Administration Assistant
Aspire School, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 5DADeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
21 June 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £8,236 pro rata (£23,410 FTE)
Administration Assistant job summary
Bourne Alliance Multi Academy Trust is seeking an experienced administrator to work in our busy school office at Aspire school. This is a part time, permanent position, working 15 hours per week (days and times to be negotiated) term time only (39 weeks per year).
This is a key role in school and the successful candidate will provide administration, reception and general office support to the school. The post involves a wide range of tasks including dealing with visitors and parents, provide support to children and attend to their queries, and a range of general administration duties.
The successful candidate will:-
- Have strong interpersonal skills.
- Have good written and verbal communication skills.
- Be organised, adaptable and able to use own initiative.
- Be a proficient user of Microsoft 365.
- Be a strong team member who can work co-operatively to improve outcomes for children. An individual who is keen to learn and able to take direction.
- Be committed to the organisation’s success, flexible and well organised.
- Be an attentive to detail, accurate and efficient administrator.
- Be familiar with Arbor, although this is not essential.
- Be kind, caring and committed to committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and families
The successful candidate will also be polite, confident and have a friendly manner with a can-do attitude and be someone who can create a welcoming atmosphere in the school office.
In return, we can offer you:
- A friendly and supportive team;
- Opportunities for progression and development through training, coaching and mentoring;
- A healthy work-life balance;
- An inclusive environment where you feel valued;
- A supportive leadership team.
- Excellent pension scheme
- Counselling Service
- Health Cashplan
- Free parking
- Discounted breakfast and after school club for your child (if your child attends one of our trust schools)
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to attend the interview at Aspire School.
Aspire is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare for all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.
CVs will only be accepted when accompanied by a fully completed online application form. No agencies please.
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, we may bring the closing date forward. We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged to avoid disappointment.
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
Using the application form
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About Aspire School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- School size
- 152 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Aspire School website (opens in new tab)
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