Office Manager
Harris Primary Academy Merton, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 1JW12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 March 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 £38,392.98-£40,157.80 (45 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £38,571-£40,344
Pay scale
- Grade 7 (Inner 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 Merton. If you are interested in planning, developing and monitoring support services and managing administrative support staff, this could be the role for you.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
- General clerical/administrative/financial work
- Previous experience in a PA role, including diary management at a senior level
- Strong ICT and data inputting skills, including advanced use of Microsoft Office
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills with both children and adults
- Experience of leading a team of people for improvement with successful outcomes
- Knowledge and experience of operating effective financial processes in line with company/ school best practice procedures.
- Experience of running successful income generation projects within school or company settings
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
Harris Primary Academy Merton opened in 2014 as a local school for children aged two to eleven. We have a Nursery for 60 children and are a 2 form entry school for children in Pre School through to Year 6. We also have an additional resource base for 22 children who are diagnosed with Autism. Our belief is that children thrive when they are consistently happy and safe at school and that through expert teaching and support all pupils can achieve to a high standard. As a part of the Harris Federation, we share best teaching practice with other Harris Academies and continue to build on the Harris Federation's proven track record in the borough: with two successful and oversubscribed Harris Secondary Academies, Harris Academy Merton and Harris Academy Morden.
Our aim at Harris Primary Academy Merton is to make sure that our pupils leave us thoroughly prepared for secondary school and feeling that they have succeeded both academically and in the extracurricular aspects of Academy life.
We want all of our children to have a truly enjoyable experience at school. Our pupils' achievements are celebrated every day in their lessons and we are proud that they are kind, caring, self-assured and eager to learn.
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.
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.
Flexible working opportunities
Harris Federation is committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual’s circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.
Our approach to flexibility includes a range of solutions, from tailored working hours to part-time arrangements, where appropriate, ensuring that we maintain our high standards of education while supporting the wellbeing of our staff. Whether you are a classroom teacher, support staffor part of our senior leadership team, we work together to find solutions that align with both the operational needs of the academy and your professional development.
Harris Federation and our academies are dedicated to creating an inclusive and collaborative environment, where every member of staff can thrive and feel valued in their role.
Further details about the role
Your main areas of responsibility will include:
- Administration and diary management for the Principal
- Support for HR processes an dfiles, including managing and maintaining administrative systems, supporting staff on academy procedures and recruitment and onboarding
- Maintenance of the academy's Single Central Record
- Managing health and safety compliance
- Line management of the office team, premises and cleaning staff
- Communications with parents, pupils, the local community and the media where necessary
A full list of duties 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 Merton
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 490 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Harris Primary Academy Merton website
- Email address
- info@harrisprimarymerton.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 679 3707
Harris Primary Academy Merton is a primary academy for local children aged two to 11. We opened in September 2014 and were rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in 2017. It is our belief that children thrive when they are consistently happy and safe at school and that through expert teaching and support all pupils can achieve to a high standard.
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