Office Manager, Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub

This newly transformed Children and Family Hub is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Office Manager to maintain the Children and Family Hub financial systems in order to facilitate effective financial control within the Centre.

This role is crucial to supporting the effective running of the admin element of the Children and Family Hub. This includes overseeing the smooth running of the admin and finances for a large daycare along with the work the Hub does to support the local neighbourhood area. The successful candidate will have strong knowledge of IT systems and be able to work in a high paced environment. This is an exciting role for an ambitious person wanting to help shape the administration of new services.

This is an ideal position for experienced professionals looking to be an integral part of a team within a setting that provides an outstanding personal service to diverse families in the community. You must have good interpersonal and relationship building skills and possess good organisation and attention to detail. Experience leading a team in an office environment is desirable and you must be qualified or studying towards a qualification in Finance.

Hackney Education provides a range of services to support the education of children, young people and adults in our inner London borough. Hackney is one of the UK's highest performing local authorities, serving one of London's best places to live and work. Within our diverse borough we serve a wide range of children and young people. We have a particular focus on supporting less advantaged families: Hackney figures in the 10% most deprived boroughs in England on a number of measures.

Hackney Education's key priority is to improve the life chances of every child, young person and learner: making Hackney the most forward looking education system in the UK, where schools, settings and partners provide an exciting environment which ensures inclusion and success for everyone. We see our borough as being one of the best places in the country for young people to grow, learn, develop and achieve - and one of the best places for colleagues to work and thrive in our education system., Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub is an Outstanding Multi-Agency Hub, housing many professionals including health, midwife, speech and language, clinical psychologist and many more. We have a 70 place onsite Nursery which supports some of Hackney's most vulnerable children., Hackney Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. As this role involves regulated activity, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check and additional pre-employment checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people from a black and global majority background as these groups are currently under represented in our workforce.