Start date: 28 April 2025 Hours per week: 36.5, Plus banked hours The Pines School Marsh Hill Birmingham B23 7EY Telephone number: 0121 464 6136 Contact email: enquirypines.bham.svh Contract type: Permanent The Pines is an all age special school, we have 280 pupils on roll, from the age of 4 up to 16 all with a diagnosis of Autism. We are part of the Birmingham Special Schools Cooperative Trust and are a maintained Foundation Special School. Our vision is to create a safe and happy environment for children to develop life-long communication skills to become valued members of modern day society. Protect: We endeavour to create an atmosphere where our pupils feel safe. Inspire: We inspire our children to be the best they can. Nurture: We nurture our children’s individuality. Embrace: We celebrate our differences and give everyone a chance. Everyone is precious and included in our school. Succeed We celebrate all achievements, no matter how big or small We are seeking to appoint committed, hard-working, well organised, enthusiastic Senior Office Manager to join and lead our busy office team, managing the efficient and effective running of the school office, devising new systems as required and improving business efficiency and quality standards We are looking for someone who: has experience working in a school environment has excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a calm, friendly and positive, professional demeanour, whilst being well organised, flexible and methodical – with an eye for detail has excellent ICT skills and is confident using Microsoft programs, SIMs and emails has a good overall knowledge of HR best practice such as GDPR policy and procedures and recruitment processes and maintenance of the SCR and associated records. Completing staff returns, and HR issues - including return to work meetings, recruitment procedures and checks liaise with and establish contacts with a variety of outside suppliers of goods or services be responsible for administering schools’ admissions procedures and accurately maintaining the pupil related information system on SIMs work alongside the finance team and provide support and information link with business managers and office managers within the trust providing support to leadership during confidential meetings adhere to the ethos and vision of the school be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils Visits to the school are welcomed This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. How to Apply Application forms are available here or can be downloaded from the school website. Only completed application forms will be accepted. Completed application forms should be returned to enquirypines.bham.sch.uk This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. BCC is a Living Wage employer Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.