School Office Manager

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy; Middlewich; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, is seeking an Office Manager to oversee financial operations, the day-to-day office and site team functions, and personnel support services.

The ideal candidate will coordinate payroll processes, manage budgets, and maintain confidential HR matters with professionalism. The role requires strong IT skills, excellent communication with parents, staff, governors, and external stakeholders, and a proactive, adaptable approach to balancing

Qualifications

• Experience in managing and prioritising flow of work in the school office.
• Experience in school finances including managing the purchase ledger, income collection and budget monitoring.
• Strong IT-based management and financial information systems including payroll.
• Working knowledge of HR, with the ability to handle personnel matters effectively and confidentially.
• Excellent people skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally with parents, staff, governors, and external stakeholders.
• Proactive and adaptable with strong time management skills to handle multiple responsibilities and learn in education environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial operations and daily functions of the school office and site team.
• Administer personnel support services to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in school operations.

Skills

Office management

Finance management

IT-based management systems

Payroll

HR knowledge

Communication

Time management

Adaptability

Tools

Payroll systems

Finance software

HR systems

Job description

The Head teacher and Governors of this popular and very happyschool wish to appoint a professional, highly motivated and enthusiastic OfficeManager to join our hard-working and very supportive staff, and to play apivotal role in our school’s operations.

This role involves overseeing financial operations, managing thedaily functions of the school office and site team, and administering personnelsupport services to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in all aspects ofschool operations.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience in managing and prioritising the flow of workin the school office.
• Experience inschool finances including managing the purchase ledger, income collection andbudget monitoring.

• Strong proficiency in IT-based management and financialinformation systems including payroll.
• A working knowledge of HR, with the ability to handle personnelmatters effectively and confidentially.
• Excellent people skills, with the ability to communicate clearlyand professionally with parents, staff, governors, and external stakeholders.
• A proactive and adaptable approach, with strong time managementskills to handle multiple responsibilities efficiently and be able to adapt toa variety of situations. While direct experience in education is beneficial, wewelcome applicants with transferable skills and a willingness to learn and growwithin the role.