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Office Manager Administration - Full-time

Parkside Community Primary School, Canterbury

  • Ref:KCC886-2607-91S
  • Posted:19/01/2018
  • Pay:KR7
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:02/02/2018 at 09:00
  • Interviews:Thursday 8th February

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We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Office Manager to manage a busy school office where they will be the first point of contact for parents, children, staff and visitors. This is a key role in the organisation of the effective running of the school.

This is a varied role and would be an exciting step for someone who has experience of  school administration and wants to make the next step in their career or someone who is experienced at leading a school office but would like the challenge of starting somewhere new. For a more detailed description of the role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

The post is full time i.e. 37 hours a week and 41 weeks a year (paid for 45weeks).

Start date ASAP.

Successful candidates will need: –

  • Experience of working within an office environment, preferably a school setting
  • An understanding of community and issues or barriers that may be facing parents and families
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  • A friendly, flexible and professional approach, particularly when multi-tasking under pressure
  • The ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders including parents, children, staff and external providers and agencies
  • Excellent working knowledge of office management systems such as Microsoft Word/Excel, SIMS
  • An understanding of financial systems and a willingness to learn
  • A positive approach to working with children and a commitment to our safeguarding procedures

Please note all applications must go through the Kent Teach website. Parkside Community Primary School does not accept CVs.  Please ensure that you give email addresses for your referees.

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. If you wish to visit please contact the school office.

Parkside Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS check

Information about the school

Parkside Community Foundation Primary School is a small, growing, happy school on the outskirts of Canterbury. We have a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures within our school and this greatly enriches and enhances our school community.

Our pupils benefit from small classes and a high level of teaching assistant support in every class. After some testing years, we now have a new leadership team in place and the school is showing greatly improved results. We have been able to make significant improvements to, and investments in, our school site and we have an exciting future ahead.

At Parkside, we value greatly outdoor learning and are working towards improving a range of outdoor learning environments, including our own forest school area. We are also benefitting from the next phase of an upcoming building programme which will ensure our buildings will be of the same high standard as the education we deliver.

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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.