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Administration Support Assistant

Benchill Primary School, Manchester, M22 8EJ

This job expired on 26 June 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  26 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Term Time Only 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm 30 minute lunch break
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 Year (1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027
• Pay scale: Grade 2: Scale Point 4

What skills and experience we're looking for

Manchester City Council

Job Description

Administration Support Assistant, Grade 2

The post holder will report to the School Business Manager. Apart form other colleagues in the school the main contacts of the job are: The Head Teacher, teaching and support staff, pupils and parents.

Main Purpose of the job

To provide routine general clerical, administrative and financial support to the school.

To work collaboratively with all staff and parents to support pupil /student well being and to promote the five outcomes of Every Child Matters.

Organisation

To undertake reception duties, answering routine telephone and face to face enquiries and signing in visitors

To assist with pupil first aid and welfare duties, including looking after sick pupils, liasing with parents and staff etc

To undertake routine clerical and administrative support duties on behalf of individual members of staff, in relation to the organisation of school activities.

Administration

To provide routine clerical support, for example, photocopying, filing, faxing, emailing, and completing routine forms

To maintain manual and computerised records and management information systems

To undertake typing, word processing and other IT based tasks

To collect and distribute incoming mail, despatch outgoing mail as appropriate

To undertake routine administration, for example, registers and school meals

To assist with school administrative duties relating to examination invigilation.

Resources

To operate office equipment, for example, photocopier and computer

To arrange the orderly and secure storage of supplies

To undertake routine financial administration, for example collecting and recording dinner money

Responsibilities

To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding and child protection, health and safety, security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person as soon as they arise

To be aware of and support difference and to ensure equal opportunities for all

To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school

To attend and participate in relevant meetings as required

To participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required

Where the postholder is disabled, every effort will be made to supply all necessary aids, adaptations or equipment to allow them to carry out all the duties of the job. If, however, a certain task proves unachievable, job redesign will be fully considered.

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you

• A welcoming and supportive place to work with a dedicated and creative staff team who are positive and dedicated
• An inclusive school with happy, well-behaved children who enjoy learning
• Established positive relationships with parents and the local community
• Appropriate training opportunities
• Local Authority pension scheme

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

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.

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About Benchill Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 503 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Benchill Primary School website
• Email address: head@benchill.manchester.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0161 9983075
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/benchill-primary-school

• We provide a safe and stimulating environment to enable our children to achieve their best
• We were rated ‘Good’ in our last Ofsted
• We have a strong dedicated staff all sharing our vision and motivation to provide the best possible outcomes for our children.

Arranging a visit to Benchill Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email head@benchill.manchester.sch.uk.

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