Office Manager
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9BZThis job expired on 22 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
26th August 2025
Closing date
22 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
1 May 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
- £24,725.00 - £27,256.00 Annually (Actual)
Office Manager job summary
Office manager
Employer: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Location: St Joseph's Catholic Academy Market Harborough
Hours: 37 hours per week
Position: Permanent / 41 weeks per year
Salary: £24,725.64 - £27,256.33
Grade: Band 4 (Points 11 - 14)
Start Date: 26th August 2025
Closing date: 5pm on the 22nd of May 2025
Interview Date: Tuesday the 10th of June
About us:
St Joseph's is a small school with a big heart! Our warm welcoming community offers a caring, supportive and engaging place to work. Where every child and member of staff is encouraged to achieve their full potential. Our dedicated staff work as a team, supporting each other, to provide the very best start in life for our pupils.
The role:
As Office Manager, you will be the first point of contact for parents and visitors to the school. You will work closely with the Headteacher to manage the administrative functions of the school, including HR, finance support, health and safety compliance, and lead a small office team to ensure a high level of service and efficiency.
Key responsibilities:
- Managing the daily operations of the school office
- Communication with parents
- Line-managing administrative staff
- Overseeing attendance, admissions and pupil records
- Supporting with finance and budgets
- Supporting with HR administration, including recruitment paperwork and DBS checks
- Ensuring compliance with safeguarding and data protection procedures
- Supporting the Headteacher and and senior leadership team
What we are looking for:
- Previous experience in a busy administrative or office management role
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong IT skills, including MS office and school systems
- Ability to work independently, prioritise and meet deadlines
- A warm, professional manner and a positive, can=do attitude
- Experience in a school or education setting is desirable but not essential
We offer:
- A supportive and friendly working environment
- Opportunities for professional development
- A meaningful role contributing to children's education
- A term-time schedule for improved work-life balance
How to apply
To apply for this role please submit your application no later than the closing date stated above. You will receive an automated response from our vacancies inbox to confirm your application has been received. We warmly encourage applicants to visit our schools. Please contact the school offices to arrange an appointment on 01858 465359.
Why work for the St Thomas Aquinas Multi Academy Trust?
Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 23 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.
Pension - automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 28.68% employer contributions, or to the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.
Childcare – If you have children that attend before/after school at one of the 23 schools in our Trust, that provide their own provision, as an employee you will be able to access this resource for free.
About St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Our school is part of the St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi-Academy Trust which brings together the 23 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Leicester City, Rutland and Leicestershire. Our priority is to ensure the very best Catholic Education for all young people in our community, whatever their circumstances. We will achieve this together, through a strategic approach to sharing best practice, effective challenge and support from a central standards and performance team and opportunities for high quality Continuing Professional Development.
The Trust and all our schools within our Trust committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check, online check and other pre-employment checks are required for successful applicants. The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.
Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
Learn more about us on our socials:
Instagram: @StThomasAquinasCMAT
Facebook: @StThomasAquinasCMAT
LinkedIn: @st-thomas-aquinas-catholic-multi-academy-trust
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.
About St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 192 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy website
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