Office Manager

Astrea Academy Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 9BE

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November / December 2025

• Closing date

  2 November 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  22 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,537.00 - £34,470.00 Annually (Actual)

Office Manager job summary

Office Manager - Astrea Academy Sheffield

Location: Astrea Academy Sheffield
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent, 52 weeks per year
Start Date: As soon as possible

Do you have excellent organisational skills and attention to detail? Are you experienced in working within a busy administrative environment?

Astrea Academy Sheffield is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Office Manager to join our hardworking and supportive team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the smooth running of our school and make a real difference in the lives of our scholars.

Every day is different, and every day is rewarding.

What We’re Looking For

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in a busy administrative role, ideally within a school setting.
• Knowledge of school systems and a variety of IT platforms.
• A professional approach to handling confidential and sensitive information in line with GDPR principles.
• Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Key Responsibilities

Oversee the daily operations of the school office to ensure efficiency and professionalism.

Manage and support the administrative team, including delegation of tasks and performance monitoring.

Maintain accurate pupil records and ensure timely completion of statutory returns.

Handle confidential information in line with GDPR and safeguarding policies.

Coordinate communication between staff, parents, and external agencies.

Support school leadership with administrative tasks, diary management, and meeting coordination.

Monitor and manage office supplies, procurement, and budget tracking.

Supervise reception duties, ensuring a welcoming and professional front-of-house service.

Assist with HR processes including recruitment, onboarding, and staff absence reporting.

Ensure the effective use of school systems such as SIMS, Arbor, or Bromcom.

Organise school events, meetings, and correspondence.

Promote a positive and collaborative working environment within the office team.

About Us

At Astrea Academy Sheffield, we are values-driven and committed to providing an exceptional, knowledge-rich educational experience to ensure all scholars succeed. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, regardless of background, prior attainment, or need.

We believe in raising expectations, removing barriers, and enabling every scholar to flourish.

What We Offer

• A supportive and experienced team environment.
• Excellent CPD opportunities to support your professional growth.
• Enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Networking opportunities across the wider Astrea Academy Trust.

Interested in Applying?

Please refer to the Applicant Brief for full details of the role. We warmly welcome visits to the academy and would be delighted to show you around our excellent learning environment.

Closing Date:

The closing date for applications is 2nd November 2025. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Flexible Interview Dates:

Please note that interview dates are flexible, and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its scholars and expects all staff, volunteers and members of the Academy community to share this commitment.

We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, scholars and staff within the Academy. All concerns are passed through the Safeguarding Team in line with our Astrea Academy Sheffield Safeguarding Policy 2023 and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Guidance.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Astrea Academy Sheffield

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 18
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1051 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Astrea Academy Sheffield website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/astrea-academy-sheffield

At Astrea Academy Sheffield, we address our young people as scholars because we know that every single one of them is capable of outstanding academic achievements. We promote scholarship by offering an all-through curriculum which is rich in powerful knowledge and meticulously planned by subject experts. We know that powerful knowledge is the key that will open powerful doors for our scholars in the future. Therefore, we are relentlessly committed to delivering exceptional lessons in every classroom, every day.

We respect every scholars’ right to access an exceptional education and offer academic, inspiring and broad opportunities for all through both our curriculum and co-curriculum. We teach our young people to be responsible through our thoughtful character education programme and essential habit building work. Our scholars respect everyone in our academy’s community and grow their responsibility, knowing that they are the leaders of tomorrow.

We are tenacious in our commitment to do the very best for the young people in our care and this tenacity is mirrored in the way that our scholars work on their academic and character education every day.

We foster curiosity in our young people by providing them with a rounded education which opens doors to new opportunities, ideas and experiences. Our classrooms are filled with the awe and wonder that is comes from the joy of learning.

If you are interested in coming to see more of what we do, then please email info@astreasheffield.org to arrange a visit.

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