Office Manager - River View Primary and Nursery School

River View Primary and Nursery School; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Endeavour Multi Academy Trust invites applications for a dynamic School Office Manager to support the Headteacher. This fixed-term contract runs for 9 months, 32.5 hours per week, term-time only, at Grade 6 with an actual salary of £24,914.

You will lead the administration team, communicate with the school community, manage workloads, and uphold data protection and safeguarding standards. The role requires professionalism, strong ICT skills (Word and Excel), and the ability to write risk

Qualifications

• Professional and responsible approach to work.
• Effective communicator with the school community.
• Ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
• Good written English including spelling/grammar; basic arithmetic.
• Good ICT skills including Word and Excel.
• Understand data protection and safeguarding in a school setting.
• Knowledge of health and safety.
• Able to write risk assessments.
• Able to communicate with external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration team and provide support for the Headteacher.
• Work in a professional and responsible way.
• Communicate well with all of the school community.
• Prioritise workload to meet deadlines.

Skills

Professionalism

Communication skills

Prioritisation

Written English

ICT skills

Data protection

Safeguarding

Health and safety

Risk assessments

Liaison with agencies

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

The Governing Body wish to appoint a dynamic and committed School Office Manager to provide comprehensive support for the Headteacher.

Fixed term contract for 9 months

Hours per week 32.5

Grade 6 Salary actual salary £24,914 , term time only

We are a friendly team who work together to make our community ‘RICHER’.

The role requires flexibility and problem solving on a daily basis; it is essential that you are professional, presentable and an effective communicator.

We are looking for someone who can offer the following:

• Work in a professional and responsible way.
• Communicate well with all of our school community.
• Ability to prioritise your workload to meet deadlines.
• Good standard of written English including spelling and grammar, and basic arithmetic skills.
• Good ICT skills including use of Word and Excel.
• Understand the importance of data protection and safeguarding in a school setting.
• Knowledge of health and safety
• Able to write risk assessments.
• Able to communicate to other agencies, for example, builders.

We are looking for someone who can rise to a challenge and lead our friendly administration team.

Further information or a recruitment pack can be obtain by contacting the school on 01283 260157 or [e-mail]

Closing date Monday 19th October 2026 at 4pm

Interviews Friday 23rd October Time TBC.

Endeavour Multi Academy Trust is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) 2026. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding. Therefore, we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment.