Office Manager

Job title: Ark Blake Academy Office Manager 

Location: East Croydon – Ten-minute walk from East Croydon station

Contract: Permanent; 40 hours per week – Term Time + 2 weeks

Start date: February 2024

Salary: Ark Support Scale 8: Pay Points 19 to 24 £32,828 to £35,437

Closing date: Friday 12th January 2024 at 12.00pm

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis 

Opportunity for an exceptional candidate to be an Office Manager, at Ark Blake Academy in East Croydon.

Ark Blake Academy is a growing and successful academy based in East Croydon that opened in September 2020. We are consistently oversubscribed in every year group and currently have students in Year 7 – 10. We will continue to grow and look forward to our first cohort of students completing their GCSE studies in the summer of 2025. We have recently welcomed a new Principal and a number senior and middle leaders to the Academy and are now wishing to recruit for a key role to drive forward our ambitious plans.

At Ark Blake Academy, we believe that each of our pupils is born with unique potential for greatness and can take responsibility to achieve this. Our mission for the school is to embed a powerful knowledge-rich curriculum and provide fantastic opportunities for character development, all underpinned by an environment where exemplary behaviour is the norm. In terms of our school culture, it is based around the simple but powerful belief of ‘working hard, being kind and taking responsibility’. We aim to become a leading school in London as quickly as possible by living out this day to day belief.

The role 

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the administrative functions of the Academy run efficiently and effectively. You will supervise Reception and Administrative staff ensuring that a highly welcoming and professional service is maintained. You will monitor, review and adapt systems and processes in line with the needs of a growing school.

As part of the wider staff team you will uphold the vision and ethos of the school at all times and provide excellent customer service to a range of stakeholders.

You will demonstrate: 

• Excellent team working skills

• Empathy, patience, reliability and consistency

• Genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every pupil 

• Flexibility, proactivity and a willingness to change approaches when necessary

• Deep commitment to Ark’s mission of providing an excellent education to every pupil, regardless of background

• Good communication skills, both written and spoken

• High level of self-awareness and self-management in stressful situations

• Resilience, motivation and commitment to achieving excellence 

• Ability to be reflective and proactive in seeking feedback to constantly improve practice

• Commitment to regular and on-going professional development and training 

View the full job description and person specification

For more information about our school, please visit: www.arkblake.org. 

To arrange a confidential conversation with the Academy about this role, please contact: v.rouse@arkblake.org.

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our academies. In order to meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process which will include questions about safeguarding. This process is outlined here, but can be provided in more detail if requested. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for the role.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link. 

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.