Managing Director

**Salary**:
Competitive for Spain - depends on qualifications and experience

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
January 2025

31 January 2025

**Job overview**:
**ABOUT RUNNYMEDE COLLEGE**
- Runnymede College

is a private non-denominational British school in Madrid offering a British education to boys and girls of all nationalities from the age of two to eighteen. The education offered follows the British National Curriculum.

Founded as a private school in September 1967, the primary school was inaugurated in 1987, and since 1990, the whole School has been located in La Moraleja, in the north of Madrid. The School has been restructured and divided into Pre-Prep, Prep (Years 4 to 8) and Senior School (Years 9 to 13).

Academic levels are high at Runnymede College. In June 2024, 64% of our students achieved A-A* at A level, with 98% of grades being A*-C. This is particularly impressive when compared with the 49% of A*-A grades achieved at independent (private) schools in England this year. In addition, 70% of our pupils gained A*-A grades at IGCSE. Once again, this is a truly excellent achievement when compared with the 60% of A*- A grades at GCSE obtained in the English independent (private) school sector.

In the graduating class of 2024, Top-ranking UK universities welcoming this year’s graduates include St Andrews, Imperial, UCL, LSE, Edinburgh and Bath. Students in the US have already started their higher education at Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, NYU, UPenn and Cornell, amongst other excellent colleges.

A number of our students will be staying in Spain, at top-notch places including ICADE, IE and Navarra; others will continue their education elsewhere in Europe in world-leading institutions in France, Italy and the Netherlands. 3 of our students will be taking a gap year to continue their sporting achievements in golf, football and rowing.

**MANAGING DIRECTOR**

The school is seeking to appoint a highly qualified Managing Director starting in January 2025.

**Key Requirements**
- A strong honours degree in Business, Economics, Finance or a related field.
- Proficiency in English at C1 level or equivalent.
- The ability to make strategic decisions and provide clear direction to achieve

institutional objectives.
- Proven experience managing similar organisations with 150+ employees and leading

multidisciplinary teams.
- A track record of designing and implementing strategies and operational models to

drive efficiency.
- Expertise in financial and accounting reporting.
- Experience coordinating external collaborators (e.g., lawyers, consultants, agencies)

to address internal organisational needs.
- The ability to align team efforts effectively to meet project deadlines.

and reporting.
- Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong

professional relationships with staff and parents.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and results-oriented professional to contribute

to the school’s continued success.
- Friday 31st January 2025**:
Runnymede is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including check with past employers and the ACRO Criminal Records Office.

**About**Runnymede College**:
**Runnymede College**
- Calle Salvia 30, La Moraleja
- Madrid
- 28109
- Spain

+34 16 508 302

Runnymede College

is a private school that provides a British education for English-speaking students of all nationalities who are resident in Madrid.

**The aims of the School are**:

- To provide an all-round, academic, liberal humanist education to all students regardless of their sex, race, religion or nationality. There is no religious instruction.
- To help each child to maximise his or her potential, whether intellectual, artistic or physical, by expecting high standards and using methods appropriate to achieve this. Health education is an integral part of the curriculum but also part of the way of life of the School. Smoking is forbidden.
- To encourage positive social attitudes: respect and consideration for others, of all ages, whether younger children,classmates or teachers, visitors, ancillary staff, secretaries or dining-room staff, grounds men, etc. Good manners and personal cleanliness and appearance are considered very important.
- To encourage an international outlook, awareness of and respect for the different cultures represented among the students.
- Special importance is given to helping students derive the maximum advantage from living in Spain. All students receive classes in Spanish language and where suitable literature, history and geography up to Year 11. This will be broadened to include Years 12 and 13 over the next three years. Spaniards and those who are bilingual follow courses of language and culture prescribed by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.