Office Manager

The Adeyfield Academy, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4DE

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 January 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 December 2024

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: £24,593.00 - £26,692.00 Annually (Actual) H6 Term Time Only plus 1 week

Office Manager job summary

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic team player to ensure the effective line management, leadership and organisation of the front office reception administration team, and their workload, ensuring the smooth and effective running of the main office, reception and medical room. The successful candidate will be very well organised and have the ability to work well as the leader of a team.

Key roles and responsibilities:

The effective line management, leadership and organisation of the front office reception administration team, and their workload, ensuring the smooth and effective running of the main office, reception and medical room.

Ensure accurate, timely and effective management and organisation of administration support using all relevant school software and systems.

Manage daily cover for teaching staff and room changes effectively and in a timely manner.

The Academy offers:

A friendly working environment with supportive and caring colleagues

Generous pension benefits

Onsite catering facilities

Excellent facilities with significant recent investment

All staff encouraged and supported in their professional development

Desirable location to live or work with great transport links and perfectly located for job seekers from Herts, Beds, Bucks and North and West London

The Adeyfield Academy is set in the heart of the community of Hemel Hempstead and is a mixed, all ability 11-18 sponsored Academy and part of the Ambition Education Trust. We welcome visits from potential applicants. Please contact our Trust HR Manager on 01442 406020.

Closing Date for application & shortlisting: 10 January 2025 at Midnight

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

The Adeyfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to a post at The Adeyfield Academy is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education. The Adeyfield Academy is part of the Ambition Education Trust based in Hertfordshire. Our aim is to build on our proven track records of maintaining exceptional standards and driving continuous school improvement. We are building a collaborative partnership of schools which will provide an exceptional educational experience, both within and outside the classroom, by promoting excellence and stretching challenges.

We are committed to the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status. We expect all our staff to demonstrate a commitment to advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.

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

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About The Adeyfield Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 762 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Adeyfield Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-adeyfield-academy (opens in new tab)

The Adeyfield Academy is a 11-19 comprehensive school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. There are approximately 560 students on roll including 70 in the Sixth Form. Our aim is to provide the highest quality education for each individual, supported by our motto of Learning Without Limits. The Adeyfield Academy has an enthusiastic, energetic and experienced staff body. There are many opportunities to become involved in extra-curricular activities including drama productions, musical events, sport and residential visits. The school is a rewarding environment in which to work, with excellent relationships between all members of our school community. Teamwork is at the core of our work and we value the input of all staff equally. We know that we are strongest when we all work together to achieve the best for all our students. We operate a 25 period, two-week timetable. A faculty system operates and Heads of Faculty lead the curriculum areas. A year system operates with all students allocated to a form group. In Year 7 -9 students are taught in half-year groups with setting in the core subjects. In Years 10-11, students follow a core of English, Maths, Science, PE, Citizenship, Geography or History with four option choices from a wide range of subjects. Open access to the Sixth Form encourages many students to stay on each year. Programmes of study include A-Level and Vocational courses. As a result of growing student numbers and a wider array of specialisms offered amongst staff, our KS5 curriculum continues to expand. The Adeyfield Academy continues to go from strength-to-strength and we want all students to achieve their best.

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