Office Support Manager

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Do you enjoy playing a leading role in facilitating a long-term strategic goal?  Are you keen to make a real impact to a disadvantaged community?  Do you enjoy supporting others to see a project through to its conclusion?

Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School is a place where the smallest things make a big difference and it is undergoing a rapid transformation of its ethos, its values and the education provided to the local community.  Centred around a culture where everyone holds high expectations and where we all believe that anything is possible and everybody ‘can’, we are looking for an organised and efficient individual to support the Headteacher and wider school operation in the background, helping to make things happen.

We are looking for an Office Support Manager for January 2026, the post will include PA duties for Headteacher.

The ideal candidate will: 

• Able to give a long-standing commitment and show a keenness to being an integral part of the school’s journey forward over time
• Have the ability to hold a mature and professional disposition
• Be organised and meticulous in their presentation and their time management
• Have some experience in using financial information and in budget monitoring
• Have impeccable standards of grammar with a secure and working command of English
• Be able to set up processes and schedules, embracing the principles of sound operational management
• Be able to communicate warmly and professionally with contractors, external services and all school stakeholders
• Demonstrate the ability and an understanding of people management techniques
• Be competent and efficient in word processing and in using a range of computer software packages to support administration such as the Microsoft Office Suite
• Be able to adapt and respond calmly and effectively to situations which arise in real time
• Manage sensitive information discretely, maintain confidentiality at all times and hold the Headteacher’s counsel
• Have a sense of humour

Previous experience in business or industry is advantageous and experience of working in a school, although helpful, is not essential.  Experience in working with senior staff who hold a challenging caseload of priorities is beneficial. 

Visits to come and look around our two-site school are warmly encouraged and can be arranged via office@samuelallsopp.staffs.sch.uk

We look forward to hearing from you.

Provisional Interview Date: 23 October 2025