Mamazets aims to provide assurance that pressure can be alleviated whenever the need arises by providing schools access to additional cost effective and flexible school business management support and consultancy. A tailored and personalised service that ensures your school can benefit from having the option of being able to gain access to additional support, on an ad hoc basis, to complete high level tasks during peak periods, access consultancy through difficult situations where an independent voice and advice can provide objectivity, or to ensure projects get the kick start they need to prompt your school to then take over and manage. Attain a range and wealth of expertise on an as needed basis to get fast, valuable results with minimum input. Additional specialist skills are available through trusted partner companies.
There are a vast range of tasks and projects that can be completed, and due to the diverse nature of the School Business Manager role if you have an idea in mind that has not been mentioned below, please do contact me with your suggestions.
Strategic budget review, generate a fundraising strategy and access identified funding opportunities, analyse and renegotiate supplier contracts, provide income generation solutions, advise on support staff structures and deployment, expenditure and payroll monitoring ensuring data integrity, develop financial policies, advise on the best possible use of resources, provide bespoke training for finance staff.
End to end advertising and recruitment service; developing job descriptions and recruitment adverts to shortlisting candidates, drafting a format for the selection day, providing interview questions and tasks, follow up sessions with appointed candidates. Create bespoke induction programmes for all new appointments, in particular for new SBMs providing mentoring as and when required and support through CPD opportunities. Performance management and CPD administration, facilitate exit interviews, develop volunteer recruitment packs and drives, create staff handbooks, source cost effective suppliers providing services such as well-being, absence insurance, legal advice.
Maintaining, reviewing and updating your school’s website with engaging, accessible and appropriate material. Advising how your school can expand social media as a means of communication. Manage the creation newsletters and collation of content. Supporting the preparation of admissions materials. Market research, message and brand development, compile, co-ordinate and deliver the annual marketing and communications plan. Using online networking and implementing marketing activity through various mediums to create awareness of your school, raising its profile within the local community, increasing pupil numbers, publicise events and generate venue hire income. Supporting transition activities and administration.
Ring fenced projects, regular or ad hoc administrative tasks such as proof reading, data collection/entry and database management, creating presentation materials, proposals and reports, event planning and management.
Develop induction packs for new appointments. Provide induction webinar training orientating new Governors on all aspects of school business management, saving precious hours familiarising them with the school and SBM good practice. Training can be tailored to suit the particular requirements of the school and the role and responsibilities of individuals, such as finance, HR, health & safety. Review and improve existing policies and develop new policies.
Creating premises policies and supporting templates enabling effective monitoring; buildings maintenance, cleaning, grounds maintenance. Generate income from the use of the schools facilities via implementing marketing activity through various online mediums. Develop health and safety training information to be disseminated internally, creating health and safety policy, advising on good practice. Supporting tender processes for cleaning and catering.
Researching and evaluating MIS and educational software; providing reports highlighting market leaders to niche providers and comparing features, support provision and pricing. Summarised research enabling a quick route to strategic discussion and decision making within the school. Where appropriate acting as a conduit for receiving and then disseminating training amongst school staff, providing a tailored and cost effective method of sharing knowledge.
Able to provide advice and support to anyone involved in conceiving, initiating, managing, or evaluating projects. Drawing on solid experience develop initial project plans for projects of any size ranging from implementing new systems and procedures, building refurbishments and moves to setting up a new school. Creating detailed work streams and tasks, allocating resources with realistic timelines, orientating all involved and providing an additional source of support for the SBM on-site managing the project, as well as on-going mentoring as and when required. For on-site project management services enquire directly.
Access support whether you are new to school business management, looking for advice on professional development, or seeking growth in a particular area of your role.
My name is Corina Adriana and I am a freelance School Business Manager. For the last 24 years I have been helping schools with all aspects of school business management as well as project managing the refurbishment and set up of new schools. My experience has ranged from children’s centres, primary, secondary and all-through schools, maintained, academies and free schools as well as an independent college.
Having worked with an international community of clients and staff for almost 2 decades I have developed strong interpersonal communication skills to foster good internal teamwork and management as well as effective working relationships with external stakeholders. I am also an effective negotiator both within and outside the organisation. Founding and developing several organisations/companies from the bottom up, I have coordinated all aspects of my business from finance and budgets to personnel and strategic marketing.
If you have a specific project you’d like to discuss, or even just a general question or comment, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Use the form provided or email direct and you will receive a quick response.