Description:
Berry Recruitment are NOW hiring for a committed and experienced Office/Business Manager to work for a organisation in Sonning Common, Berkshire.
Role: Office/Business Manager
Salary: £19.81-£21.14 per hour. 37 hours per week, Rate will be dependent on experience.
Location: Reading – RG4
Hours: 37 hours per week
Key Responsibilities of the Office/Business Manager:
1. Be responsible for line-managing site and administration support staff, including carrying out long-term resource planning and managing the end-to-end recruitment process, appraisal, and professional development
2. Implement school-wide changes and allocate resources in line with school improvement plans, putting policies and procedures in place and communicating them to staff
3. Take all decisions in line with the vision and values of schools, and encourage others to do the same
4. Implement a marketing plan for schools, which utilises school websites, signage, the prospectus, and communications with current and prospective parents
Financial management
5. Oversee the security and reconciliation of cash in hand and debtors on a day-to-day basis, ensuring money is banked, money owed is collected, and clear records are kept
6. Ensure value for money within procurement of goods and services in line with Trust policy
7. Manage school’s lettings offer
8. Ensure the effective and efficient operation of the administration department, delegating tasks to finance/office staff where appropriate
Human resources
9. Maintain the staff absence data in the Trust HR system
10. Ensure that recruitment, appraisal, disciplinary and grievance policies are administered in accordance with employment law
11. Advise on HR issues within schools and liaise with the external HR provider
Health and safety
12. With headteachers and premises teams, supervise the maintenance of the school site
13. Manage the school’s compliance with health and safety regulations, and put in place processes and procedures to ensure the safety
Compliance
14. Manage school’s compliance with statutory obligations, and advise others on the relevant legal, regulatory, and ethical requirements
15. Track all local school policies and ensure they are updated in accordance with the policy review schedule
Administration
16. Keep records in accordance with the Trust’s record retention schedule and data protection law, ensuring information security and confidentiality at all times
17. Provide administrative support for headteachers and the governing body
18. Support the data protection officer with ensuring data protection compliance and helping the school community understand how to comply with data protection law
Safeguarding
19. The school’s business manager will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.
About you:
20. A degree or other relevant qualification - ideally in accountancy, business management or a related discipline (Desirable)
21. A school business management qualification i.e., Level 4 diploma in school business management (Desirable)
22. Accountancy qualifications or health and safety training (Desirable)
Experience
23. Successful manag