Office Manager/PA to Principal

Monday to Friday, 36 hours a week, 8:00 am to 3.45 pm finishing at 3:30 pm on day a week

Permanent/Term-time plus 2 weeks (41 weeks per year)

Pro rata salary: £30,610 to £33,301 per annum (based on working arrangements)

We are seeking a motivated Office Manager/PA to join our team at Kenyngton Manor Primary School. You will coordinate the activities of the school office undertaking administrative and welfare duties, as required. Your responsibilities will include diary management, preparing and dispatching correspondence and minute taking when required. You will be confident in handling confidential queries, dealing with pupils, parents, staff and external agencies.

What we are looking for:

• Previous relevant work experience and high level administrative/organisational and analytical skills with good IT skills
• Good written and oral communication skills with the ability to build sound relationships
• Experience of maintaining and improving business/database systems/secretarial processes and systems (as appropriate)
• Ability to prioritise and plan own workload in the context of conflicting priorities and work on own initiative
• Experience of supervising and coordinating a small team desirable

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the THPT HR Team by email at hrteam1@thpt.org.uk

All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

The Howard Partnership Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

We really want you to shine as part of our application and selection process so that you can truly perform at your best and feel comfortable. Our processes are extremely flexible. Please let us know what we can do so that you can be at your best throughout the application and selection stages, just contact us by email for an informal chat.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

Values and Behaviours

We are a values-based organisation and seek to recruit individuals who can demonstrate our values. Please ensure your supporting statement reflects our values.

Our values are: Integrity, Partnership, Advocacy, Resilience, Compassion, Aspiration

Safeguarding and Further Information

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.