Strategic Business Director

British Council School Madrid is a British 2-18 private coeducational school with approximately 2,000 pupils on roll. Its Somosaguas campus has 3 separate facilities (Early Years, Primary and Secondary). Children start at 2 years of age and study with the school for 16 years until they graduate at the age of 18.

The school's teaching staff teach in modern, purpose-built facilities and are supported by a Business Services team who provide them with cutting edge ICT equipment and resources as well as outstanding facilities with a caring and effective administrative support. The school's bespoke, dynamic CPDL programme ensures staff can offer their pupils an excellent overall experience while at the same time staying up to date with UK and other global practices. 

British Council School Madrid is uniquely well positioned to meet the British Council core purpose: ¨We build connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language¨. The British Council works with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Each year the British Council reaches over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, it is a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body.

The Strategic Business Director for the British Council School Madrid will work as a member of the School Senior Leadership Team (SSLT: Head, Deputies and Heads of Early Years, Primary and Secondary sections) led by the Head of School, to design, develop and implement the School Strategic Plan and the Business Plan.  The post holder has direct responsibility for school strategic business development and planning. 

The Strategic Business Director leads all administration areas within school Business Services and will directly line manage all Business Services department Leads; Admissions and Sales, Estates and Operations, Finance, Human Resources, IT & Information Management and, in liaison with the Regional Team, Marketing. The post holder is also responsible for the Business Continuity plans as well as overseeing British Council/Spain /British Schools Overseas/statutory and sector compliance.  

The Strategic Business Director supports SSLT colleagues to ensure the School continues to achieve the highest rating in all categories in external inspection (currently British Schools Overseas (BSO) and works closely with Business Leaders to support these business functions, setting ambitious targets and monitoring the delivery of the strategic plan. 

With the Head of School, the Business Manager represents the School at the School Board. The post holder will support the Head of School when required and take responsibility on these occasions, for school activity, representing the school at official or sector events or on internal global/regional projects in Spain, the UK and elsewhere.