Location
Ealing, London Borough of Ealing Headquarters with some work in schools and communities across the borough.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£60,573 per annum

About the Role
Ealing Council is a diverse and ambitious organisation serving one of the largest and most multi-cultural boroughs in London. We are committed to improving the lives of our residents by building strong and connected communities and creating an environment where every child can reach their potential and achieve their dreams.

To support this vision, we have created the role of School Bursarial and Resources Strategic Lead. In this role, you will lead and manage a sustainable, innovative, and evolving School Bursarial Service, comprised of dedicated education finance specialists. You will provide a client-focused traded service delivering strategic, operational, and complex financial management advice, support, and training to a large number of local authority maintained schools across the borough.

You will maintain a frontloaded caseload of schools, delivering financial management advice and training to school staff at all levels. You will manage and support projects related to financial and resource management, including delivering training programmes and developing software solutions for effective budget monitoring and management.

Your role will be pivotal in supporting school financial sustainability by assisting schools to set sustainable budgets, monitoring and managing risks for school leaders and governors, and supporting deficit recovery planning. You will also play a major role in the planning, coordination, and strategic development of the Dedicated Schools Grant for schools, High Needs, and Early Years, including budget modelling, forecasting, finance recommendations, and communicating key changes to senior management and schools.

Working closely with the head of service and Assistant Director, you will contribute to schools forum reporting, relationship management, and decision making. Collaboration and partnership working with a wide range of stakeholders including schools, internal departments, other local authorities, education professionals, and central government will be essential.

We encourage applications from candidates who want to make a positive difference to our residents and borough. This is an exciting opportunity to join Ealing Council at a time of growth and ambition.

Experience
Proven experience in financial management, leading teams, and delivering successful projects. Experience working with education finance or local authority maintained schools is highly desirable.

Strong organisational and communication skills with the ability to collaborate with and influence stakeholders at all levels.

About you
Dynamic and experienced professional with a commitment to supporting school financial sustainability.
- Ability to manage complex financial advice and training delivery.
- Skilled in project management and software solution development for budget monitoring.
- Collaborative approach with excellent relationship management skills.
- Motivated to contribute positively to the community and education sector.

Qualifications
Relevant financial management qualifications or equivalent experience are expected.

Right to work in the UK is required and will be verified at interview stage.