Admin Assistant (Maternity Cover)

Peckover Primary School, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1PJ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,871.00 Annually (FTE)

Admin Assistant (Maternity Cover) job summary

Admin Assistant - 6.5 hours per day/5 days a week

(Maternity Leave 9 months with the possibility of extending for a suitable candidate)

Term time (plus 5 training days and an additional 5 days by arrangement)

Salary: FTE £24,871

Grade 2 Point 4

• Do you want to make a difference to children’s lives?

• Do you want to work as part of a supportive and ambitious team?

• Do you want to join a vibrant, happy office team?

• Do you have excellent customer service skills and a happy disposition?

• Are you able to work under pressure, using your own initiative?

Peckover School is offering an excellent opportunity to join our amazing team!

Peckover is an ‘exciting place for children to learn and for staff to teach’ -OFSTED

We thrive on making a difference!

We are looking to appoint an Admin Assistant who:

• Will welcome all visitors and professionals to Peckover School with a smile on their face and excellent interpersonal skills.

• Will have an excellent telephone manner and communication skills.

• Will always go the extra mile for children, families and colleagues.

• Has experience in administration tasks, using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Publisher) and has a full range of secretarial skills.

• Has high standards and can complete work in a timely and accurate manner.

• Is willing to carry out a range of tasks, including scanning, copying, filing, typing, answering telephones and other reasonable tasks as directed by the Principal.

• To coordinate and manage the ordering of school lunches and liaising with the Catering Team.

• Manage school trips using the ParentPay system.

• To work with other colleagues across the Brooke Weston Trust.

• Is able to work as part of an established team, who are the ‘engine room’ of the school and cover for any absences in the team.

• Is cheerful, enthusiastic and a committed person.

• Can work under pressure and use their initiative.

• Is willing to go the extra mile, each and every day.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Peckover Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 433 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Peckover Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/peckover-primary-school

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