Office Manager

Holte School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 2EP

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  28 April 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  3 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,409.00 - £32,654.00 Annually (FTE) Term Time only. GR3 SCP 9-22 (£26,409 – £32,654 pro rata, actual salary range is £23,255 - £28,754) Subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review.

Office Manager job summary

Office Manager

Fixed Term Contract - Required to start asap until 31 December 2025

Full-time, Term Time only.

GR3 SCP 9-22 (£26,409 – £32,654 pro rata, actual salary range is £23,255 - £28,754) Subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review.

Required to start as soon as possible.

“Holte School welcomes everyone. It is a calm and safe environment in which pupils learn well.

Pupils treat each other and adults with evident respect”

We are looking to appoint a temporary Office Manager to work within our Operations Team due to staff development within the team. The successful candidate will provide operational and executive support to the Headteacher with responsibility for leading on administration systems ensuring the school office is running effectively and provide support to the HR and Finance functions. There may be an opportunity for the temporary post to be extended or to be able to apply for the permanent position.

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:

• A talented staff team who welcome new challenges and are committed to supporting and developing colleagues and students.
• A supportive community and Governing Board.
• Quality continuous professional development.
• Opportunities to work in collaboration with partner schools, where available.
• A supportive Governing Board and school community.

Holte School is an oversubscribed, diverse, multi-racial, 11-18 community school and are one of only 8 schools across the country to be recognised as a ‘National IQM Inclusion Champion’ school. The school is on a shared site with both a primary and a special school. The school's ethos emphasises high quality teaching to achieve excellence and enable our students to maximise their potential. We have the highest expectations around behaviour and standards, and this is achieved through working alongside passionate and dedicated colleagues who share this vision.

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

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

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

We hope you will take the opportunity to arrange an informal visit, as we believe that by doing so, you will discover what a great place this is to work and be inspired to join our hard-working students and supportive and ambitious team. Please arrange an appointment by contacting Cherise Hogan, HR Manager, on 0121 566 4370.

Holte School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks in line with the KCSIE guidance, including an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. It is a requirement for all shortlisted candidates to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and to undergo a general online search carried out by the school.

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

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.

Applying for the job

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

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Holte School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1169 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Holte School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/holte-school

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