What Jobs are available in Purley?

• Location: Hybrid/Croydon
• Salary: £36,468 - £45,586 per annum
• Hours: 36 per week
• Contract Type: Permanent

Join us as a New Home Progression Executive and play a vital role in guiding our Shared Ownership customers through one of the most exciting journeys of their lives, buying a home. You'll support them throughout the conveyancing process, ensuring they feel informed, reassured, and confident by providing regular updates and clear communication.

In this customer focused role, you'll combine excellent service with a results driven approach, meeting targets while maintaining the highest standards of care. You'll efficiently process cases, tackle complex queries professionally, and deliver a seamless experience. Occasionally, you'll introduce customers to simple products and services, providing tailored solutions and essential support to the wider sales team.

Your success will come from building trust and rapport. You'll confidently set objectives for calls and meetings, use engaging materials to convey information, and ask insightful questions to uncover customer needs. Whether answering inquiries via phone or email or collaborating with colleagues, you'll remain proactive and customer focused in all your interactions.

You'll need experience working in a sales conveyancing operation, along with excellent communication skills, both oral and written, to engage effectively with a diverse range of audiences. You should be able to demonstrate your experience in prioritising your workload to meet both short-term and long-term deadlines. Strong customer service skills, personal integrity, and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues are also essential.

If this sounds like an opportunity for you, please review the full role profile and behaviours before applying.

Salaries are just the starting point. Here at Clarion, we're dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment, and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle - dive in and find out more.

At Clarion Housing Group, we support the responsible use of AI.

Closing Date: Wednesday 12th November 2025 at midnight.

For further details on this vacancy, please click 'apply' or visit our website.

This is a hybrid role with a base location at our office in Croydon. Candidates will be expected to work from the office at least 2 days per week. Please note that our Croydon office will be closing at the end of the year, but we're working on securing a new office space.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in England or Wales for the duration of your employment.

This vacancy may close without notice.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want Clarion to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and know they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks.

We're committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Clarion an inclusive place to work.

School Business Manager 
·      Salary: Commensurate with Experience
·      Contract Type: Permanent, All Year Round, Full Time
·      Start Date: Subject To Notice Period
·      Reports to: Headteacher
·      Location: South London, London Borough of Croydon
 

Are you looking for a School Business Manager role? Job available at a mixed 11-18 secondary school in South London!

Your new school
This school is innovative, fully inclusive, and very successful in a very well connected via public transport part of Croydon, South London. With great facilities they are rated “Good” by Ofsted. Behaviour is excellent at the school, and they have high expectations for students. Staff celebrate a real sense of community and are proud of the schools’ vision and ethos.

Your new role
We are looking to appoint a determined and dynamic individual, committed to driving up standards in the school. To be successful in this role you will:
·      Lead and oversee all aspects of business support across the school, guiding a team of professionals who enable the delivery of high-quality education by effectively supporting both teaching and support staff.
·      Provide strategic and operational leadership for the school’s core business functions including finance, human resources, facilities and estate management, IT, catering, and administration ensuring optimal resource use and promoting excellence in service delivery.
·      Serve as a key member of the senior leadership team, contributing to whole-school decision-making and strategic planning.
·      Offer expert advice and support to the Headteacher, senior leaders, and governors on financial and administrative matters, ensuring compliance with school policies and procedures in areas such as finance, HR, health and safety, and site management.
·      Your presence is expected during term time in school. However, hybrid working arrangements are available during school holidays, as well as some discretion in scheduling annual leave.
 

What you'll get in return
By working alongside Hays, you will have contact with your own personal recruitment consultant who has access to a wide range of opportunities within the education sector in your area. Our partnership schools recruit directly with Hays and so you will have access to many permanent roles before they are even advertised.

As well as this, if you know of other education professionals looking for supply, long term or permanent roles, you can receive £250 worth of high street vouchers every time you recommend a friend to us using our ‘Refer a Friend’ programme. *terms & conditions apply*.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career now.

WORKING WITH US

At Harris Primary Academy Kenley, we aim to treat everybody with respect. All adults in the academy are responsible for modelling high standards of behaviour in their dealings with children, parents and other members of staff. All children are treated fairly, but we also acknowledge individual needs. We expect all of our children to work to the best of their abilities and to allow others to do the same.

Our Golden Rules underpin our academy ethos:

• Show respect
• Take responsibility
• Always make the right choice

Academy Values

At Harris Primary Academy Kenley, we follow a set of important values. Through assemblies and lessons in class, we promote and teach these values to our pupils which support them develop the skills to become good citizens. The values have a positive impact on our pupil’s social and emotional development as well as ensuring they behave well.

Our HPAK Values are:

• Honesty
• Perseverance
• Appreciation
• Kindness

To learn more about working in our academy and what we can offer you, view our academy page via the “why work at” button.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

Do you have experience supporting children with SEN? Harris Primary Academy Kenley is seeking to appoint an exceptional, experienced qualified teacher as SENCO. 

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

The purpose of your role will be:

• To play a key role within the Academy to ensure that all pupils with additional needs make accelerated progress in their learning and achieve to the very best of their ability.
• To directly contribute to pupils’ accelerated progress through high quality sustained teaching of intervention support based upon a detailed knowledge of their specific needs.
• To have high expectations, lead by example, promoting the federation/academy vision, values and aims.
• To be a member of the School Leadership Team (SLT) and contribute to the strategic development and direction of the academy in line with the Academy Improvement Plan.
• To provide leadership and direction in supporting meeting the needs of children with SEND.
• To take a lead role in monitoring and school self-evaluation regarding children with SEND.
• To provide guidance and support to the support staff to achieve and maintain a good quality of provision for pupils with SEND.
• To analyse assessment data from a variety of sources to inform future whole school planning and resourcing.
• To assist the SLT in undertaking delegated professional duties.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The successful candidate will have:

• Qualified Teacher Status
• National Award for SEN Coordination
• Evidence of ongoing professional development; attendance on courses, INSET, action research, personal study etc. with clear impact indicators
• Commitment to continuing professional development as necessary to develop role
• Experience of successful leadership and management within a school
• Proven track record of achieving outstanding pupil progress for teams of children
• Ability to contribute to professional leadership and management of a staff team and contribute to the work of other teams to secure high quality teaching, effective use of resources and improved standards of learning and achievement for all pupils across the school
• Experience of using data and data analysis to drive up standards
• Clear knowledge and experience in all issues relating to the safeguarding of children

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

Teacher Development

At Harris, we have curated professional development pathways that will guide you towards achieving your career ambitions. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. With a strong network of passionate educators, expert development initiatives and a multitude of opportunities for career progression, your journey with Harris could be the most rewarding one yet.

We offer a wide range of high quality teacher professional development programmes via the Harris Institute of Teaching and Leadership. Find out more here.

Flexible Working

We are committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual’s circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.

Benefits

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance (usually £2,000 for Inner London and £1,500 for Outer London), a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Teachers Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits  on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.

APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION

Thank you for your interest in this position. If you would like to discuss this opportunity, or to request a visit, please email the academy via the Why work page on harriscareers. 

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be help you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process. 

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.