SBM role.

[DevonshireDumpling1]

Hi all,

The School Business Manager is retiring at the end of the academic year - a meeting with governors this week and they have highlighted instead of replacing them in their full capacity as an SBM, introduce two new roles to split - Finance Officer and Operations Officer - both roles would be part time (3 days a week) - not sure this is going to work somehow - has any other school introduced these?

Our CoG is someone who has been in post for 3 years now and likes to implement changes and consult on them even if they aren’t necessary?

[Thetraitor]

The problem with that is everyone knows what an SBM is and it can become very watered down and unclear with the two roles - who leads who; which exact bits of each job is responsible for what parts. It can be difficult for staff to know who to contact and having worked with both arrangements I have to say SBM was my preferred option.