Office Manager

Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 8DB

18 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
1 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 June 2025

Job details

Job role: Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, Term Time Only plus 10 days
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: S01 SCP23 – 25 (actual salary £29,829 - £31,500 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

Lead an Administrative Team in the delivery of admin support and services to staff, students and parents.
Oversee the administrative office and the delivery of outstanding admin support to colleagues and senior leaders.
Manage complex data and information while ensuring that school systems are kept up to date.
Maintain critical school records and databases, ensuring confidentiality is maintained where necessary, but meeting the Academy’s statutory responsibilities, including to external organisations such as the DfE.
Oversee the departmental budget, seeking best value and propriety in purchases and financial transactions to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
Assist in managing HR and recruitment processes, including recruitment of temporary and supply members of staff.

The essential requirements of this role are:

Minimum of GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or above (or equivalent)
Excellent communication skills including telephone/reception skills
Experience of supervising or managing staff
Experience of working in a school office environment at a senior level
Experience using Microsoft Office and complex databases with excellent IT skills
Fluency of the English Language at an Advanced Threshold Level

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

Employer contribution towards Government pension schemes
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (24 hours per day, 7 days a week)
Occupational Health referral scheme
Mental Health First Aiders, in a number of our schools
A developing range of accessible CPD (www.exceedacademiestrust.co.uk/talent)

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.