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Office Manager is a key role in any busy London office, ensuring the office systems, operational support functions and core company administration runs smoothly and efficiently. Office Managers have an integral part to play in company culture, ensuring team cohesion and inclusion, directly impacting business goals and team morale. Find out more on Office Manager soft skills here.
It is incredibly important that the Office Manager brings a positive can-do attitude to the role and is able to adjust seamlessly to daily/weekly work peaks and trouble shoot to ensure seamless company operations. To read more Office Manager Job Description
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Office Managers are one of the most important people in an office or any business ensuring the smooth running of the day to day operations of a company. Office Managers must be flexible, with a can-do attitude and true trouble-shooters and organisers, and are often the main go-to for employees, as well as suppliers and the senior leadership team.
If you are a natural organiser with bags of common sense and a strong communicator with a calm and flexible approach this could be a brilliant role for you. It can be hugely rewarding and is easy to see your direct impact of ensuring an office is run well and efficiently and where team morale is good. Office Managers can often see the needs of employees and office operations before anyone else and are a crucial hire for any business.
Office Manager Job Description
Office Manager salaries vary based on location, company size/head count, and previous experience. Salaries range from £27,000 to £60,000. However, in London, the office manager salary is typically higher due to the cost of living and the higher concentration of businesses.
Larger companies require more complex administrative coordination, responsibility of larger budgets and higher level reporting and operational oversight, resulting in higher salaries. In a medium-sized company based in London, an office manager might earn between £38,000 and £50,000. In contrast, large corporations might offer between £55,000 and £75,000, reflecting the increased responsibilities and expectations
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Office manager's typically come from strong administrative and organisational backgrounds, where they demonstrate clear ability to work independently and can show responsibility for projects. Good office managers will have strong communication and people skills, common sense and the flexibility to adapt to work flow peaks and troughs, so their backgrounds and skills should display these attributes. They often have to work through issues, and implement improved systems and processes, so they should be clear thinkers and able to see the bigger picture of the impact of the role.
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The direct reporting line of an office manager depends on the company size and structure. Typically an office manager will report to the Chief Operations Officer, Human Resources Manager or directly to the Managing Director in smaller to medium sized companies.
