What skills and experience we're looking for
The ideal candidate will have:
• Excellent standard of education in English and Maths
• Previous admin experience working in a school/office environment
• Experience and knowledge of SIMs.net
• Excellent IT skills
• An excellent level of written and inter-personal skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Have high expectations of both self and others
• Skills to work under pressure, multitasking managing work streams to meet deadlines
What the school offers its staff
In return the school can offer you:
• Dedicated, supportive and friendly staff and governors
• Children who enjoy coming to school and are excited about their learning
• Excellent opportunities for continuing professional development and learning from highly skilled colleagues
• An attractive, well-resourced and maintained environment
• The opportunity to make a real difference to pupils within a caring school.
Further details about the role
St John’s Church of England Infant School is a small school with a big heart located at the heart of the diverse community of Chatham, Kent. The school has 79 children on roll from Foundation to Year 2.
The last Ofsted inspection graded the school “good” with outstanding features and our last Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) concurred by awarding the school a grading of “good” as well.
Together with three other local Church schools, we are part of the Medway Anglican Schools Trust.
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced Office Manager to run our school office where they will be the first point of contact for parents, children, staff and visitors, so high levels of emotional awareness and resilience along with a ready smile are essential. This is a key role in the organisation to the effective running of the school and the successful applicant will need a very professional approach to be responsible for all aspects of school pupil administration and reception.
If you are committed to making a difference to children’s lives, want to work in a well-resourced setting and share our school values (faith, love, kindness and respect), we would love to hear from you.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.