Admin Assistant
Howard Community Academy, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6SADeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
11 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week, Term Time 39 weeks
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Scale 3 point 5-6 (£24,790 - £25,183 FTE) per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
About the role:
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Admin Assistant to work closely with the Office Manager and the wider school staff to join us on journey to achieving excellence for our students.
As an essential member of our team, you will handle a variety of tasks from managing schedules and organising meetings to maintaining records and covering reception duties.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love interacting with people and enjoy being the go to person for support, we want to hear from you.
Duties and responsibilities:
Create a positive, welcoming, and professional ethos at Howard Community Academy. To support the leadership team establishing and developing effective systems and ways of working.
Provide receptionist duties and secretarial and administrative support to the academy and the Nursery in liaison with Trust colleagues.
Be responsible for the day-to-day running of the school reception desk providing support to pupils, staff and parents.
Requirements:
- Good oral and written communications skills
- Ability to respond quickly and effectively to issues that arise
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise to meet deadlines
- Ability to use own initiative and take action accordingly
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to use IT packages including word processing, spreadsheets
- and presentation software
- Ability to use relevant office equipment effectively
- Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues
- Understanding of data protection and confidentiality
- Understanding of safeguarding
What the school offers its staff
Employee Benefits:
- Generous Pension Scheme (LGPS or Teachers’ Pension Scheme depending on the role)
- Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Free membership to Anglian Learning Sports Centres
- 20 percent discount on Anglian Learning Adult Education Courses
- Professional Development Scheme Policy
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Specsavers VDU Vouchers
- Boots Flu Vouchers
- Perkbox – access a range of discounts in-store and online at nationwide shops.
Closing Date:12 midnight on 11th July 2025 (We reserve the right to close this advert early)
Interview date:TBC
Start date: As soon as possible, subject to safeguarding checks
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks. Therefore, all posts within the Trust are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Howard Community Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 190 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Howard Community Academy website
- Email address
- hr@anglianlearning.org
Arranging a visit to Howard Community Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@anglianlearning.org.
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