Office Manager

Storal Learning Ltd.; Blandford Forum; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced holidays

Paid sick pay

Wellness day off

Pay access before payday

Childcare Discount + Funding

Compassionate leave & enhanced mat/par

Gym discount

Movie tickets

Storal Support Fund

Job summary

Storal Learning Ltd. is seeking an Office Manager for Archway Nursery School, Hyde Farm, Blandford Forum, Dorset. The role supports day-to-day administration, front-of-house tasks and governance to ensure smooth nursery operations.

Part-time position (15 hours/week) with additional hours during school holidays. You will work closely with the Nursery Manager to deliver excellent family experiences and maintain high safeguarding standards.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of IT systems.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Experience in a similar administrative role, preferably in early years or school setting.
• Understanding the importance of safeguarding.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Nursery Manager to run the nursery smoothly.
• Develop and maintain organisation and IT skills within the team.
• Interact with parents daily to provide a superb experience for families.
• Support the enquiry management process including nursery tours.
• Oversee domestic staff and ensure COSHH and Environmental Health inspections compliance.
• Manage staff ratios effectively.

Skills

IT systems

Organisational skills

Admin experience

Safeguarding awareness

Communication skills

Tools

Office software

Job description

Remarkable Futures Start Here

Nursery: Archway Nursery School, Hyde Farm, Salisbury Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TX

Hours: Part Time, 15 hours per week Monday – Friday 2.30pm - 5.30pm with additional hours required in the school holidays

Salary: £13.90 per hour

We are looking for a passionate and ambitious Office Manager who is interested in improving outcomes for children, and is now looking to be in a more administrative role, supporting the running of the nursery with both front of house and office duties.

How you’ll spend your time here

• - Working collaboratively with the Nursery Manager to assist the successful running of the nursery
• - Working as part of a passionate team to further develop existing organization and IT skills
• - Interacting with parents on a daily basis including delivering a superb experience for both current and prospective families
• - Supporting the enquiry management process including nursery tours
• - Responsible for the domestic staff team and ensuring compliance around COSHH and Environmental Health Inspections
• - Managing staff ratios effectively

We’d love to talk to you if you have the following

• - Excellent knowledge and understanding of IT systems
• - Strong organisational skills
• - Experience of working in a similar administrative role, preferably in an early years or school setting
• - Understandings the importance of safeguarding
• - Excellent communication skills

Benefits

• For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with PayCaptain
• Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave
• Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets
• Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support FundOur community -Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards

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Storal sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.