School Office Manager

Band F SCP12-17

Full Time Permanent

36 Working Hours –  41 Weeks per Year

 

Heygarth Primary School

 

 

Required from September 2025, with the preferred option of a handover with the current post holder during the last week of August.

 

Due to the promotion of our current Office Manager, an exciting opportunity has arisen at our school. We would therefore like to invite applications from excellent, enthusiastic and engaging individuals who thrive supporting others.

 

If you are a dedicated and ambitious individual who has a real passion for administration and enjoys collaboration, innovation and exploring change, we have an exciting opportunity to offer.

 

You will be experienced of working in a busy school office and be familiar with the various tasks and procedures that need to take place. You will have experience of Sims, FMS, ParentPay, and the Wirral Provider Portals, along with various other relevant systems related to a large Primary School. We run our own Before and After School Club, our Kitchen is provided in-house, we have a large range of extra-curricular activities, and we are currently piloting the DfE national breakfast club rollout.

 

Under the direction of the Business Manager, we are looking for individuals to:

 

Manage the workload of our busy school office, including that of the Administration Assistants (1 full time, and 1 part time mornings only)

 

Contribute to and lead on the implementation of all aspects of administration management

 

Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbally

 

Be reliable, enthusiastic, thorough, organised, pro-active and calm

 

Work with the Headteacher and Business Manager to ensure our school is always the best it can be

 

We offer: 

 

An opportunity for training and development along with our external providers

 

A caring environment with well-being and work/life balance at its core.

 

We will ensure a commitment to your professional development, excellent support from school's leadership team and a dynamic place of work

 

Scheduled hours of work are 36 per week, the ability to be flexible is useful.

 

Working hours are 8:15am to 4pm with an unpaid half hour lunch break.

 

Some attendance at after school meetings is required but notice would be given. The contract includes some holiday working for office cover and preparations for the following term.

 

Our Mission Statement:

Learning and Achieving Together for Life

 

For an informal discussion please call or email Danny Stenhouse, School Business Manager. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed prior to application.

 

Completed applications should also be sent to businessmanager@heygarth.wirral.sch.uk

 

Closing date: Thursday 26th June, mid-day

Shortlisting Friday 27th June

Interviews/tasks planned for Thursday 3rd July 2025.

 

The school is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of our children and expects the same level of commitment from all staff.

 

This post is subject to an Enhanced Level CRB check.

 

All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of sex, race or disability