School Business Manager

Company: Protocol Education Ltd
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Location: Watford
Job Description:

School Business Manager

Primary School | Watford | September Start

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced School Business Manager to join a welcoming primary school in Watford.

Working closely with the Headteacher, you’ll play a key role in the strategic and operational management of the school.

Responsibilities include:

  • Managing school finances and budgets.
  • Overseeing HR and recruitment processes.
  • Leading procurement and contract management.
  • Managing administrative and premises teams.
  • Supporting compliance and statutory requirements.

The successful candidate will have:

  • Strong financial and organisational skills.
  • Leadership experience.
  • Excellent communication and problem‑solving abilities.
  • Previous school business management experience is desirable but applications from experienced operations managers are welcome.

This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a supportive leadership team.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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Posted: July 13th, 2026