Admin Support Manager

Aspris Lyndhurst are recruiting for a full-time Administrative Support Manager to join our dedicated and talented education administration team.

Aspris Children's Services, Lyndhurst is made up of two schools, Clay Hill School and Coxlease School. We specialise in the education of children and young people aged 5-19 with autism, learning difficulties, challenging behaviour and SEMH. The safeguarding and wellbeing of our young people who may have experienced challenges in their lives is always paramount; along with encouragement to achieve their full potential.

The Role:

As Administrative Support Manager your role will be to ensure that the administration operations within the school runs smoothly at all times and will include initially the line management of the current administration and housekeeping team. You and your team will manage the business administration functions of the school, including payroll, finance, HR, referrals, transport and fleet co-ordination and much, much more, with support from the Head teacher and Regional Business Manager.

Our benefits include:

• Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
• Blue Light discount card
• Comprehensive induction
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Paid for enhanced PVG/DBS
• Wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme and more!

Main Duties:

• Line manage the administration team and housekeeping team to ensure tasks are completed as instructed, to deadline and to a high standard.
• Ensure the effective operation of administrative processes and procedures, recognising the importance of enquiries or issues and applying the appropriate prioritisation.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of specific administrative processes / systems, for example effective record keeping and filing systems.
• Liaise and work collaboratively with internal stakeholders including site-based staff and wider central services functions (Finance, HR, Recruitment).
• Oversee financial and accounting administration
• Processing local payroll, ensuring systems are updated in an accurate and timely manner.
• Liaise with external stakeholders including parents/carers, local authorities to arrange visits, meetings to support the referrals and admissions process.
• Work alongside and support the Regional Business Manager with the day-to-day administration queries.
• This list is not exhaustive

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience of leading teams and is confident taking a lead role in regard to specific processes / pieces of work with appropriate support if required.
• At all times will work collaboratively with relevant colleagues to fulfil the requirements of the role and contribute positively to the effective running of the administration function within the school.
• Has proven experience in multitasking and who is highly skilled and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, Excel & Word.
• Has excellent time management and prioritisation skills in order to manage a varied and busy workload to meet deadlines.
• Have experience of overseeing payroll and other human resource / employee relations functions.
• Demonstrate flexibility and resilience to respond to the changing needs of those who we support.
• Have a strong “can do” attitude.

For more information, please contact Robyn Hill on 07720891703.

Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.