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Administration Assistant

Maiden Erlegh School, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7HS

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  24 December 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Key stage: Key stage 3
• Working pattern:
  • Part time - 20 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 3, SCP 5. Fulltime £23,500. Actual £10,767

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are now looking for an administration assistant at Maiden Erlegh School to provide efficient, effective and confidential administrative support in our school office.

We are looking for a team player with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in an administrative role, with the following skills:

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Competent with Excel spreadsheets
• Ability to identify stakeholders’ needs quickly and deal with queries
• Reliability, tact, diplomacy, confidentiality, and sensitivity are paramount to this post
• Flexible approach to working and commitment to ongoing service and personal development (through self-evaluation and learning from others)
• Be able to work with frequent interruptions
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with a range of people
• Good organisational and planning skills, able to manage own time, prioritise and meet deadlines

Maiden Erlegh School is an over-subscribed secondary school which is as committed to the welfare of students and staff as it is our high standards. One of the privileges of joining our school is working with our dynamic, ambitious and positive students.

The successful applicant will enjoy working with 11-18-year-olds. You must be adaptable and willing to be involved in all aspects of school life, have a calm manner and be able to work as part of team. You will share our inclusive values of “opportunity, diversity and success for all” and you will have a willingness to develop your own practice in line with our ethos of continuous improvement.

What the school offers its staff

Being part of the Maiden Erlegh Trust also offers a range of career opportunities across our schools. For our teaching team we offer a flexible CPD programme which staff can tailor to their own needs which includes coaching and training for new entrants to the profession and to support career returners.

We have a proven track record of supporting ambitious staff in to middle and senior leadership posts and can offer opportunities to broaden your impact on the sector through the work of the Maiden Erlegh Institute. We are very happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part-time working and job-sharing.

To learn more about our school, please visit www.maidenerleghschool.co.uk.

If you would like to have an informal chat with the hiring manager or visit the school, please email our recruitment team on recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org who can help organise this.

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.

Maiden Erlegh Trust is committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare of children and staff. We are also committed to being ambitious for all and supporting everyone to reach their full potential. All employees of the Trust are expected to share these commitments. All posts require satisfactory employment checks and references and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. All Leadership roles will require a Section 128 check.

Applying for the job

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

Please complete the online application.

Skilled worker visa sponsorship is not available for this job.

About Maiden Erlegh School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1863 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Maiden Erlegh School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/maiden-erlegh-school-reading (opens in new tab)

Maiden Erlegh School is an Outstanding 11-19 secondary school in Wokingham, Berkshire and a part of Maiden Erlegh Trust.

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