Office Manager
Harris Primary Academy Croydon, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 3JT12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Term time only: Actual salary £36,178.67-£38,509 (42 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £38,934-£41,442
Pay scale
- Grade 8 (Outer London)
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an Office Manager to organise and supervise administrative systems within Harris Primary Academy Croydon. You will contribute to the planning, development and monitoring of support services and/or management of admin support staff, including the coordination and delegation of relevant activities, finance and HR.
The successful candidate will have:
- Appropriate degree or equivalent level of Education
- Good understanding of databases, including ability to use database to process reports and statistics
- Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice/legislation.
- knowledge of personal assistant roles and responsibilities
- Human resources experience e.g. recruitment and monitoring attendance
- Several years' experience working in an office environment at senior level.
- Experience of using Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience of using Bromcom or other MIS
- Experience of working with the general public.
- Experience of using, maintaining and developing administrative systems.
What the school offers its staff
Harris Primary Academy Croydon joined the Harris Federation in 2020 and is part of a family of primary, secondary and all-through academies in and around London. We have many successful Harris academies nearby in the borough and, as part of a thriving community of schools, we benefit from the ability to share, learn, support and challenge each other.
In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.
Further details about the role
The main responsibilities of this role will be to coordinate all administrative functions to assist in the smooth running of the Academy. The principal accountabilities are as follows:
- To be responsible for the management of the Academy office;
- To be responsible for the Finance for the Academy;
- To be responsible for the HR for the Academy;
- To be responsible for the Health and Safety of the Academy;
- To line lead the office staff and delegate work appropriately;
- To provide PA/administrative support to the Principal.
A full list of responsibilities can be found in the Job Pack.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Harris Primary Academy Croydon
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 417 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@harrisprimarycroydon.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8689 7688
Our aim for pupils at Harris Primary Academy Croydon (HPAC) is for them to develop into happy, confident and independent individuals who are motivated by a real love of learning.
We have high expectations for every child and provide expert teaching so that our pupils make excellent progress. We place a strong emphasis on the dedicated teaching of reading, writing and maths so that our pupils have a solid foundation to build their learning in other subjects.
Our curriculum is rich, varied and engaging and we deliver a range of extra-curricular activities so that our pupils can try new things and learn to embrace challenge. We hope that every child finds something they truly enjoy and excel at during their time with us, whether that is science, creative writing, art, public speaking, sport or anything else. Our goal is to develop the whole child and personal, social and emotional development are key in enabling our pupils to flourish. Every day our pupils, teachers and staff all contribute to making our academy a warm and welcoming place to learn. I am very proud of our pupils' positivity towards their learning and the kindness they display towards their teachers and each other.
We have high hopes for every pupil, regardless of their background or starting point. Our teachers prepare lessons and activities that engage their pupils’ intellectual curiosity and develop their burgeoning talents and interests. Every lesson is devised to be engaging and fun so that children approach their learning positively and make excellent progress. Our teachers and support staff work closely with any child who is finding aspects of learning difficult and identify those who need an extra challenge.
We are very much a community school and, as well as developing local links and partnerships, we encourage our pupils to be polite, caring and outstanding members of their local community. This, we hope, will help enable our pupils to become compassionate, ambitious, global citizens of the future. We also know that a close partnership with parents and carers is vital and we do all we can to keep them informed and involved in all aspects of school life.
Harris Primary Academy Croydon joined the Harris Federation in 2020 and is part of a family of primary, secondary and all-through academies in and around London. We have many successful Harris academies nearby in the borough and, as part of a thriving community of schools, we benefit from the ability to share, learn, support and challenge each other.
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