Office Manager

Start date: Immediate (following pre-employment checks)

Full Time/52.15 weeks

Local Government Pay Scale Level 7 Point range 21-27

£30,825 – £35,745

Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 4.30pm / Friday to 4.00pm

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and ambitious Office Manager to join our friendly and dedicated administration team. We are looking for an organised individual to be responsible for the management of the administrative support function, ensuring the provision of an effective and efficient service.

Chase High School is a mixed, mainstream secondary school located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. It educates more than 1,200 students aged 11-18 from over 40 countries.

Chase High School values run throughout our community ensuring the pupils have the aspiration to achieve, the character to succeed and the commitment to pursue excellence. We are a fully inclusive school which embraces diversity and celebrates cultural diversity of our community.

For further information please contact Mrs Sasha Wisbey on 01702 354441 sasha.wisbey@chasehigh.org. Chase High School is committed to safer recruitment so all applicants must be prepared to undergo screening to confirm their suitability to work with children

Closing date for this vacancy: 12th April 2024

Interviews will be scheduled for the: w.c 22 April 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon appointment of a successful applicant.

Chase High School is an academy that forms part of the Discovery Educational Trust. Your normal place of work is at Chase High School, however, the Discovery Educational Trust reserves the right to require you to work at any other of its establishments, whether current or future. This may be for a temporary period or on a permanent basis, according to the needs of the employer.

Chase High School is a mixed, mainstream secondary school located in Westcliff-on-Sea , near Southend, Essex. It educates more than 1,000 students aged 11-18 from over 40 countries. Since 2011, the school has had a sixth form.

Chase High School was built more than 100 years ago and recently secured academy status under the Brentwood Academies Trust. The secondary school continues to be involved in the community, forging local and international partnerships.

Principal

Mr. Matthew Suttenwood

Values and vision

At Chase High School, academic achievement and personal performance are pursued in equal measure. Within the lower school, students gain the opportunity to study Mathematics, English, Science, PE, Technology, ICT, French, Geography, History, RE, Citizenship, Music, Art and Drama.

Every year, pupils can participate in trips to national galleries, museums and Shakespeare's Globe theatre. They also have the chance to visit France, Berlin and European ski destinations. The sixth-form programme offers a wide range of A Level and BTEC courses at Level 3.

Every student matters and the school policy is to treat everyone with dignity and support. Pupils receive support at key times, such as their transition from primary school.

Ofsted report

“The training programmes for improving the quality of teaching are proving successful. Specific training for overseas teachers has had a highly positive impact since the last monitoring visit. The school now has good systems to support and develop newly and recently qualified teachers.”

View Chase High School's latest Ofsted report