School Office Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a friendly and professional School Office Manager to provide day-to-day supervision of the Dunhurst Reception, leading and directing the dedicated small team of Receptionists, and delivering general secretarial and administrative support to the Deputy Head and other staff as required.

You must be able to motivate, lead, and foster effective working relationships with the Receptionists and this includes ensuring the team are working effectively and feel supported in the work they do.

You will have previous experience in a customer-orientated/front-line role and have the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with good working knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel, and proficiency in planning multiple priorities under pressure and to tight deadlines.

The hours of work are term time - 37.5 hours per week from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday plus an additional 37.5 hrs per week worked pre and post each term. Six additional weeks in total.

Benefits

Our benefits include on-site parking, free school lunches during term time, life assurance, pension and personal accident cover.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button. 

Closing date: 9:00am, Wednesday 12 May 2021

Interview date: Friday 14 May 2021

Bedales is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all successful applicants will undergo safeguarding screening, including an enhanced DBS and Barred List check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.