Administration Support
St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4BS14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP/September 2026
Closing date
26 June 2026 at 8am
Date listed
12 June 2026
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
- £23,742.27 - £24,916.78 Monthly
Administration Support job summary
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
REQUIRED ASAP/SEPTEMBER 2026
SCALE 5 POINT 10-13 (£27,694 - £29,064) Actual salary £23,742.27 - £24,916.78
You will be required to work 37 hours per week, term time only, 39 working weeks.
St John Payne Catholic School is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated administrator to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is highly organised, compassionate, and keen to learn within a supportive school environment.
You will provide day to day administrative assistance across the school teams. The successful candidate will play a vital role in the smooth running of our school, with responsibility for ensuring that pupils, staff, parents, carers, visitors and all persons who come into contact with the school are dealt with in a friendly and helpful manner. You will be expected to provide a high standard of customer service and a well organised and welcoming office environment. Ideally you will have some school experience in a similar role or are able to demonstrate the capability to learn quickly and apply existing skills to this unique role. The post holder is expected to display calmness and professionalism at all times.
You will thrive in this role if you:
- Are organised, reliable, and eager to learn.
- Communicate clearly and professionally.
- Can manage confidential and sensitive information responsibly.
- Work well as part of a team.
- Show empathy, patience, and a genuine commitment to student welfare.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and fitness to work questionnaire
Closing Date: 26th June 2026, 8am
Interviews: TBC
The school reserves the right to interview in advance of the closing date.
Further information about the job
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.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1210 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford website
Our school is highly oversubscribed and has an excellent reputation for academic success and for the pastoral care of the students.
NOR 1192, including a sixth form of 243 students
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