Office Manager
Prince Rock Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 9JF9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
16 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
5 June 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
- £25,008.00 - £27,151.00 Annually (Actual) FTE - £29,093 - £31,586
Office Manager job summary
Prince Rock Primary School is seeking a highly organised, approachable, and efficient Office Manager to join our dedicated team. You will play a vital role in the daily running of our busy school office, ensuring smooth administrative operations and providing exceptional support to staff, pupils, and parents alike. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, have a keen eye for detail, and are passionate about contributing to a positive school community, we would love to hear from you.
As Office Manager, you will lead the administration function, supporting the Headteacher, staff and wider school community to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the school office.
This is a varied and rewarding role, with responsibilities spanning across office leadership, school administration, HR and finance processes, communication, and premises support.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and supporting a high-performing admin team.
- Managing school communications and front-of-house reception.
- Maintaining accurate staff and pupil records through Arbor and other systems.
- Overseeing school finance admin tasks such as orders, payments and trip tracking.
- Acting as the main contact between the school and the Trust’s central teams.
- Supporting recruitment, induction, and compliance procedures, including the Single Central Record.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Is confident with ICT and data systems such as Arbor, PS Financials or similar.
- Has excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Is an effective communicator and team leader, with a calm and professional manner.
- Understands the importance of confidentiality, safeguarding and attention to detail.
Desirable:
Experience with MIS systems, finance processes, recruitment administration, or site management.
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.
CVs are not accepted.
About Prince Rock Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 408 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Prince Rock Primary School website
School location
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