Bursar

Type of Position:Bursar
Subject:Finance
Salary:Competitive
Start Date:As soon as possible
Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 19 February 2020

BURSAR              

Full Time | Permanent

The Post

We are looking to appoint a Bursar at Ashfold School to be responsible for the financial and business affairs of the School, the facilities, buildings and estates and the management of the support services team. With vision and a flair for business planning, strong leadership and managerial capabilities, they will be able to apply their extensive knowledge and skills to ensure the effective operational running of the School.

Possessing a professional finance or business management qualification, or, extensive experience in in these fields, the successful candidate will have a proven track record of effective line management. They will naturally exhibit outstanding communication and organisational skills, a flexible and creative “can-do” attitude, an ability to prioritise, and an aptitude for fostering constructive and positive relationships with parents, staff, and the wider school community. 

The School

Ashfold is an established co-educational Preparatory School for around 280 children aged 3 - 13, set in a beautiful Jacobean mansion with its own thirty-acre estate in the heart of the Buckinghamshire countryside just thirty minutes from Oxford.

The school has expanded significantly over the last fifteen years and invested heavily in its infrastructure and support systems. We aim to give every child the firmest possible grounding in the core academic subjects, within a small caring family community where children know both each other and all of the staff.

Closing date:  9am on Wednesday 19 February 2020        

Interviews:   To be held on Monday 2 March 2020 and Monday 9 March 2020     

Ashfold is committed to the protections and safety of its children and the successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Charity Number 272663.