Office Manager - Full-time

Danecourt School, Gillingham

• Ref:MED887-7031-185S
• Posted:11/09/2025
• Pay:Medway C1 point 6 - 19 £25,989 - £32,062
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:19/09/2025 at 10:00
• Interviews:25th September 2025

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Join Danecourt School as our Office Manager
Organise. Lead. Support – where great administration powers great education

Hours: 37 hours per week (8:30–4:30 Mon–Thurs; 8:30–4:00 Fri)
Contract: Permanent, 52 weeks per year (term-time only considered for the right candidate)

Are you an experienced Office Manager ready to take the next step in your career? This is a rare opportunity to join Danecourt School, part of the Maritime Academy Trust, at an exciting stage of growth. With future development in the pipeline, we’re looking for a skilled and ambitious professional who can lead our busy office now — and grow into a wider role with greater responsibility over time.

About the Role

You will oversee all aspects of school administration, ensuring efficiency, professionalism, and excellent service. From managing systems, staff and processes to supporting leadership with key priorities, you’ll play a central role in keeping our school running smoothly.

Key duties include:

• Leading and line managing the admin team

• Overseeing office systems, attendance, and parent communications

• Supporting HR, recruitment and compliance (including the SCR)

• Managing the website and contributing to marketing

• Ensuring clear communication with staff, families, and external partners

• Providing high-quality admin support to the Headteacher and SLT

Who You Are

We’re seeking someone who is:

• Experienced as an Office Manager (ideally in a school)

• Skilled at leading people and driving improvements

• Organised, proactive, and able to juggle a busy workload

• A confident communicator with strong IT and written skills

• Committed to safeguarding, compliance, and high standards of practice

What We Offer

At Danecourt, we pride ourselves on being warm, supportive, and forward-thinking. As part of Maritime Academy Trust, you’ll have access to meaningful career development, collaborative working, and the opportunity to make a direct difference in the lives of children with SEND.

• A supportive, team-based culture where admin, teaching, and leadership work side by side

• A role with visible impact — every system you improve and every process you lead supports children’s education, families’ experiences, and staff wellbeing

• Development pathways through our “grow our own” approach and specialist roles and regular CPD, including weekly training for support staff

• A school proud to be the Winner of the Medway Parents and Carers Forum SEND Award (Primary Special School Provision)

• Local Government Pension Scheme & national terms and conditions

• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Ready to Make a Difference?

We’d love to welcome you for a visit — come and see what makes Danecourt so special. Please contact the school office on 01634 232589 to arrange.

Apply now via My New Term — we may interview and appoint as applications are received, so don’t delay!

Danecourt School and Maritime Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We embrace diversity and equal opportunity, striving to build a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS and online checks in line with safeguarding guidance.

Information about the school

Danecourt Special School is part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich, Bexley, Kent and Medway . Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills. We are a special school catering for primary aged children who have special educational needs. The children who attend Danecourt have a wide breadth of needs including complex learning difficulties and autism.

At Danecourt our mission is support all pupils to become “STARS” -

S - Self reliant T - Team Players A - Aspirational R - Resilient S - Successful

This is facilitated through pupils receiving a personalised curriculum that is tailored to meet their individual specific needs. The highly trained staff team maintain high expectations of what each individual pupil is able to achieve, striving to ensure that they all reach their maximum potential; celebrating difference and encouraging curiosity and creativity. Staff work collaboratively with families/carers and a range of other agencies in order to meet the pupils needs and as a result, pupils make strong progress academically, emotionally and socially. Pupil achievement is hugely valued and celebrated in a manner that is meaningful and appropriate for each pupil.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the Danecourt community and working with us, telephone the school and make an appointment to come and meet some of the pupils and staff and to experience for yourself the quality of education given to all of our children and the unique atmosphere throughout our school.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Maritime Academy Trust
• Address:50 John Harrison Way, Greenwich, London, SE10 0BG
• Telephone: 020 8858 0394
• Email: recruitment@maritimeacademytrust.org

Documents

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• Application Pack