Job Summary: Leads economic-financial, operational, marketing, and organic growth areas to ensure sustainability and excellence at the Spínola centers in Madrid. Key Highlights: 1. Opportunity for educational management with transformative impact on students. 2. Innovative educational project with high professional demands and development potential. 3. Human-centered climate and culture of accompaniment based on mutual trust and support. ### **Our Client** The **Spínola Foundation** is a Catholic educational network comprising 14 schools across Spain and one university residence. Its mission is grounded in the “Pedagogy of the Heart”, an approach to education centered on personal accompaniment, closeness, and the integral development of each student. The Foundation is an apostolic work of the Congregation of the Slaves of the Divine Heart, founded in the 19th century by Marcelo Spínola and Celia Méndez. Since its inception, it has sought to help every student discover their potential, life project, and vocation of service to others. Additionally, the Foundation stands out for its commitment to innovation: multiple intelligences, critical and creative thinking, spiritual competence, and education fostering social responsibility. The Foundation operates two schools in Madrid: Cardenal Spínola School and Real Colegio Nuestra Señora de Loreto. Both **Cardenal Spínola** and Real Colegio Nuestra Señora de Loreto are state-subsidized Catholic schools offering education from age 1 through 2nd year of Bachillerato, including the American Dual Bachillerato program. ##### **Their Educational Identity; both centers are defined by:** * Individualized attention: recognizing diversity as a strength and enhancing each student’s unique abilities. * Personal accompaniment: close, straightforward relationships with students and their families. * Active and innovative methodologies: constructive learning, critical and creative thinking. * Formation in human and Christian values rooted in the Pedagogy of the Heart. ##### **Their Pedagogical Project:** * Multiple intelligences, creativity, and critical thinking. * Experiential learning and innovative methodologies. * Emotional accompaniment and vocational guidance. ##### **Educational Model and Values: we educate students who are:** * Multilingual, * Critical thinkers and entrepreneurs, * Socially responsible and committed, * Open to diversity and care for nature. #### **To Learn More:** * Spínola Foundation Website: Catholic state-subsidized school group * Cardenal Spínola School Madrid Website: Catholic state-subsidized school \- Cardenal Spínola School Madrid * Real Colegio Ntra. Sra. Loreto Madrid Website: Catholic state-subsidized school \- Ntra. Sra. de Loreto Madrid ### **Mission** Reporting to the General Directorate and serving as a member of the School’s Management Committee, the role is responsible for leading the center’s economic\-financial, operational/facilities, and marketing & organic growth areas, in close coordination with functional teams/areas at the Foundation’s headquarters. The primary objective is to ensure economic sustainability, operational efficiency, and excellence in service delivery, aligning support functions coherently with the Foundation’s principles, values, and strategic goals (student enrollment growth and revenue development). This mission will be led across both Foundation centers, implementing the global positioning strategy for Spínola schools in Madrid and overseeing the unified brand image. #### **Key Responsibilities** ##### **Accounting and Administration** * Lead and supervise the center’s administrative team in performing its duties. * Prepare the center’s financial accounting. * Plan and execute administrative processes related to accounting and taxation. * Ensure compliance with accounting, tax, and legal regulations, including audits. * Develop and implement the center’s annual budget in coordination with the Foundation’s Finance Team. ##### **Finance** * Support financial decision-making and economic strategy for the center. * Measure center performance using key indicators: growth, operating result, profitability, margin per revenue stream, cash generation, etc. * Analyze income and expense items and drive initiatives to grow revenue and optimize costs. ##### **Processes and General Services** * Coordinate and supervise cross-functional support processes and general services, ensuring compliance with requirements and proper execution. * Guarantee efficient, high-quality service delivery. * Oversee compliance with the center’s procurement and supply procedures. * Manage relationships with goods and service providers, and negotiate, execute, and monitor supply contracts. * Provide administrative and process-oriented support for HR management, including talent acquisition and retention processes. ##### **Infrastructure and Facilities** * Supervise center facilities to ensure proper operation and maintenance, and resolve critical issues to guarantee student and educator safety and well-being. * Plan and coordinate building and infrastructure maintenance, proposing and executing necessary repairs and investments for renewal. * Lead the centers’ maintenance staff to ensure preventive maintenance and required repair and conservation activities. ##### **Marketing and Organic Growth** * Design and execute marketing strategies to drive growth and strengthen institutional visibility. * Foster community engagement and reinforce connections with the local environment. * Implement the student recruitment plan aligned with institutional and local positioning. * Conduct market and competitive analyses relevant to the center’s context. * Develop revenue through expansion of educational offerings. ### **Profile Requirements** * Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management, Finance, Accounting, or related fields. An MBA or complementary training is highly valued. * Knowledge of: accounting and finance. * Proficiency in MS Office, advanced Excel, and management software. * Minimum 5 years’ experience managing or administering complex organizations: educational institutions, healthcare centers, service companies, Third Sector organizations, etc. * Prior experience managing teams and budgets. * Experience in state-subsidized and/or private schools is desirable. * Personal Profile: Strategic vision and results orientation, with capacity to lead multidisciplinary teams and foster collaborative environments. Particularly valued are clear communication skills, ability to manage complex situations, and leadership of change processes with a constructive attitude. Also sought is commitment to social responsibility and ethics, proactive decision-making, and ability to inspire and develop teams—ensuring modern, efficient management aligned with the Organization’s mission. ### **What We Offer** This is an opportunity for a professional oriented toward educational management within a prestigious educational entity—the Spínola Foundation and its schools in Madrid. Two schools characterized by: * A clear, purpose-driven mission with transformative impact, where management decisions directly affect student well-being, growth, and happiness. * Institutional stability offered by the Spínola Foundation, with a strong track record and a network of 15 centers. * An innovative educational project in which the Manager faces an exciting challenge due to high professional standards and the opportunity to contribute to the center’s success. The school’s complexity (services, facilities, families, logistics, investments, suppliers, regulations) offers: engaging challenges, task diversity, structural influence capacity, and direct impact on center operations. * A human-centered climate and culture of accompaniment: the Spínola project’s relational style is close, simple, and deeply human—translating, for anyone joining the Spínola ecosystem, into workplace relationships built on trust, support for personal and professional development, and emphasis on mutual accompaniment—a distinctive value compared to other organizations. * Professional development support: the Foundation provides not only training but also shared best practices, a network of peers across other centers, and continuous updates within a learning- and growth-oriented environment. Finally, this project offers the opportunity to lead organizational transformation and actively contribute to developing and growing an initiative with real impact on the community.
David Muñoz
Indeed · HR
David Muñoz
Indeed · HR
