School Administration Manager
Blossom House School
Merton
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Spring Term 2023 / ASAP
- Apply by:
- 2 March 2023
Job overview
Blossom House is an Ofsted-rated “Outstanding” specialist school for children aged 3 – 19 years of age with speech, language and communication difficulties. We are rapidly expanding and are therefore seeking to appoint a Head of Administration to manage the delivery of an effective administration service across all sites.
The role:
We are looking for someone to manage our Administration team and service, leading the way on policy and process development and implementation whilst providing a highly professional and friendly ‘face of the school’ to external stakeholders. You will support the school across sites in achieving positive and effective lines of communication, managing the development and implementation of an effective administrative support service and overseeing administrative staff.
We think that someone who is already carrying out the role of School Business Manager / Bursar / Office Manager may be suitable and interested in this role.
We offer:
· A friendly, nurturing environment in a newly refurbished building.
· Close to a good transport network and on-site free parking is available.
· Support from an enthusiastic and dedicated team of established and experienced staff.
· Competitive salaries and generous staff benefits.
The ideal candidate will have:
· Worked at a senior level, managing staff in an office environment.
· Ability to work under pressure and within deadlines.
· Experience in managing, supervising, training and developing administrative staff.
· The ability to effectively implement processes and procedures across sites, using your excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· A natural ability to communicate well across all levels of staff and with parents/carers and external agencies.
· Knowledge using a range of IT systems (including Microsoft packages).
· Work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and own position within these.
The role is a Permanent,
Monday to Friday, 08:30 – 17:00
8 weeks holiday per annum plus bank holidays
Salary: £38,200 - £40,900 depending on skills and experience
Closing date: 3rd March 2023
To start: Spring term 2023
If you wish to apply for the post, please download the application form from the school website: www.blossomhouseschool.co.uk/vacancies and email the completed application form detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification along with the recruitment activity (on the last page of the advert) to recruitment@blossomhouseschool.co.uk by the closing date.
Blossom House School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including and Enhanced DBS check, the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
We can only shortlist based on completed applications and not CV’s alone.
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About Blossom House School
- Blossom House School
- Station Road, Motspur Park, New Malden
- London
- KT3 6JJ
- United Kingdom
Blossom House is a very special place to work, not just because of our wonderful team of staff, but also because of the satisfaction of supporting the development of our fantastic pupils. Rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in November 2023, we aim to continually evolve our working environment to ensure we remain an outstanding place to work.
We believe in the importance of supporting our staff in all ways and we are committed to investing in your personal development, giving you the opportunity to undertake external courses as well as offering training in INSET. We have a Learning Teaching and Therapy Support Team in place to offer one to one coaching if required.
All assistants currently have the opportunity to obtain a City & Guilds accredited training course in Behaviour Support Management while working here. We also deliver the Elklan course which is an accredited speech and language training programme aimed at professionals working in schools.
We also acknowledge any stress that may be experienced through working in this environment. To support our teaching staff, therapists and other staff, we offer sports activities (including yoga and football) and an employee assistance programme which includes one to one counselling.
When you join the team at Blossom House, you’ll benefit from:
- A modern, climate-controlled working environment at Motspur Park.
- Well-equipped teaching rooms with interactive whiteboards.
- Ample underground car parking and good transport links at Motspur Park, while our Euston school is within walking distance from London Euston rail station.
- Small classes (maximum of 10 but usually less).
- Learning Support Assistant in every class.
- A wellbeing programme that includes a £60 termly wellbeing allowance.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- An independent employee assistance programme.
- UK Healthcare cash plan designed to help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optical and dental bills and offers cashback (up to policy limits) for a variety of different medical treatments. It also offers lifestyle benefits and discounted gym membership.
- Free lunch once a week and ample drinks and snacks in our comfortable staff room.
- Cycle scheme and Tech scheme.
- End of term parties and gifts.
Comments from our staff
‘I was going to give up teaching until I joined Blossom, 8 years later and still learning new things and enjoying it.’
‘It’s nice to feel part of a community where care is at its centre.’
‘Being able to work as such a close team, with so much support, is brilliant.’
‘Everyone is so friendly and the team approach makes working here so much easier.’
We are always interested in meeting friendly, competent, dedicated, suitably qualified and experienced candidates for roles at Blossom House. If you are interested in making a difference and joining our dedicated team, please send your application to recruitment@blossomhouseschool.co.uk.
Blossom House School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including an Enhanced DBS check, the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We can only shortlist based on completed applications and not CV’s alone.
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