Office Manager

Job Title: Office Manager

Location: Arboretum Primary School

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Derby City Support Staff Grade E (pts 10-14) Salary £28,608 FTE p/a, pro rata

Hours per week: 37 hrs

Weeks per year: 39 weeks per year (term time + 5 Inset days)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Age Range: 2 – 11 years

NOR: 625

Job outline

We are looking to appoint a hard-working, diligent, flexible and experienced Office Manager to lead and manage our happy, lively, professional and supportive office. The successful candidate will report to the School Business Manager, and be responsible for the effective management of the school office, providing high quality support to the school staff, pupils, parents and visitors. They will have excellent organisational, numerical and IT skills, and have the ability to effectively manage the workload across the office team in the face of conflicting demands. They will demonstrate that they are a team player, with effective communication skills to support the office team and help staff, parents and other visitors to our school. They will also need to be highly flexible and adaptable to respond to our school’s daily routines and be resilient in the face of pressure as we aim for the highest professional standards.

• A friendly, welcoming and supportive community who are immensely proud of their school;
• A commitment to continued professional development;
• A friendly working environment which supports and enhances our vision and ethos;
• Employee Assistance Programme

Arboretum Primary School is a proud member of Derby Diocesan Academy Trust (DDAT) (www.ddat.org.uk) and enjoys a positive relationship with a team of professionals providing effective support in school improvement and operations. Arboretum is a happy place to be. Our school is full of laughter, care and love; where each child is respected as the unique individual that they are. At Arboretum we underpin all of our work with the school’s values of ‘Ready, Respectful and Safe’. We aim to provide a safe, happy and healthy environment in which all children are encouraged to be creative, confident and enquiring individuals. We have high expectations of our children; we will expect and support them to ‘Reach for the Stars’. We are a large 625 place primary (which includes 32 children in our 2 year old unit and 60 in our 3 year old nursery), with a rich, ethnic mix of delightful and well-behaved children. We have a modern school that sits in large attractive grounds. We pride ourselves on our caring ethos and the value we place in our dedicated and friendly staff teams. We are a popular school, and have a waiting list for most year groups.

Application information

Closing Date: 9:00am Monday 16th November 2026

Provisional Interviews: Tuesday 24th November 2026

DDAT welcomes a diverse population of both children and staff and is committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its functions. DDAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, online checks, pre-employment and Disclosure Barring Service checks. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).

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