Salary:
SFCA Support Staff Pay Spine Points 16 - 18
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
27 November 2024
Job overview
The College is looking to appoint an experienced Office Manager to provide an efficient and effective service as part of the college’s outstanding Administrative Department. Working alongside the Administrative Services Manager, you will have direct line management responsibility for a number of administrative staff and be responsible for the day to day running of the department. The college is looking for an experienced people manager who will use their skills and knowledge to lead a thriving office environment.
The post holder will take the lead on the induction, training and development of new and existing staff members and assist the Administrative Services Manager in their duties. As a senior member of the department you will provide advice, support and guidance to the Administrative Officers, using your skills and experience to produce positive solutions to problems. The successful candidate will have proven experience in managing staff members with a range of responsibilities and deadlines.
As the Office Manager, you will work closely with the college Senior Management Team, Heads of Enabling Departments and wider college staff members to provide a range of services including contributing to the college events and marketing calendar.
Loreto Sixth Form College has been awarded a second consecutive outstanding rating in all areas under the latest framework in our December 2022 inspection. Ofsted noted "Leaders place a very high priority on staff mental health and wellbeing including workload. For example, staff can access counselling services, chaplaincy support, and the employee assistance programme". Loreto strives for excellence in staff and students alike, ensuring "Students benefit from an inclusive learning environment that celebrates their individual contributions to the college.”
Loreto Sixth Form College is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All candidates and post holders including volunteers are subject to appropriate vetting procedures as outlined in Part 3 of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024. This includes an online search for shortlisted candidates, as well as a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check with barred list information and any other relevant checks with statutory bodies for successful candidates.
Supporting Statement
In your supporting statement we ask you to outline why you are interested in the role and how you feel you are suited to it with reference to the criteria in the person specification. This is part of the application process and therefore will be assessed. You must tell us how you meet the criteria listed.
About Loreto Sixth Form College
* Loreto Sixth Form College
* Chichester Road, Hulme, Manchester
* Greater Manchester
* M15 5PB
* United Kingdom
+44 161 2265156
About Loreto
Our mission and ethos
Loreto College is centred in God, rooted in Christ and animated by the spirit of Mary Ward, the founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM). Our vision is that it will be an educational community where each person has the experience of being loved and valued as a sacred individual created by a loving God; a community where students enjoy an enriching and liberating education that helps them grow into the fullness of life and empowers them to be people of courage who are alive to the needs of humanity and committed to making a better world.
Loreto College has been based in Manchester since 1851. We are part of an international network of Catholic schools and colleges run by the IBVM, and a national network, Loreto English Education Network (LEEN), and are overseen by the Loreto Education Trust (LET).
All that we do is anchored in our seven Mary Ward values: freedom, justice, sincerity, truth, joy, excellence and internationality. We seek to develop the whole person, honing academic excellence alongside providing students with opportunities to develop spiritually, morally and ethically, to reflect on the world and their place in it, and to nurture their gifts and talents.
College life
Loreto College has around 3600 students. We are a diverse and inclusive college; students join us from across Greater Manchester and come from a range of cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. We have inclusive entry requirements and believe in providing all that students need to better their life chances and those of their families. Our students and staff benefit from our modern buildings, excellent facilities, and very well-maintained estate inside a gated campus. We work closely with our partnership high schools and have been oversubscribed for many years.
The College is led by the Principal and the Senior Leadership Team and supported by highly experienced Senior Management and College Management Teams. All senior leaders/managers have an open-door policy, and welcome suggestions, ideas or concerns being discussed.
Curriculum
The College offers a broad curriculum of over 40 A Level (or equivalent) courses, alongside Level 3 and Level 2 vocational qualifications and GCSE resits in Maths and English. Our Pathways Department delivers courses for students with learning differences and/or disabilities to help them to develop literacy, numeracy, employability skills and independence. We offer a huge range of enrichment activities to our students from Coding Club to Duke of Edinburgh, Politics Society to Badminton. We aim to provide something for everyone.
The Curriculum Team help to manage the curriculum at the College which is organised into five faculties, with Heads of Faculties working closely with Heads of Departments, teaching staff and support staff.
Our Inclusion faculty includes the Pathways department and our Additional Learning Support (ALS) team who provide tailored support for students on mainstream programmes with Special Education Needs and Disabilities, and their teachers.
Collectively, alongside the Student Services team, departments have a long history of achieving excellent outcomes for our students including very impressive value-added scores. We believe this comes from our shared vision and from the collaborative planning, ongoing professional development and sharing of best practice within and between departments which ensures an outstanding experience for our students, alongside managing workload for our staff.
Student Services
Pastoral care for students is central to Loreto’s mission. We have a strong community ethos and commitment to caring for and developing the whole person and this is embedded through our Hall system. Students are allocated a tutor group and are placed within one of our 14 Halls. All teachers are tutors and deliver a centrally planned and resourced tutorial programme on three key themes: Student Life, Safeguarding and Wellbeing and Careers and Employability. Tutor groups are made up of students studying courses across the college. Tutors act as advocates for their tutees and are able to support tutees to achieve well academically and personally.
Heads of Halls lead fortnightly assemblies, track and support students’ progress, attendance, and attainment and support students with safeguarding or personal difficulties. Heads of Halls lead all communication with parents/carers and they work to support staff and students to achieve their very best.
Student Services also includes our Safeguarding and Student Wellbeing teams, along with our well-resourced Careers service and on-site Counselling staff.
Chaplaincy
Students and staff of all faiths and none are welcomed to our Chaplaincy area where they can gain support from our vibrant Chaplaincy Team. The Chaplaincy area provides a quiet space, the chance to chat to a Chaplaincy Team member, and opportunities to reflect spiritually with daily morning prayer and weekly mass. The Chaplaincy team also helps to organise liturgical events, college charity initiatives, the annual staff retreat and trips for students, such as Lourdes and Taize.
Enabling
The work of the College is supported by our superb enabling teams which include: Cross-College IT, Software Development, Library and Study Centres, Exams, Finance, CIS, Administration, Reprographics, Premises, Catering, Technicians, Payroll and Human Resources and the college’s Learning & Development and Sustainability & Environment Managers. The teams provide excellent support to teachers and students for events, processes and the day-to-day work of the college.
Governance
We have a very committed, involved and experienced Governing Body that sets and monitors the strategic direction of the College. The Governing Body and its sub committees are involved in the strategic planning of finance and accommodation matters and are well informed of curriculum and pastoral matters through robust quality assurance processes at regular intervals through the year.
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