Admin Assistant (with responsibility for cover)

Moulton School and Science College, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Jan 25

• Closing date

  8 December 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 November 2024

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: £11,630.00 - £11,814.00 Annually (Actual) £24,404 - £24,790 FTE

Admin Assistant (with responsibility for cover) job summary

MOULTON SCHOOL AND SCIENCE COLLEGE

Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, NN3 7SD

01604 641600

www.moultonschool.co.uk

ADMIN ASSISTANT

(with responsibility for cover)

Grade E Point 4-5 (£24,404 - £24,790 FTE)

20 hours per week 40 weeks per year

Actual salary £11,630 – £11,814

We are seeking to appoint, as soon as possible, an Admin Assistant (with a responsibility for Cover) to join our well-established support staff team.

This is a newly introduced role that supports Admin and Cover Planning in a busy and vibrant school. The school has 1200 main school students (Years 7 – 11) and approximately 165 teaching and support employees.

The job holder will be responsible for ensuring that all aspects of admin, as well as cover for absent teachers is completed in a timely manner.

This is a busy role which requires good communication and organisational skills as well as energy. The cover aspect of the role requires a 7:30am start due to liaison with supply agencies if internal resource is not available.

The role reports to the Assistant Headteacher.

The successful candidate will need to be:

Highly organised

Show discretion and empathy but at the same time be assertive

Have a good eye for detail

Enjoy people interaction

IT competent

Have good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities include:

• Responding to calls and emails to resolve queries from colleagues and external agencies.
• Setting up and operating filing and retrieval systems to ensure full access to records and compliance with Data protection requirements
• Preparing documents for supply staff, as well as the wider support staff team.
• Support key events in the school calendar such as preparation and planning for parents evening (posters / displays) and support subject areas with trip organisation
• Be the lead member of staff for day-to-day operational provision of cover enquiries
• Develop positive relationships with supply agencies
• Support various other administrative duties for the school community.
• Supporting the HR Team with recruitment and absence management.

This role will experience peaks and troughs in work as natural events or planned activities throughout the year emerge, and therefore flexibility and a calm presence is a must.

This role is key to our service provision, requiring flexibility and enthusiasm to help us deliver high levels of support for our stakeholders and visitors and ensuring our provision remains fit for purpose.

Please see the Job Description for a full list of Duties and Responsibilities.

We welcome potential candidates to come and look around the school. If you are interested in this, please contact Vienna Waights, HR Manager, on:

vienna.waights@moultonschool.co.uk

At MSSC, we know that our staff are our most valuable resource. We want you to flourish in your professional life and that’s why we put lots of time and energy into our positive culture and approach to well-being.

It’s not just a job, it’s a career – some of the benefits we offer you:

Enthusiastic and engaged students and a culture of high aspirations.

Extensive CPD training which provides a range of tailored and bespoke CPD opportunities

Competitive salaries and pay progression

A supportive leadership team who are engaged in your professional development and success

Employee Assistance Programme (Counselling, information and support)

Generous Pension Scheme

Flexible Working Contracts

Moulton School is a successful, popular and over-subscribed school on the northern boundary of Northampton. The school was graded Good in its last two Ofsted inspections, and there is a strong commitment to further improvement based on effective teaching and learning and high expectations of students. Whilst maintaining firm discipline, built around our ASPIRE ethos and school values, the school is deeply committed to supporting the development of whole child, and is one of very few schools to hold the Restorative Services Quality Mark. Our student leadership programme is also a significant strength of the school. As a member of staff at Moulton School, your on-going professional development is of crucial importance, and the school has an outstanding record of supporting colleagues into middle and senior leadership roles.

• “Moulton School has been absolutely amazing. Throughout our daughter’s time at the school, all of the staff from the Head, SLT, teachers and pastoral staff have been fantastic. We cannot stress strongly enough the positive impact that Team Moulton has had on our daughter’s secondary school education and mental well-being.” Parent
• “Moulton School has supported us and given us their time when we have needed it, which has not gone unnoticed and does show how much they value the children in their care and education.” Parent.
• “As a new member of staff, I was made to feel valued and supported. There is an ethos of kindness and it shows. I have never worked with staff that are so motivated by their school's values. The leadership team are always close-by and ready to help and offer solutions, support and friendly encouragement. Thank you MSSC, I am so proud to work at this wonderful school.” Teacher.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to show this commitment. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake safeguarding checks, including a criminal record check via the Disclosure & Barring Service, the cost of which will be met by the school.

Please note, it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020), which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 – Part V.

Please be aware that referees will be contacted prior to interview in accordance with accepted Child Protection Procedures.

We reserve the right to withdraw the advert if sufficient applications are received before the closing date.

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.

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About Moulton School and Science College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1411 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Moulton School and Science College website (opens in new tab)
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Moulton School is a warm, welcoming and hardworking school community, striving for excellence in all that we do. We want our students to leave school having maximised their academic progress, but also with fond memories of the breadth of opportunities taken, the relationships made, and the experiences enjoyed; for example, through our flagship student leadership programme.

Situated five miles from Northampton and close to the M1, Moulton is a peaceful location with close proximity to the modern conveniences of town living .

Moulton School is built on a commitment to academic excellence and the highest of personal standards, within an environment which provides each individual with the care, support and encouragement that they need to succeed. We pride ourselves on traditional values, such as hard work and discipline, whilst preparing young people for all the challenges of life in the 21st century.

Our students are committed to their learning, and we have the highest of expectations of them, both academically, and in the character that they demonstrate as they grow and develop. Our core values and ethos statement “ASPIRE – Strive for Great Things” sets the tone, both for our expectations, and for the achievements that we are able to celebrate.

Students are encouraged to become highly motivated, independent learners and are able to learn through differentiated learning activities. This allows them to develop high levels of knowledge, skills and technological understanding. Students’ work is carefully monitored and assessed regularly and they are involved in target setting.

Our success is built on partnership and we are very fortunate in the high quality of staff who care for and guide the students through their time at Moulton challenging them at every step to become the young people that they can be.

We are, as you may imagine, very proud of our students.

 

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

Moulton has a talented and dedicated staff who show pride and commitment to their role. Our students benefit from their professionalism and their work in supporting students to achieve their best.

High quality teaching and high expectations are at the heart of Moulton School and all teachers will be expected to develop practice which supports the ethos, values and vision, and contributes to the overall life and work of the school.

Moulton School has strong staff development programme with a wealth of experienced staff working with teachers and support staff. To that end, we strive to create a learning environment that elicits outstanding outcomes for students.

Staff are committed to their own development, and many take part in helping others to progress. In order to support this, we run training and development sessions that take place after school.

There are also various training routes for staff to follow including.

• Training School Network Programme

• New staff and ECT induction programme in-house and as part of the SWAN network

• Year 2 Teachers’ Programme

• Middle Leaders’ Programme

• Subject Leader and Senior Leadership qualifications (NPQSL) (NPQML)

Many staff take part in regular subject specific training, and staff I specialist roles may attend external training courses run by specialists in areas such as pastoral care, First Aid, mental health and wellbeing, MAGT and challenge.

Moulton School values diversity, and has developed an Equalities Policy to ensure that everyone within the school community is treated fairly, irrespective of race, gender, disability, sexuality or age.

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