Office Manager – Primary School
Watford | Full-Time | September Start | £32,000–£40,000 per annum

Are you an experienced administrator looking to take the next step in your career?

A welcoming primary school in Watford is seeking a highly organised and proactive Office Manager to lead the day-to-day running of the school office. You'll play a key role in ensuring the school operates efficiently while providing excellent support to pupils, parents, staff, and visitors.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing the school office and administrative team.
• Overseeing admissions, attendance, and pupil records.
• Coordinating communications with parents and external agencies.
• Supporting the Headteacher with operational administration.
• Managing school systems including SIMS or Arbor.
• Ensuring GDPR and administrative compliance.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has previous office management or senior administration experience.
• Is confident leading a team.
• Has excellent organisational and communication skills.
• School administration experience is desirable but not essential.

Join a friendly and supportive school where you'll play a vital role in the success of the whole school community.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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