Office Manager - Shorne CE Primary School - Part-time

Aletheia Academies Trust

• Ref:KCC-F41-24-S
• Posted:23/11/2022
• Pay:Kent Range 6 - £21,801-£23,262 per annum
• Start Date:January 2023
• App Close Date:02/12/2022 at 12:00
• Interviews:6 December 2022

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Office Manager

Salary:            Kent Range 6 - £21,801-£23,262 per annum(this will be pro rata’d for part time hours/weeks)

Contract:        Permanent, 24 hours per week (to be worked over three days), term time plus development days plus an additional week (40 weeks per year total)

Start date:      January 2023

Shorne Church of England Primary School, part of the Aletheia Academies Trust, is a friendly, dynamic and innovative school. We pride ourselves on our dedication to ensuring pupil progress through high quality teaching and learning provision for all.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Office Manager to join our team.  We are looking for someone who can support our school leadership team in all aspects of school administration. The appointed person will be responsible for managing a busy school office, and line managing our Office Administrator.

We are a warm and welcoming school and are fortunate to be located in a village surrounded by beautiful farmland. The successful candidate will be joining a passionate and committed team, who work closely with colleagues in the wider Trust, with a supportive Local Governing Body and children who are happy and keen to learn.

The successful candidate will:

• be highly organised, reliable and able to use time management and prioritisation skills effectively;
• have experience of using school administrative, management information and financial systems;
• have experience of the development, management and operation of administration processes;
• be fully competent in the use of IT packages, with experience of using the Microsoft Office suite;

• have excellent interpersonal skills, be highly motivated and be able to work well under pressure;
• have excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• be friendly and approachable with a welcoming and professional manner;
• be able to demonstrate the ability to work effectively and contribute positively within a team environment, liaising effectively with all staff.

Visits to the school can be arranged by telephoning the school office on 01474 822312.

Please download a job description and person specification below.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the application form available below.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been successful.

Closing Date:            Friday 2^nd December 2022  

Interview Date:          Tuesday 6^th December 2022

Shorne Church of England Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks where applicable.  Our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on our website. All new employees, volunteers and governors will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Information about the trust

Saint George’s CE School is a thriving educational setting that has served the children of Gravesend since the 17th century. The school is relatively unique as a co-educational, Anglican and an all-through (4-18) school. The school is a warm, caring and highly inclusive place where all members of the community are cared for and valued. The primary phase was added to the school in 2019. Prior to this the secondary phase first became an academy in 2011 and later, in 2014, was one of three founding schools of the Aletheia Academies Trust. The Trust now has 11 schools, 10 of which are primary and the school benefits from the work of the Best Practice Teams in all key areas of school life. The all through school has been inspected once so far under a Section 48, (SIAMS) wherein the effectiveness, character and ethos of the school was judged to be ‘Excellent’ in all areas. The 2 most recent Ofsted inspections have judged the school to be ‘Good’ with outstanding leadership and management. Both phases are significantly oversubscribed and operate lengthy waiting lists.

The site has been greatly developed and refurbished over the recent years. In addition to the new primary phase building the site has benefited from a new science building, a floodlit 3G sports facility and a £6 million secondary building housing the 6th form, performing arts and core subjects. All facilities are accessible to the entire school community regardless of Key Stage. Some staff teach and support across both phases and subject leaders from all phases work closely together to ensure that there is a cohesive curriculum experience for all pupils during their school journey from Key stage 1 to Key Stage 4 and 5.

Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers, governors and Trustees to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks where applicable.  Our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on our website. All new employees, volunteers, governors and Trustees will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Job Contact Information

• Name:HR department
• Address:AAT C/O Saint George's CE School,
  Meadow Road,
  Gravesend,
  Kent,
  DA11 7LS
• Telephone: 01474 531480
• Email: hr@aletheiatrust.org.uk

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Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Role Profile & Person Specification