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Office Manager

Office Manager

Bolingbroke Academy

Wandsworth

  • £29,915 - £31,985 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
Ark Inner London Support Scale Grade 7, Point 14-18
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
14 July 2023

Job overview

Office Manager

 

Reports to: Operations Manager

Start date: Immediate Start                   

Salary: £29,915 - £31,985 Pro-rata (Ark Inner London Support Scale Grade 7, Point 14-18)

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only 8am – 5pm with an additional 79.4 hours during school holidays

Closing Date: 14th July 2023, 4pm

 

 

The Role:

As Office Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the administrative functions of Bolingbroke Academy run efficiently and effectively. You will oversee the administrative staff, data and digital team, front office, and exam processes. You will be responsible for all Communication from the school and ensuring clear and effective communication with parents.

 

Our ideal candidate will have:

  • Experience of running and managing an effective administrative, clerical and data departments.
  • The ability to lead, coach and motivate staff within a performance management framework, providing professional development and effectively challenging and managing any underperformance.
  • The ability to work well under pressure
  • Experience of having worked successfully in at least one large primary or secondary school. (Desirable)
  • Experience of school’s data systems including Bromcom/CCR/School cloud etc. (Desirable)
  • Degree level education (Desirable)

 

About us:

We are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school. 

 

We want all staff to thrive, modelling leadership and determination to the pupils and students within our rich and diverse academy, working together to fulfil our vision of creating a centre of excellence within our local community.

 

We empower our teams by valuing the individual and prioritising professional development. This is delivered through weekly CPD sessions, dedicated line management meetings and by encouraging staff to develop their own ideas and projects, within their departments and beyond.

 

Bolingbroke Academy is a uniquely exciting, fulfilling and innovative place to work, learn and grow.

 

How to apply:

To find out more, please visit https://arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/jobs/vacancies. Please submit your application by 14th July 2023, at 4pm.

 

For further information, technical queries regarding the application system or to arrange to discuss the role, please contact l.loke@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org.

 

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

 

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.

About Bolingbroke Academy

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+44 20 7924 8200

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Bolingbroke Academy

Although we are privileged and proud to be part of the wider Ark network with the ethos and benefits that come with it we have our own culture and values that is at the heart of all that we do.

We are a courageous, compassionate community – empowering excellence.

Training Opportunities

Our HR and Teaching and Learning teams are dedicated to offering the best development for all staff joining the academy, challenging and supporting staff to excel in their roles. In order to deliver exceptional training, we offer twice as many training days as standard. For teaching staff, we offer weekly CPD sessions which are held on a vast array of topics and run by many staff all showcasing their expertise. To develop the trainers, we ensure all sessions are reviewed retrospectively providing feedback and suggesting presentation and content improvements. We also offer weekly line management for everyone, additional coaching sessions for new and trainee staff and a more regular and developmental appraisal system.

Wellbeing and Inclusion

At Bolingbroke we value the individual and encourage difference. To achieve this, we start with inclusive recruiting practices. Starting from our job descriptions to blind recruiting, structured shortlisting and scoring we ensure that all employees applying are only measured against their skills, achievements and values. We want all our employees to have a voice, these can be heard through the wellbeing committee or diversity group. The Diversity Group promotes diversity within the curriculum, pupil’s school experience and for staff whilst the Wellbeing committee consists of representatives from all departments in the school and highlights issues concerning the staff and supporting in creating achievable and beneficial solutions. All staff are involved in co-planning meaning their input into the curriculum and teaching strategies are implemented. An employee will also have a 360 aspect to all appraisals ensuring peer review and employees to contribute to their managers appraisals. The school is dedicated to training and develop their leaders and staff on diversity and inclusion through a programme of CPD sessions and online training.

We recognise our outstanding talent through half termly staff voted awards and our annual Above and Beyond award.

Specialisms

Like all Ark academies, Bolingbroke Academy will specialise in mathematics. We also have a strong focus on music, which helps develop self-expression, self-discipline, performance and team work as well as building a strong sense of community through collective participation. Our aim is for every pupil to play an instrument confidently and to take part in regular performances.

Be part of a network

Joining our school means becoming part of a network of education experts who are all united by the same purpose - a commitment to making a difference where it matters most. You will have the opportunity to come together with your peers locally, nationally and sometimes even internationally, to share resources, learning and good practice.  You'll also be supported to focus on what you do best. We are always looking for ways to take away additional pressures, to give you more freedom to concentrate on improving education outcomes for young people. We offer support beyond the classroom; from prioritising strong behaviour management strategies to giving you access to our award-winning data management platform.

Ofsted

Bolingbroke Academy was inspected by Ofsted in December 2013 and was graded as "good". Read the full report here. You can also read our short 2018 inspection report here

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