Office Manager at Holte School

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About this Role

We are looking to appoint a permanent Office Manager to work within our Operations Team due to staff development within the team. The successful candidate will provide operational andexecutive support to the Headteacher with responsibility for leading onadministration systems ensuring the school office is running effectively andprovide support to the HR and Finance functions.

Key attributes we are looking for:

• Excellent organisational skills and experience of working within an office environment using a variety of office-based computer systems and administrative processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with all members of the school community.
• A professional approach with high standards and the ability to work in a calm and flexible manner.
• Able to work as part of a larger team and also under their own initiative, prioritising work effectively.
• Experience of working with confidential information.
• Experience of working within a school administrative environment would be advantageous.

We offer:
• Atalented staff team who welcomes new challenges and are committed to supportingand developing colleagues and students.
• Asupportive community and Governing Board.
• Qualitycontinuous professional development.
• Opportunitiesto work in collaboration with partner schools, where available.

HolteSchool is an oversubscribed, diverse, multi-racial, 11-18 community school andare one of only 8 schools across the country to be recognised as a 'NationalIQM Inclusion Champion' school. The school is on a shared site with both a primary and aspecial school. The school's ethos emphasises high quality teaching to achieveexcellence and enable our students to maximise their potential. We have thehighest expectations around behaviour and standards, and this is achievedthrough working alongside passionate and dedicated colleagues who share thisvision.

Our young people are proud of the school andtheir community, and have high aspirations that we see reflected in theirconduct and engagement. We also actively promote staff wellbeing, supportingcolleagues in what is a challenging yet rewarding profession.

Please take the time to read our latestOfsted Report (October 2023) which can be found on our school website. We hopethis inspires you to visit us, as it is only by stepping into our school andmeeting our students and staff, that you are able to appreciate the specialplace we believe this school to be.

This post is covered by Part 7 ofthe Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spokenEnglish is an essential requirement for the role.

Wehope you will take the opportunity to arrange an informal visit, as we believethat by doing so, you will discover what a great place this is to work and beinspired to join our hard-working students and supportive and ambitious team.Please arrange an appointment by contacting Cherise Hogan, HR Manager, on 0121566 4370.

Holte School is committed to safeguarding and promoting thewelfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successfulcandidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks in line withthe KCSIE guidance, including an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; ChildcareDisqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medicalfitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to providetwo suitable references. It is arequirement for all shortlisted candidates to complete a self-declaration oftheir criminal record and to undergo a general online search carried out by the school.

Thispost is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendmentsto the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying forcertain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they aredisclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information aboutfiltering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.