Bexley joined Leigh Academies Trust in June 2023 and has provided outstanding academic support and pastoral guidance, so that students can lead fulfilling and successful adult lives: inquisitive, articulate and internationally engaged, our students are defined by their boundless thirst for knowledge, self-improvement and learning.

We believe in providing our young people with an education; one that unlocks curiosity, ignites ambition, and forges a social conscience, equipping our students with the tools they need to have an impact on the world around them. Our teachers lead with professionalism and scholarship; they are experts in their field. All of us are part of a warm and caring family of staff, Governors and Trust colleagues who have the highest ambition and a deep hunger to learn. Our staff receives regular, first-class training to achieve mastery of their craft, amazing support to flourish every day, and a sense of shared moral purpose about the best job in the world.

Our vision is that regardless of background and regardless of their starting point, students will leave us as kind, resilient, independent learners with the right behaviour and attitudes to ensure continuous progress and achievement, ready for the next stage of their education and beyond. We want our students to be successful in their chosen careers, in their relationships and in their interaction with the world. We aspire for Leigh Academy Bexley to be a highly effective and truly inclusive school, reflecting the vibrant, diverse, and dynamic community that we serve. We believe in connecting with our local community and championing our local area.



Commitment to safeguarding

Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

The main responsibilities of the role are: Planning and designing digital activities within the AHPs to inform IMTP planning and delivery in relation to digital transformation across Wales Improvement and monitoring of digital improvement and transformation activities To create strong collaborative partnerships across Wales to deliver collective ambitions To provide professional and strategic leadership in collaboration with our partners across Wales To use clinical expertise and strategic senior leadership experience to advise on devising, developing and implementing appropriate information sharing systems Contributing to the development of strategy, implementation of standards and the development of a career framework for AHPs/HCS specialising in informatics. Lead the creation and review implementation of information systems for collecting, evaluating and interpreting complex data to inform short, medium and long-term strategies You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

What skills and experience we're looking for



A qualified accountant and/or a highly experienced Business Manager, you will have a track record of successful financial management/stewardship. This may have been gained inside the schools/academies sector or outside. You will be keen to play a broader role in other operational areas and will understand the importance of high-quality service and problem solving. You may well be looking for a varied role, with greater responsibility or a more worthwhile context to utilise your expertise. Key will be a value set that matches our own. At the heart of which is one statement - All our staff must be kind.



What the school offers its staff



This is a stimulating environment where you can work within a committed team and make a real difference to the lives of young people. It is also an exciting time to join the organisation. We are ambitious for our young people and we believe there is much to build on. Our young people deserve the very best. If you are excited by the prospect and believe you can make a difference then we would like to hear from you.



Further details about the role



Director of Finance & Operations



Swanley, Kent c £75,000 (more may be available for an outstanding candidate)



Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy is a specialist day and residential school for children and young people aged 8-19 who have moderate to severe learning difficulties and autism. Many of our pupils have additional needs including ADHD, Downs Syndrome and language difficulties. Referrals come from local authorities across London, Kent and the South East.



We are committed to providing a learning environment that enables all our pupils to achieve the best they can and help prepare them for adult life so they can live as independent a life as possible. We are fortunate in having an amazing site where our children can access seventy-eight acres of green space and woodlands. We have two Forest Schools as well as purpose-built playground areas and sports areas.



We have a highly skilled team of professionals including teachers, teaching assistants, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, a school nurse and residential staff. We are looking for an exceptional individual to join our leadership team and play a key role in the future development of the organisation.



As Director of Finance & Operations, reporting to the Principal/Trustees, you will provide direction and lead operational services and a team of 20+ colleagues covering Finance, Administration, HR, Estates, Catering and ICT. You will be integral to the strategic development of the organisation and the delivery of our aims and ambitions, ensuring that we are highly efficient, effective and agile as we evolve and grow. Currently our budget is in the order of £7 million.



A qualified accountant and/or a highly experienced Business Manager, you will have a track record of successful financial management/stewardship. This may have been gained inside the schools/academies sector or outside. You will be keen to play a broader role in other operational areas and will understand the importance of high-quality service and problem solving. You may well be looking for a varied role, with greater responsibility or a more worthwhile context to utilise your expertise. Key will be a value set that matches our own. At the heart of which is one statement - All our staff must be kind.



This is a stimulating environment where you can work within a committed team and make a real difference to the lives of young people. It is also an exciting time to join the organisation. We are ambitious for our young people and we believe there is much to build on. Our young people deserve the very best. If you are excited by the prospect and believe you can make a difference then we would like to hear from you.



For more information including the job description and person specification then follow the link https://www.pentir.com/roles/directorfinandoperations/



For a confidential conversation about the role then contact Mike Phillips (mike.phillips@pentir.com) on 07830-313915 at our advisors Pentir.



Closing Date: Monday 15th July – 9.00am



Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion. Appointment to this post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.



Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a qualified, experienced teacher to join us as Enterprise and Vocational Director, covering maternity leave.



The successful candidate will:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a good, relevant undergraduate degree.
• Be an excellent teacher with a minimum of two years' teaching experience.
• Have proven success in raising achievement.
• Have experience of leading others, ensuring high quality performance.
• Have successful experience in implementation of monitoring, evaluation and review process to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
• Demonstrate a high level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement.
• Have recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development.
• Have experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, other managers, students and parents.
• Understand creative whole school strategies for improving literacy and numeracy and the importance of this in raising achievement.
• Have some successful experience of leading on cross subject initiatives that have contributed to raising achievement.
• Have experience of embedding innovative strategies for Assessment for Learning and Learning to Learn.
• Have recent and relevant experience of managing and implementing change successfully at subject leader level.
• Be willing to use coaching as a model for ensuring on-going professional development.



What the school offers its staff



At Harris Girls Academy Bromley we have built a school community where we hold character and academic excellence in equally high regard.

Progress 8 for the school was in the top 100 in the country last year, and we were the only school from this group with a student body that has above average disadvantage, and below average EAL. Learning, curriculum, and pedagogy is exemplary here. Although we believe that these results lead to a tangible improvement in the opportunities of our young people we are equally proud of the way we see our students conduct themselves in our classrooms and corridors on the day to day. In the commitment they demonstrate in the library and the drama studio, or in the resilience they demonstrate in the sports hall and the textiles room. It is a privilege to teach students at Bromley.

We believe that we have built something special here through a leadership at all levels philosophy of constant improvement, and listening to our students, staff, and wider community. Leadership at HGABR means constantly reviewing and reinventing our approach, as we respond to the new opportunities and challenges of our young people present and seek to improve the education they receive. Leadership at HGABR considers that the academy exists as an important community organisation that has an impact on a significant number of lives, and we believe that stewarding this organisation is a responsibility that requires dedication and excellence from us.



Further details about the role



The purpose of your role will be:

• To be accountable for student progress and development in the subject area across KS3, KS4 and post 16, including meeting student achievement targets for subject areas which are agreed by the Principal and the Governing Body.
• To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area through continuously, developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
• To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in the subject area, in accordance with the academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.
• To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all staff in the subject area.
• To ensure agreed tutor programme is implemented and that tutors are effective in their role.
• To ensure effective behaviour for learning is evident throughout faculty
• To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across the subject area.
• To lead development for literacy, through the WORD strategy, within subject areas, to raise standards of Literacy across the Academy

Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:

• Operational and strategic planning (including rigorous self-evaluation and review of subject area performance, formulating the subject and faculty improvement plans, and leading the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching strategies)
• Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost effective curriculum and leading development of the subject and its delivery
• Staff development (including recruiting, building and managing an effective team of motivated staff)
• Student outcomes (including ensuring the effective operation of target setting, monitoring and evaluation systems and the input and maintenance of accurate student data)
• Pastoral system, taking responsibility for the pastoral care and welfare of up to 150 students, supporting in raising attendance and working as part of the wider leadership team ensuring student behaviour is in line with expectations
• Teaching, including acting as an outstanding role model



Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Finance Director
Location: Mid-Kent
Company: A growing SME business in the construction industry
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 per annum

About Us: We are a dynamic and forward-thinking SME with a strong track record. As we continue to expand, we are seeking a qualified Finance Director to join our team and drive our financial strategy.

Responsibilities:
Oversee all financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
Provide strategic financial guidance to the executive team.
Manage the finance team, ensuring accurate and timely financial transactions.
Develop and implement financial policies and procedures.
Collaborate with other departments to optimise financial performance.

Qualifications:
Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
Proven experience as a Finance Director or similar role.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence decision-making.
Excellent communication and analytical abilities.


Benefits:
£80,000 - £85,000 + discretionary bonus.
Opportunity to shape the financial direction of a growing SME.
Flexible working arrangements.

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Salary L7 - 11 (£58,565 - £64,229) (Outer London Weighting) + AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional AET Benefits

Full Time, Permanent

September 2024 Start Date

We are seeking an exceptional classroom practitioner to lead our Art faculty. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of success in delivering Art across Key Stages 3 and 4, coupled with a genuine passion for the subject. As Faculty Director, you will lead a dynamic team with diverse skills, including fashion design and video game design, within our top-performing department. Your role will involve leading, developing, and managing the effective delivery of an outstanding curriculum, ensuring the highest level of student progress and attainment.

Teacher Benefits at Bexleyheath Academy:

• Teachers are only required to; plan great inclusive lessons, mark work and provide feedback to help students make progress and assess students.

• Teachers have one 'flex' period a week to either come in late or leave early. This is with the understanding that they can complete their work offsite.

Teachers at Bexleyheath Academy do not:

• Complete duties
• Complete detentions
• Chase behaviour sanctions
• Make calls home

Bexleyheath Academy is proud to be a non-selective school in the grammar heartland of Kent. Bexleyheath Academy is quickly approaching capacity with students; in order to accommodate the demands of the local community and grow our skilled staff, we must expand.

With immediate train access to Central London and easy access to the Kent countryside, Bexleyheath has the best of both worlds. Despite having a Kent postcode, Bexleyheath is classified as Greater London due to its strategic location between Welling, Sidcup, and Bexley village. You can reach Dartford for the river crossing with a short drive along the A2.

Its thriving hub is The Broadway - a shopping district with added appeal in the shape of a bowling alley, cinema and a growing number of restaurants. A little beyond Bexleyheath and you're at Bluewater, Ashford for the designer outlet and international rail travel to Europe.

When inspectors visited Bexleyheath Academy in July 2021, they said that the way in which pupils work in school has been "transformed", and that "there is a positive atmosphere in classes and around the school". Inspectors also said that the school "has completely changed" and have confirmed in their report that Bexleyheath Academy is officially a good school.

Should you wish to visit us in person then our doors are open to you at any time on any day. Please contact the Principal

The role is due to commence September 2024.

Closing date: Friday 24th May 2024

Interviews are available immediately, so we welcome early applications, which will be reviewed continuously.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac What We Offer: At DHCW we value our employees and believe in fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. When you join our team as the Head of Digital Delivery, you'll enjoy: Competitive salary and benefits package. Career development opportunities and a commitment to your professional growth. A dynamic, supportive, and inclusive workplace culture. The chance to work on exciting and impactful digital projects. The satisfaction of being part of a company driving meaningful digital change. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and lead the charge in digital delivery, we want to hear from you! Join us in shaping the digital future and making a difference! Apply today and be a part of our exciting journey at DHCW.

Finance Director
Location: Mid-Kent
Company: A growing SME business in the construction industry
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 per annum

About Us: We are a dynamic and forward-thinking SME with a strong track record. As we continue to expand, we are seeking a qualified Finance Director to join our team and drive our financial strategy.

Responsibilities:
Oversee all financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
Provide strategic financial guidance to the executive team.
Manage the finance team, ensuring accurate and timely financial transactions.
Develop and implement financial policies and procedures.
Collaborate with other departments to optimise financial performance.

Qualifications:
Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
Proven experience as a Finance Director or similar role.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence decision-making.
Excellent communication and analytical abilities.


Benefits:
£80,000 - £85,000 + discretionary bonus.
Opportunity to shape the financial direction of a growing SME.
Flexible working arrangements.

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Finance Director
Location: Mid-Kent
Company: A growing SME business in the construction industry
Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 per annum

About Us: We are a dynamic and forward-thinking SME with a strong track record. As we continue to expand, we are seeking a qualified Finance Director to join our team and drive our financial strategy.

Responsibilities:
Oversee all financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
Provide strategic financial guidance to the executive team.
Manage the finance team, ensuring accurate and timely financial transactions.
Develop and implement financial policies and procedures.
Collaborate with other departments to optimise financial performance.

Qualifications:
Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
Proven experience as a Finance Director or similar role.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence decision-making.
Excellent communication and analytical abilities.


Benefits:
£75,000 - £80,000 + discretionary bonus.
Opportunity to shape the financial direction of a growing SME.
Flexible working arrangements.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Background of department/role

The post holder will act as Assistant to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) and Executive Director of Academic & Student Services and Registrar. Much of the work is of an executive nature and can, at times, be sensitive and highly confidential, therefore, the postholder will be required to always exercise judgement and discretion. The postholder must be capable of working to exacting standards and tight time schedules. As the first point of contact for a wide variety of people of all levels visiting or telephoning the office, the post holder should have a confident manner, professional, organised, efficient and able to exercise tact and diplomacy. The post holder will also support the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) and project team with coordination of project meetings.

You will be educated to A Level standard or equivalent with experience of providing support to senior members of staff. You will have well developed skills in Microsoft Office programmes (Word, Excel, Outlook) and be able to demonstrate working in a busy office.

Experience of working in Higher Education or a large, diverse organisation would be desirable.


How to apply

Start date for applications: 18th of April 2024
Closing date for applications: 12th of May 2024
Interviews are to be held: 23rd of May 2024

If you require further information regarding the post, please feel free to contact Claire Haines, Claire.haines@canterbury.ac.uk, 01227 922756 (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ04959

Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you.

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Service Care Legal are currently recruiting for a Senior Associate / Legal Director to join the Corporate team of a top 50 law firm based in the Kent region. The team are Tier 1 in the Legal 500. Please find below further details with regards to this position and the role requirements.

ROLE: Senior Corporate Solicitor / Legal Director
LOCATION: Kent
SALARY: £75,000 to £95,000 per annum
PQE: 8 years'+

The Role

• To run and manage your own full caseload of files from initial instruction through to post completion, supervising junior team members as necessary
• To advise on the buying and selling of transactions, along with other general corporate transactions such as reorganisations and corporate joint ventures
• Deal with cases such as private equity, venture capital, EOT transactions, share incentive schemes or any our firm wide sector specialisms, would be an advantage

The Person

• A qualified Solicitor, Legal Executive or Barrister with a minimum of 8 years' PQE
• You will have experience of working with startups, owner managed businesses and family-owned businesses, as well as large corporate clients, PE houses and funds
• Excited about the opportunity to business development throughout the region

The Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Profit Share scheme
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holiday
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

If this Senior Corporate Solicitor role sounds like an opportunity of interest, please feel free to reach out to Lloyd Stanley on 01772 208969, or email Lloyd.stanley@servicecare.org.uk. We also welcome referrals for this position, where a successful recommendation would be worth £500.

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L7 - 11 + AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS), Recruitment and Retention / Relocation Allowance + Additional AET Benefits

Permanent, Full Time

September 2024 Start Date, earlier if possible.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and innovative Faculty Director of Performing Arts with a broad range of experience to join our successful Performing Arts Department. As Faculty Director you will lead, develop and manage the effective delivery of an outstanding curriculum, which enables the highest level of student progress and attainment. The successful candidate must have experience of outstanding, sustained, and successful teaching at all key stages and across all abilities.

Teacher Benefits at Bexleyheath Academy:

• Teachers are only required to; plan great inclusive lessons, mark work and provide feedback to help students make progress and assess students.

• Teachers have one 'flex' period a week to either come in late or leave early. This is with the understanding that they can complete their work offsite.

Teachers at Bexleyheath Academy do not:

• Complete duties
• Complete detentions
• Chase behaviour sanctions
• Make calls home

Bexleyheath Academy is proud to be a non-selective school in the grammar heartland of Kent. Bexleyheath Academy is quickly approaching capacity with students; in order to accommodate the demands of the local community and grow our skilled staff, we must expand.

With immediate train access to Central London and easy access to the Kent countryside, Bexleyheath has the best of both worlds. Despite having a Kent postcode, Bexleyheath is classified as Greater London due to its strategic location between Welling, Sidcup, and Bexley village. You can reach Dartford for the river crossing with a short drive along the A2.

Its thriving hub is The Broadway - a shopping district with added appeal in the shape of a bowling alley, cinema and a growing number of restaurants. A little beyond Bexleyheath and you're at Bluewater, Ashford for the designer outlet and international rail travel to Europe.

Should you wish to visit us in person then our doors are open to you at any time on any day. Please contact the Principals PA

The role is due to commence September 2024 or earlier if possible.

Closing date: Friday 17th May 2024

Click here to apply: https://aet.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/4573?c=aet

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Your new company
Hays Senior Finance are recruiting on behalf of their exclusive & retained client based just outside Coupar Angus for a permanent Senior Accountant to join an established team. This role has a progression route planned to Finance Manager and ultimately, Finance Director. Salary is up to £55,000 depending on experience + 35 days annual leave, competitive pension, discretionary bonus & other benefits including a health care cash plan. This role is full-time at 35 hours a week. However, part-time individuals may be considered for the right person. The role is based full time in the office, but hybrid working can be considered once you have completed your probationary period.

Your new role
Reporting to the Finance Director, you will complete a varied workload within both management & financial accounting responsibilities. You will prepare the monthly management accounts including various analysis and complete various financial reports. You will complete group accounting & consolidation. You will complete various reports including stock & KPIs. You will be responsible for completing various process & system improvement projects including being involved in the implementation of a new finance system. You will also be happy to complete more junior responsibilities including complete bank & balance sheet reconciliations, VAT returns, P & L & nominal ledger accounting. You will oversee some transactional accounting staff, process expenses etc in a hands-on manner.
What you'll need to succeed
You will be an experienced Accountant who has completed a varied workload including management accounting or you will be a first mover from practice into industry. You will possess excellent communication skills, strong IT experience including Excel and be comfortable working both alone and as part of a team. You will have experience completing process & system improvement. Experience dealing with ERP systems is a bonus but not essential.
What you'll get in return
The opportunity to join an established business within a varied role that offers a salary up to £55,000 + 35 days annual leave, competitive pension, discretionary bonus and other excellent benefits. This role also has a strong career progression route mapped out.
What you need to do now


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We are seeking an experienced HR Professional, qualified to CIPD Level 7 to join our existing clients' team.

Working within the education sector, you will be required to deal with the following:-

• To support Managers, departments and staff with the organisational and departmental business strategy.
• To provide expert advice on employment law / legislation
• To provide the lead on people safeguarding measures
• To manage an effective attendance management system
• To support the co-ordination of all recruitment activities, including support with job analysis and the design of new and revised roles
• To promote and support change management
• To support the revision and development of people policies

Candidates interested in this role must have excellent knowledge of employment legislation and best practice, together with knowledge of current HR trends and research. You will have a proven project management experience, together with experience of successfully delivering change.

We are working with a prominent educational establishment to resource for a Group Deputy Director of People. The role's function will be to provide support to the People team, supporting Managers, departments and staff to achieve outcomes based on providing top-quality people service, providing same to students. You will also lead on the shared service provision of the People Service for training.

The ideal candidate must be highly knowledgeable and have practical experienced around employment law/legislation, as well as safeguarding and vetting, and have line management experience. You will be looking at trends and analysis as well, but also delivering on the ground, as this position holds quite a large Business Partnering portfolio.

Salary is £46,437 to £53,787 - dependent upon experience, with excellent benefits to include:

• Competitive holiday entitlement
• Store and online retail discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to progress, train and develop
• Generous pension scheme
• Laptop provided to every staff member

If you have the following, we'd love to hear from you:

• Relevant qualifications, including MCIPD, with a Graduate member status of CIPD accompanying Level 7 CIPD qualification.
• Experience of HR Project management, a proven track record in absence and performance management, knowledge and previous experience of using HR databases to analyse data and trends.
• Excellent knowledge of employment legislation and best practice, safeguarding & vetting, and previous line management experience.
• Ability to deal with complex and sensitive cases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills on a one to one or group basis, including the ability to develop and write policy, guidance, Executive Group and other reports.
• Ability to deal concurrently with multiple complex issues.

The role is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and CCJ checks.

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