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Office Manager & Administrative Lead - Full-time

Chilmington Green School, Ashford

  • Ref:KCC887-3794378-9S
  • Posted:08/03/2023
  • Pay:Circa £25,000 per annum full-time equivalent DOE
  • Start Date:September 2023
  • App Close Date:17/04/2023 at 09:00
  • Interviews:w/c 17th April 2023

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The Role 

We are looking to recruit an Office Manager & Administrative Lead to lead and deliver an outstanding front of house and student support service and to provide an efficient secretarial and administrative service to the Principal and Senior Leadership team. The successful candidate will join the school in September 2023 and will be part of the founding body of staff. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate to shape and grow with the school from the opening day.  

The successful candidate will have: 

  • Previous secretarial or office experience, preferably in a school environment.   
  • ICT skills to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and publishing software.  
  • Drive and determination to ensure that Chilmington Green School is successfully established with high expectations from the very start.  
  • Dedication to their own professional development. 

We can offer: 

  • Excellent ongoing CPD and career development opportunities. 
  • The opportunity to contribute to and shape the growth and development of the school from the moment of opening.  
  • Collaboration with colleagues from across the United Learning trust and across our local cluster of schools, Wye School and Ashford School. 

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact: 

Jon Rutland, Principal, at: 

jonathan.rutland@chilmingtongreenschool.org.uk 

Due to the anticipated high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this advertisement early. 

Information about the school

United Learning are delighted to have opened a new school in Ashford. Chilmington Green School is a new secondary school which opened in September 2023 with its first cohort of 120 Year 7 students. At capacity, the school will be a six-form entry, co-educational, non-selective secondary with a 240-place 6th form. We are currently looking for excellent, highly motivated staff, with the vision and aspiration to be a part of a school from its opening through to its first A-level results day; bringing to life the United Learning ethos of the Best in Everyone through a curriculum, culture, environment, and structure that provides an exceptional educational offer for local young people.

Staff will form a dynamic team who are supportive, friendly, and dedicated to instilling the qualities of pride, respect, and resilience in the next generation of children, preparing them for successful, fulfilling, and enjoyable adult lives. Chilmington Green will work collaboratively with United Learning’s cluster of highly successful schools in the area, Wye School (free school, 11-18) and Ashford School (independent, all through and boarding) and, as a result, staff will benefit from richer and wider opportunities for continued professional development (CPD).

United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

United Learning schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. The subject specialists, Group-wide intranet, own curriculum, and online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit, and we are open to discussing flexible working options.

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.

Here at United Learning, we are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued and appreciated. Because we are a group, we can reward you better than any school could alone, and this includes your employee benefits.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.