Office Manager

Teaching Vacancies; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Nottingham is seeking an Office Manager to lead a dynamic office team dedicated to supporting children's education. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication and organisational skills and be passionate about customer service and education. This role offers a positive working environment, continuous professional development opportunities, and a commitment to safeguarding the welfare of children.

Benefits

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Passionate about customer experience and excellent service.
• Interested in education and influencing children's lives.
• Ability to cope with conflicting demands, deadlines and interruptions.
• Hard working, able to motivate and lead the office team.
• High level of efficiency, accuracy and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Lead an efficient office team for the school.
• Build positive relationships with stakeholders.
• Work effectively with and without direction.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Customer experience focus

Team player

Attention to detail

Tools

Schools MIS systems

Finance systems

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Welbeck Primary School are looking to appoint an Office Manager to take a leading role in an efficient office team for the school. You would be joining an exceptional and supportive team of professionals, including an experience School Business Manager, who are relentless in our pursuit of excellence. Our mission is to make every day count for the children. Each of our individual roles has an impact on the future of our children. We put the children at the heart of every decision we make.

We are looking for someone who is excited to be a part of our team. Who has excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to juggle competing demands, and who can build positive relationships with stakeholders.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is passionate about customer experience and excellent service.
• Is interested in education and impacting on the lives of children.
• Enjoys working in a busy office environment and has the ability to cope with conflicting demands, deadlines and interruptions.
• Is hard working, passionate, and keen to motivate and lead the office team.
• Has excellent administration skills, with a high level of efficiency, accuracy and confidentiality with outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Can work effectively with and without direction.
• Has enthusiasm, energy, integrity and professionalism.
• Knowledge and experience of using schools MIS and Finance systems – preferred but not essential.
• Is a team player.
• Has the ability to be flexible
• Has an eye for detail.
• Is willing to roll up their sleeves up and get stuck in.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• Polite, engaged and motivated children
• A fantastic working environment, in a team that works together for the benefit of children in our school
• The opportunity for quality Continuous Professional Development
• A pensions scheme, with generous employer contributions.
• An organisation committed to supporting and enabling all staff
• A varied job where no day is the same!

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.