School Office Manager
Smeeth C P School
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* Pay: Kent Range 3
* Start Date:Sept 2025
* App Close Date: 7th July 2025
* Interview Dates: TBC
Advert
Working hours: This is a permanent position. 37 hours per week, 8.00 am - 4.00 pm Mon – Thurs & 8.00 am – 3.30pm Fri, term time only + 5 days (inset days)
Salary: KR3
We are seeking a highly motivated, professional and welcoming School Office Manager to join our team, and provide effective administrative support for our lovely rural village school.
We are looking for someone who has excellent organisational skills and is highly efficient in IT, confident to learn new systems and manage pupil data and record-keeping efficiently. Sound interpersonal skills and being a strong communicator and a collaborative worker are also essential to the role, along with a high standard of numeracy and literacy and skills, and being able to maintain confidentiality and observe data protection regulations.
The school office can be a very busy environment, helping children, staff and parents throughout the day, and sometimes all at once! As such, the successful candidate will also be empathetic, patient, calm and confident. A courteous, kind and professional manner is an absolute must, along with the ability to deal with any sensitive issues in confidence. This role includes reporting to the head teacher as well as the local authority on attendance and admissions.
We are extremely proud of our school and lovely children; they are the heart of all we do. If this candidate sounds like you, and you have experience in managing a busy school office, we would love to meet you! Informal visits to the school are most welcome, so please contact Ms Jen Payne, Head Teacher, by email:headteacher@smeeth.kent.sch.uk or call us on 01303813128 if you would like to visit, or if you have any further queries regarding this position. All applications are required to be submitted via Kent-Teach.
Safeguarding
All staff must:
* Adhere to the requirements as set out in the current version of KCSIE
* Attend/complete all Smeeth Community Primary School training in relation to safeguarding
* Report all safeguarding concerns in a timely manner as specified by the school
* Ensure there is a culture of safeguarding within all areas of the role
* Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Smeeth Community Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment. We apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the candidates selected are of the highest calibre.
All candidates are appropriately screened prior to the appointment and an enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks will be required for the successful candidates. Smeeth Community Primary School is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.
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