Vacancy Details
Vacancy Summary
Office Manager
Salary: £34,434.00 - £36,363.00 Annually (Actual)
Contract Type: Permanent
Contract Term: Full-Time
Working hours 37 hours per week, All Year Around. Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 4.30pm, Friday 8.30am to 4.00pm.
Beckfoot Phoenix is seeking a highly organised individual with strong interpersonal skills to join our busy and dedicated team as the Office Manager. You will play a key role in a supporting the day-to-day running of our school - welcoming visitors, managing data and communication within the Pastoral & Community Services.
Vacancy Information
The ideal candidate will thrive in a in a busy environment and can manage competing priorities with confidence. We are looking for someone who:
- Will champion our school values of Enjoy, Learn and Succeed
- Is professional, friendly and able to communicate effectively with students, colleagues, families and visitors
- Has strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
- Works well both independently and as part of a team
- Is confident using digital systems
- Shares our Trust vision of creating remarkable schools where no child is left behind.
Why choose Beckfoot Phoenix Primary Special School
Beckfoot Phoenix is an Outstanding primary special school, dedicated to providing exceptional education and care for every child. We support pupils with
profound and multiple learning disabilities, severe learning disabilities, and autism spectrum conditions – including those with complex and challenging behaviours.
At Beckfoot Phoenix, every child is:
- Listened to, respected and nurtured.
- Encouraged to be the best version of themselves every day.
We are proud to be part of the Beckfoot Trust, working collaboratively and supportively with our mainstream and special school partners across the Trust. As a People First organisation we:
- Value and recognise the dedication of our staff.
- Invest in professional growth and wellbeing.
- Build a positive and supportive working environment where colleagues thrive.
Our ethos is summered up in our school sentence: ‘learn lots, make memories, and be brilliant’, which is underpinned by our core values; ‘enjoy, learn, succeed.’
About Beckfoot Trust
Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind. Since our establishment in 2013, Beckfoot Trust has grown into a respected, locally rooted family of ten diverse schools (primary, secondary and special) that learn from and support one another. We are team Beckfoot Trust, and together with Team Beckfoot Phoenix, we’re making a real difference in our community.
Discover more about our vision, the benefits we offer, and how you can join us in shaping the future by visiting our careers page.
If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team on the contact details below.
Email: centralrecruitment@beckfoottrust.org
Telephone: 01274 087225
To apply go to https://mynewterm.com/jobs/144891/EDV-2026-BP-10574
Closing Date: 8am, 13th April 2026
Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide.
Click on the useful links below for further information:
Beckfoot Trust - Policies and Documents
Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record: When you need to tell someone about your criminal record - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)