Admin Assistant

Roecroft Lower School, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 4PF

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  8 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,046.00 - £16,555.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Level 2B point 3-5 (£24,796 - ££25,583) paid pro rata

Admin Assistant job summary

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To undertake reception duties and deal with general enquiries from visitors, parents etc ensuring that the signing in procedures are followed correctly with regard to Safeguarding within the school.
• To operate the school telephone system, forwarding calls as appropriate and taking messages as required.
• To be a main point of contact for first aid, care for sick pupils, arranging first aid as necessary and contacting parents where required.
• To provide clerical support to teaching staff, including routine typing/word processing, filing and photocopying.
• To monitor the school’s emails, forwarding them to the appropriate member of staff, or responding as necessary.
• To ensure that the school website content is kept up to date, adding new content as necessary.
• To organise the booking of staff training, and maintaining of a database.
• To organise invitations to community representatives to events, such as Easter, Christmas Plays and Dance Morning, and send Christmas cards each year.
• To assist with coordinating the autumn term open evening and pre-school visits.
• Update the school’s website with event photograph’s, newsletters, letters/ParentMails and dates on the calendar.
• Support of school library system alongside Library Lead.
• To organise the annual Book Fair with Scholastic.

For full details of the role including person specification, please see the attached application pack.

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

Roecroft Lower School is committed to the safeguarding of children and we adopt recruitment procedures that promote the safety and well-being of children. All posts are subject to Enhanced DBS clearance. In line with recommendations outlined in KCSIE September 2022, we will be completing an online search as part of our due diligence for
shortlisted candidates.

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 Roecroft Lower School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 9
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 395 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Roecroft Lower School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/roecroft-lower-school

Roecroft Lower School is a values-based school located in the small town of Stotfold, Hertfordshire. At our school we offer a well-resourced and vibrant, friendly learning environment for both children and staff to develop and achieve their full potential. We have a supportive, hard-working and committed team of staff.

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