Admin Assistant
Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School, DARWEN, Lancashire, BB3 2BWThis job expired on 25 June 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5hrs a week - Monday to Friday Term time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £24,027 - £24,790
Pay scale
- Grade C - Pts 3-5
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate:
- To be able to be the first point of contact for all staff, pupils and visitors, providing an efficient and welcoming reception environment and dealing effectively with all enquiries.
- To provide an efficient and effective administrative service including distribution and dispatch of post and dealing with general enquiries from staff, pupils and visitors.
- Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing together with the ability to respond to a variety of audiences and stakeholders.
- Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to use own initiative and be proactive in the management of own workload.
- Excellent IT skills with experience.
- The ability to work well in a team and to stay calm.
- An understanding of an educational environment and the needs of pupils in the 4‐11 age range.
- An ability to empathise with the Christian ethos of the school and the progress and success of the pupils.
- An awareness of some of the key developments in education.
- Has the ability to establish and maintain a confidential, caring and sensitive relationships with school, pupils and parents
- Has a great sense of humour
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
- A strong, caring Christian ethos
- Motivated, caring and well behaved pupils
- Experienced and dedicated staff and Governors
- A commitment to continued professional development
- A close working partnership with Governors, parents and the parish
- The chance to make a difference
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 240 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- emma.main@stpetersdarwen.blackburn.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01254701299
School location
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