Office Manager

A well‑established and welcoming school in Sutton Coldfield is seeking an experienced, organised, and proactive Office Manager to lead the day‑to‑day operations of a busy school office. This role suits someone who can balance administrative leadership with excellent communication and a calm, professional approach.

🗂️ Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily running of the school office, ensuring efficient and professional operations.
• Line‑manage administrative staff and support their development.
• Act as the first point of contact for parents, visitors, and external agencies.
• Maintain and update school records, attendance data, and MIS systems (SIMS/Arbor/Bromcom).
• Support senior leaders with diary management, correspondence, and documentation.
• Coordinate admissions, enrolment, and pupil data processes.
• Ensure safeguarding procedures, visitor protocols, and GDPR compliance are followed.
• Assist with HR administration, including recruitment paperwork and staff records.
• Manage office supplies, budgets, and procurement for the admin function.

👤 Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience as an Office Manager or senior administrator, ideally in a school.
• Confident using MIS systems such as SIMS, Arbor, or Bromcom.
• Strong organisational and leadership skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Professional communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships.
• Calm, adaptable, and able to manage competing priorities.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality, and data protection.
• Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one).

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Mia at mia@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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