Office Manager
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW2 5EF |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 196b3cb2-7fdd-4ce0-bc62-708fcde4aabf |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:
• Have experience working in an educational office environment, ideally in a supervisory role
• Have experience of using school administrative and financial systems such as SIMS/Arbor
• Have excellent customer focus with strong communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Be highly motivated, hardworking and committed to ensuring the highest of standards
• Be highly organised and have high expectations of themselves and those around them
• Be flexible in meeting the operational needs of a busy school office and the ability to work well under pressure
• Be hard working, enthusiastic, have the ability to multi task and work to high levels of professionalism
• Be fully competent in the use of IT packages, with experience of using Microsoft Office
• Have the ability to work independently and demonstrate initiative
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
• Wonderful pupils in a diverse and inclusive school with a real commitment to the community
• An enthusiastic and highly skilled staff team
• A commitment to on-going professional development to further develop your career
• A powerful ethos based on improving children’s lives through outstanding education
• A deeply committed staff and Board of Governors, constantly striving for improvement and excellence
• Active and engaged parents and carers
• A wide range of initiatives designed to improve the motivation and lives of our staff which is guided by our internal staff voice forum
• A friendly supportive community within the school
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.
The successful candidate will:
• Have experience working in an educational office environment, ideally in a supervisory role
• Have experience of using school administrative and financial systems such as SIMS/Arbor
• Have excellent customer focus with strong communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Be highly motivated, hardworking and committed to ensuring the highest of standards
• Be highly organised and have high expectations of themselves and those around them
• Be flexible in meeting the operational needs of a busy school office and the ability to work well under pressure
• Be hard working, enthusiastic, have the ability to multi task and work to high levels of professionalism
• Be fully competent in the use of IT packages, with experience of using Microsoft Office
• Have the ability to work independently and demonstrate initiative
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
• Wonderful pupils in a diverse and inclusive school with a real commitment to the community
• An enthusiastic and highly skilled staff team
• A commitment to on-going professional development to further develop your career
• A powerful ethos based on improving children’s lives through outstanding education
• A deeply committed staff and Board of Governors, constantly striving for improvement and excellence
• Active and engaged parents and carers
• A wide range of initiatives designed to improve the motivation and lives of our staff which is guided by our internal staff voice forum
• A friendly supportive community within the school
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.