Office Manager - Term Time

Chartham Primary School, Canterbury

• Ref:KCC886-2259-216S
• Posted:10/09/2021
• Pay:Kent Range 6
• Start Date:Immediate
• App Close Date:27/09/2021 at 09:00
• Interviews:Week commencing 1 October 2021

Advert

Full-time 37 hours per week term time only plus 10 days

Required from November 2021

8am-4.00pm four days a week - 8am-3.30pm one day a week

Kent Range 6: £20,997 - £22,918 per annum, pro-rata

We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative colleague to join our team of committed professionals. The successful candidate will deliver outstanding administration and financial support to the school by ensuring that the Main Office Team is effective and efficient and a high level of administrative efficiency is delivered. The successful candidate will be able to manage the financial and administration duties of the Main Office,  ensure that well-presented and accurate correspondence, reports and other documentation in line with house style are produced, ensure that both internal and external documents/databases are produced to the highest standard and manage the workload of the Main Office Team, delegating as required.  Please see the attached job description for further information as well as a person specification.

You will be the public face of the school for parents and visitors, be able to manage the school's financial and administrative software, to put a plaster on a child's grazed knee, help a worried parent, arrange a school trip, send out a letter, book a supply teacher - often all at the same time.

In short, you will be an important part of the team that ensures the school continues to operate smoothly! Ideally you will have a background in school or education office management - but could just as well have transferable skills from the charity or business sectors. 

Experience of line management would be an advantage along with the ability to manage the various roles and responsibilities within the Main Office to ensure all areas have been allocated within the team.  

The postholder is required to work for 38 weeks per year, term time only plus 10 days. The postholder will receive a payment in respect of their pro rata entitlement to Annual Leave appropriate to their grade, Bank Holidays and the KCC concessionary day which is included in the salary above.

Information about the school

Overview of Inspira Academy Trust

The Inspira Academy Trust is a small MAT comprising currently of 2 schools within Canterbury in Kent.

Our Mission is to:

• Create a welcoming environment in our schools where everyone feels happy, safe, included and are empowered to develop and practice independence.

• Instil a love of learning and encourage pride in all achievements through the foundations of a high quality curriculum.

Our Vision is to:

• Be a high performing trust with uncompromising standards and high expectations.

• Champion learning at the centre of our communities.

• Promote and ensure the well-being and safeguarding of pupils at all times so they feel secure, happy and safe.

• Enrich learning through engaging indoor and outdoor environments.

• Have passionate, high quality staff who encourage a love of learning, evoke curiosity and stimulate imagination.

• Enable pupils to achieve their potential, be well prepared for the next stage of their education and instil aspirations for their futures.

• To offer opportunity for all through the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion whilst challenging social injustice and inequality enabling bright futures for all.

Our Way is to:

• Be guided by our key values; perseverance, kindness, respect, honesty and fairness.

• Make learning fun, challenging and stimulating, using a creative and cutting edge curriculum.

• Provide an atmosphere where pupils and staff feel safe, secure and valued and are empowered to achieve their full potential.

• Be a family of schools strengthened by the support from parents/carers, children and the wider school community.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Jamie Noble, Headteacher
• Address:Shalmsford Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7QN
• Telephone: (01227) 738225
• Email: hr@inspiraacademy.co.uk

Fax: (01227) 732175

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Office Manager Job Description and Person Specification