Administration Assistant
Forest Oak School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UEThis job expired on 5 December 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
3 February 2025
Closing date
5 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 8.15 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £20,331
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity to join an enthusiastic team within our well-respected special needs schools. Forest Oak is an expanding community school and judged as Outstanding by OFSTED.
Forest Oak School is looking to appoint an Administration Assistant. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Administration Team being responsible to the Administration Manager and to support in the smooth running of the schools by providing daily administrative, procedural and organisational support.
Experience of using school systems including SIMS. You will require strong spoken and written communication skills and secure IT skills in order to deal with oral or written exchanges with a range of other audiences. Specifically:
- You will to be able to use Microsoft Office and SIMS (or other school database systems).
- Ability to take communicate clearly and confidently with people at all levels.
- Ability to prioritise, manage own workload and use initiative, at times, working independently.
- Ability to record written and numerical information accurately and reliably.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
We are looking for someone who is hardworking, committed, organised, flexible and who enjoys coming to work!
What you'll need to succeed:
- to share our passion for wanting the very best for our pupils, schools and the wider community
- be committed to keeping our pupils safe
- be highly motivated and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people
- be emotionally intelligent with the ability to build strong working relationships with pupils, staff, parents, carers and external organisations
- the ability to work in an organised and systematic way
With enthusiasm, you will work to deliver a high quality service to meet customer, organisational and personal expectations. You adopt a ‘can do’ attitude in all of the work you deliver, ensuring it meets the needs of current and potential customers.
Interview date: 11 December 2024
What the school offers its staff
What you'll get in return
- working in a caring, supportive and professional environment
- development through appropriate training and support
- a competitive salary
- competitive pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme)
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.
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About Forest Oak School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 181 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Forest Oak School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- s500jlambert@forest-oak.solihull.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01217170088
Special School with students aged from 4-18
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