Office Manager - St Osmund's CE Middle School

Dorset Council UK; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A local educational authority in Dorchester is seeking a part-time School Office Manager to lead an office team and provide critical administrative support. The role includes managing office functions, overseeing social media, and ensuring compliance in administrative systems. The ideal candidate will have a passion for education, strong IT skills, and experience in office administration, preferably in a school environment. This position offers flexibility in working hours, Monday to Friday during term time, plus extra days.

Qualifications

• Experience in office administration, ideally in a school setting.
• Strong IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office and complex databases.
• Ability to manage complex data and ensure systems are up to date.

Responsibilities

• Lead an administrative team to provide support to staff, pupils, and parents.
• Act as the first point of contact for parents and visitors.
• Oversee administrative systems to ensure efficiency and compliance.
• Manage the school's social media presence.

Skills

Team leadership

Social media management

Office administration

Excellent IT skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Arbor

Access Finance

Job description

St. Osmund’s C.E. Middle School is an over-subscribed Middle School for Years 5 - 8, located in the thriving county town of Dorchester. The school is proudly part of the Wessex Multi Academy Trust and is recognised by Ofsted as Good in all areas (2022).

We are a Church of England School built upon the Christian values of hope, community, respect and love.

We are seeking an energetic and flexible School Office Manager. This role is at the heart of our school. You’ll manage an office team of six, including managing workload distribution and liaising with the wider staff team, parents and pupils. The role will also include: general administration, leading our social media presence and supporting our Senior Leadership team.

The successful candidate will have a passion for education, ambition, and the capacity to collaborate effectively within a strong team of staff.

This is a varied and busy role which will offer many different challenges and the opportunity to lead on different initiatives that contribute to improving outcomes for all of our pupils.

The Successful Candidate Will

• Lead an administrative team in the delivery of admin support and services to staff, pupils and parents.
• Lead our social media presence.
• Act as the first point of contact for parents, visitors and external agencies.
• Oversee all administrative systems within the school, ensuring efficiency and compliance.
• Will use systems such as Arbor and Access Finance.
• Manage complex data and information whilst ensuring that systems are kept up to date.
• Have experience in office administration, ideally in a school setting or similar.
• Have experience of using Microsoft Office and complex databases with excellent IT skills.

This is a part time role for 35 hours per week and hours can be flexible. The role is Monday to Friday term time only plus 5 days.