Office Manager
Crown Hills Community College
Leicester
- £25,481 - £27,741 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2021
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2021
Job overview
Dear prospective applicant,
In the top 12% of schools nationally, Crown Hills Community College blends a 70-year history of inclusive education with an innovative, forward-looking approach to providing a state education like no other to 1,500 students from inner city backgrounds.
The School now seeks to appoint an exceptional individual to work alongside the Chief Operating Officer, Business Lead for Finance, Business Lead for HR and Business Lead for Curriculum, who together comprise the
Senior Support Staff Leadership Team. The Office Manager is involved in all areas of school life but takes the lead on all matters relating to office administration. This is, therefore, an exciting opportunity to play an integral role in being the face of the school with staff, parents, students and the local community.
To be successful, the appointee will possess a proven track record of providing excellent operational delivery across a comparable, diverse portfolio.
You will be smart, hungry and humble.
We are looking for an adept manager with strong values and experience of managing and leading others. Candidates will be assessed on their understanding of effective strategic leadership and their ability to work with others, including their use of IT.
This role will suit professionals with a high level of personal credibility and demonstrable experience in managing an office environment. Outstanding communication skills and the personal authority to build strong relationships with pupils, staff and parents are essential, as is a deep commitment to the School’s aims and values.
We welcome applications from those with both non-educational and educational backgrounds across the private, public and third sectors.
How we lead is as important as the direction we are taking staff in. You need to have the emotional intelligence to deal with sensitive matters with clarity as well as trusting those around you to deliver and, when needed, have tough love conversations to improve delivery. We have 200 staff and 1500 students, so your ability to work with different groups of people in a dynamic environment is paramount and a key part of the role.
Our mission is simple, we want every student to be the best that they can be, thrive in the best possible career and contribute positively to society.
You will see from our site that our three key values permeate all that we do and have allowed us to grow from strength to strength:
Aspiration - Be the best you can be
Commitment - Do what it takes for as long as it takes
Success - Be ready to take on the world
As Principal, it has always been my philosophy to grow and nurture new talent so that we create the next generation of leaders, it is something that I have done throughout my career, and this role will support the successful individual on their journey.
If you have high aspirations for children from deprived backgrounds and experience of delivering educational excellence by providing a high quality education for the most vulnerable of students as well the business acumen to know how an office needs to function in a school, we would love to hear from you.
If you would like to discuss the role in confidence, please contact me on 07821543443.
We are looking for the role to start as soon as possible so that there is a sufficient handover with the current post holder.
We have also organised an information evening, please contact my PA Jo Amey by email
jamey@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk to confirm your attendance:
Information Evening 1 – Thursday 24th June 5.30pm
Deadline for applicants is 9am 28th June to jamey@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk
Interviews will be held on Friday 2nd July 2021
Yours sincerely,
Mr F Adam
(Principal)
Attached documents
About Crown Hills Community College
- Crown Hills Community College
- Gwendolen Road, Leicester
- Leicestershire
- LE5 5FT
- United Kingdom
Our aim has always been to make Crown Hills Community College one of the best schools to attend as a child and to work in as a member of staff.
The last few years have been amazing for our college community, as we have started to gain external recognition for the way we are doing things; from being shortlisted twice for the TES well-being school of the year in 2022 and 2023, to being one of five schools to win the Silver Award for the Pearson's secondary school of the year.
Every decision that we take is done with a lot of thought and consideration and we put well-being at the centre, so that teachers can teach and students can learn.
Therefore, we are not a college that is driven by OFSTED and whether we are GOOD or OUTSTANDING but we do things because they are at the very essence of helping our children and school community to be the best that they can be.
We have nearly 200 staff and 1500 students. Our mission is simple, we want every student to be the best that they can be, thrive in the best possible career and contribute positively to society.
We are very clear that the gender, background, colour, financial or social status of a child should have no bearing on how well they perform and staff here work extremely hard in trying to close that gap between the different groups of pupils.
We are well oversubscribed, even though we have increased our PAN from 240 to 300 pupils, we have more applicants than we have spaces. Our P8 score has also increased year on year and we have fluctuated between the top 12% and 20% of schools nationally. We are particularly proud that our PP pupils achieved a score of +0.17 in 2023.
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