Senior Administrator- Office Manager

at  Barking Abbey SchoolBarking and Dagenham

SALARY SCALE: S02

Do you have patience in abundance? Can you work to tight deadlines, juggle conflicting
demands and still keep smiling? Do you pride yourself in providing an outstanding
professional service and have what it takes to support and manage a office team?
If so….this may be the job for you!
We are looking for a professional, flexible and friendly Senior Administrator/Office Manager, to provide general administrative support in school and manage one of our Campus offices making sure that all student administration, systems and processes deliver an outstanding service. The offices are the main point of contact for all telephone enquiries to the school and visitors to the main receptions.
This role is integral to the daily smooth operation of the school and will provide a hardworking and ambitious administrator with great opportunities for growth and development and to gain specialist knowledge and skills around school systems and processes.
The role will be varied, and at times fast paced, enabling the successful candidate to develop skills and specialisms with software, data, and legislation regulations relating to schools.
The successful candidate will also oversee the first aid and medical room provision on campus and, therefore a first aid qualification and or experience is desirable or a willingness to undergo first aid training.
ICT experience is essential but specific training will be given for specialist school software. Experience of working with young people would be an advantage. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic self-motivated administrator.

The successful candidate will:

• A strong background and experience in administration.
• A can do and positive attitude.
• The ability to prioritise and plan workload and think of innovative solutions to solve problems.
• A commitment to Barking Abbey’s high expectations and ethos.
• A desire to work collaboratively and to make a real contribution to the continuing development of

professional services in school.

• Great ICT skills, in particular a willingness to learn and master new software.
• The ability to manage time, and an IT support team, delegating as appropriate, multi-tasking and working

to tight deadlines.

• Be confident in providing a welcoming, efficient service.
• Enjoy working in a busy office and reception area.
• Be able to work flexibly under pressure.
• Use their initiative and prioritise their workload.
• Be a confident and friendly presence around the school.
• Have a professional attitude and the ability to build good relationships with students, parents, and colleagues.
• Possess Good communication skills, with the ability to adjust communication to different age groups and abilities.
• Have the ability to take the initiative and proactively manage tasks to ensure service levels remain high.

This role will be predominantly based at one campus, however there may be a need for work to be undertaken across campus offices.
Working hours will be between 07:30am-17:00pm (Shifts for this will be 7 hours a day working either 07:30- 15:30 or 09:00-17:00 to suit the operational needs of the school).
Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.
The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.
Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.

In return we offer:

• A supportive and encouraging staff team
• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school
• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management
• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems

We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school.
Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)
Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:
https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/
To find out more about how teachers can secure rented accommodation at a discounted rate of 20% please contact:
info@bdsip.co.uk
Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.
Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

We serve a diverse community and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. We also welcome candidates with a non traditional background. The most important thing for us is your desire and ability to make a difference in young peoples lives.

Our recruitment process is fair and transparent and designed to get the best candidate for the role. A sample of our recruitment process is listed below

• Advert placed on TES, internally and in LBBD boards
• Blind shortlisting by a panel against the Job description. Potential applicants are scored. Shortlisting by at least 3 people including one SLT.
• Shortlist for interview based on scores from shortlisting.
• Interview process will depend on role and may include; lesson observations, data or admin tasks, panel interviews, student panels and a final interview
• All assessed tasks are scored according to set criteria and scores are moderated to ensure consistency.
• All panel interviews and final interviews are scored. Each interview has a moderation process to ensure consistency of scores where appropriate. Questions are common to all applicants.
• Feedback is provided by a member of the panel.

• Advert placed on TES, internally and in LBBD boards
• Blind shortlisting by a panel against the Job description. Potential applicants are scored. Shortlisting by at least 3 people including one SLT.
• Shortlist for interview based on scores from shortlisting.
• Interview process will depend on role and may include; lesson observations, data or admin tasks, panel interviews, student panels and a final interview
• All assessed tasks are scored according to set criteria and scores are moderated to ensure consistency.
• All panel interviews and final interviews are scored. Each interview has a moderation process to ensure consistency of scores where appropriate. Questions are common to all applicants.
• Feedback is provided by a member of the panel