Office Manager

Bucks Students’ Union; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40+ days annual leave

Competitive pension

Development opportunities

Wellbeing support

Discount schemes

Job summary

Bucks Students’ Union is seeking an organised, proactive Office Manager to ensure the smooth running of our Central Services. You’ll manage the Office Coordinator and oversee reception and administrative functions, ensuring staff, students and external partners receive a welcoming, professional service.

Based at the High Wycombe campus with travel to other sites as required, the role covers governance, HR and finance support, coordinating meetings and committees, and data protection and IT

Qualifications

• Experience in coordinating teams and administrative functions.
• Strong organisational and planning abilities.
• Proactive, reliable and discreet with data handling.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Office Coordinator and oversee reception and admin functions.
• Provide governance, HR and finance support and coordinate meetings.
• Ensure data protection, IT liaison and professional service for staff and students.

Skills

Office management

Team leadership

Administration

Communication

Customer service

Job description

Location: High Wycombe campus with travel to other sites as required.

Department: Central Services

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday with the flexibility to work outside these hours

Salary: Grade G, salary range £38,784 to £43,482 per annum

Closing date for applications: Sunday 25 th October 2026 at midnight.

Interview date: throughout application period.

Start date : December 2026/January 2027.

At Bucks Students' Union, the 4 th best Students’ Union in the UK, we’re looking for an organised, approachable and proactive Office Manager to play a key role in the smooth running of our services. Managing our Office Coordinator and overseeing our reception and administrative functions, you’ll help ensure students, staff, visitors and external partners receive a welcoming and professional service. This is a varied role at the heart of the Union, providing high quality support across governance, HR and finance, coordinating meetings and committees, and taking responsibility for important operational areas including data protection and IT liaison.

No two days will be quite the same, so we’re looking for someone who enjoys variety, takes pride in getting the detail right and can confidently manage competing priorities in a busy environment. You’ll bring strong administrative and customer service experience, excellent communication and organisational skills, and experience of managing a team or function. Just as importantly, you’ll be professional, reliable and discreet, with the initiative to make things happen and a genuine commitment to supporting our student-led organisation. If you enjoy bringing order to a busy environment, improving how things work and helping colleagues and students get the support they need, we’d love to hear from you.

Bucks Students’ Union is a democratic, student-led organisation whose mission is to make life better for students at Bucks. We are committed to improving the student experience and actively seek to bring positive change to student life.

Not only are we ranked in the top 5 students’ unions in the UK for the tenth consecutive year, we are a Mindful Employer and have achieved the highest standards in accreditation for Fairtrade, Green Impact, Best Bar None and Quality Students’ Unions.

Our reward package provides over 40 days paid annual leave each year as well as a competitive pension, extensive development opportunities, wellbeing support and discount schemes, amongst other benefits.

We are committed to tackling inequality and offer a ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ for applicants of colour and/or applicants with a disability. If you have a disability and/or are a person of colour and you meet the criteria of a role description and person specification of a role, please select the ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ option on the application form.