Office Manager - Heritage House School

Buckinghamshire Council; Lye Green; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A local educational institution is seeking an experienced Office Manager to oversee the administrative functions at Heritage House School. This part-time position requires excellent communication skills, experience in a school office, and proficiency in Microsoft packages. The successful candidate will ensure the efficient running of school operations and manage communications effectively. Interested applicants should contact the school office for more details.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a school office or similar environment.
• Administrative experience is essential.
• Training support for IT systems provided.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth running of administrative processes.
• Initial contact point for visitors and communications.
• Manage records and information systems.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of Microsoft packages

Organizational skills

Flexibility

Team player

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Heritage House School for an Office Manager to join our outstanding team.

This is a permanent position working term time only plus 5 inset days.

Term time only: Yes

Salary type: Bucks Pay

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Part-time

Interviews to be held: On receipt of application

About us

Heritage House School in Chesham is a special school where our learners are at the heart of everything we do. Our aim is to enable children and young people to learn and achieve within an enriching, relevant, stimulating and enjoyable curriculum. In doing so we will ensure our children and young people enjoy educational and social experiences which will prepare them for life beyond Heritage House.

We are looking to appoint an Office Manager to join our admin team. You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth and effective running of the administrative and organisational processes within the school.

You will be the initial point of contact for all visitors and communications with the school and manage manual and computerised records and information systems in relation to the role.

Please see job description for full responsibilities of the role.

About you

We are looking for someone who has experience of working in a school office/office, with excellent communication skills and knowledge of Microsoft packages.

The successful candidate will be a team player, flexible, calm, and organised.

Administrative experience is essential but we offer full support with training for all IT systems used.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

Heritage House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS, Teaching Regulation Agency, childcare disqualification, qualification and reference checks. As part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.