Office Manager
St Josephs Catholic Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 1HF18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
4th September 2025
Closing date
2 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £9,534.00 - £10,510.00 Annually (Actual) Working 39 weeks per year x 15 hours per week - Thursday & Friday - 8.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Office Manager job summary
Office Manager
Employer: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Location: St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Hours: 15 hours per week
Position: Part-time - Permanent
Salary: £9,534 - £10,510 (annually actual)
Grade: Band 4 (Points 11-17)
Start Date: 4th September 2025
Closing date: 09:00 a.m. 2nd June 2025
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Basic Duties and Responsibilities
Ideally have an administration qualification (Level 3 or above) and relevant experience
To ensure the school office answer, manage and direct all telephone calls to the school efficiently and effectively.
Dealing with challenging callers and visitors to the school and the handling of external complaints.
Maintain the pupil database – Arbor
To compile information and ensure it is current by making regular checks with the administration staff, parents and staff
To be responsible for the running of the school Census
Be responsible for running, correcting and submitting pupil returns in a timely manner and liaising with the Local Authority with any issues.
Ensure parents provide adequate information about new students and load this information onto the school database (Arbor).
Signing for deliveries / collections.
To phone parents and carers to communicate messages from school
Supervision of other office staff
Perform any task or duty under the reasonable direction of the Head Teacher.
This is not an exhaustive list. The duties and responsibilities of the role may vary from time to time, commensurate with and without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed, and would not in itself justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.
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 0116 2416197.
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.
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 St Josephs Catholic Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 242 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Josephs Catholic Academy website
School location
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