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FTE Salary: Point 9 - 17 Scale 6/7 £21,529 - £25,117 (including fringe allowance)
Actual Salary: pro rata £17,217 - £20,087, 37 hrs per week, term time + insets.
Katherines Primary Academy are looking to appoint a full time experienced and highly efficient Office Manager. The role would suit a proactive individual who would enjoy the challenge of working in a busy school environment.
In this key role you will be responsible for a team and will be pivotal in the effective and smooth running of the school. Previous experience of running a busy office and Arbor is desirable. Applicants will need to demonstrate strong skills in both finance and secretarial duties. This position deals with a wide variety of people and therefore requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills and understand the importance of customer service in this key role and ensure a high quality service provision to staff, students, families and the wider community.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who has the drive and passion to make a difference in our school. The successful candidate will need to be organised, with good time management and a high level of computer literacy. A key part of the role is to organise and supervise administrative systems within the school, and to contribute to the planning, development and monitoring of support services and staff.
Information about the School
Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery are a thriving Primary School in a small estate in Harlow and a school that the staff, children, parents and myself are incredibly proud of. Our children display excellent learning behaviours, they embrace each new learning opportunity building on prior knowledge and developing new skills, within a challenging curriculum.
Since coming into post, as Head of School in September 2017, I, along with my dedicated team, ensure that children's well being and voice are at the heart of what we do. We are extremely proud of our academic results, above National Standards in all subjects, for the last two consecutive years. We believe that every child’s learning and development is as individual as they, at Katherines Primary Academy children GROW in our care. Our commitment to each child is that they will leave us as Global citizens, Resilient learners, Outstanding achievers and Well-rounded empowered individuals. This coupled with our '100 things at Katherines' is designed to ensure that we are shaping our children's futures in the most positive way possible. We are confident that our children are equipped to face new challenges in the modern world, ready for their next stage of education in their respective secondary schools and beyond.
Mrs Annette Norris
Head of School
Katherine Primary Academy and Nursery