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Administration & Welfare Assistant - Term-time + 7 INSET days - 25 Hours per Week

Pirton Hill Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 9EX

This job expired on 30 November 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  30 November 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14,051.00 - £14,528.00 Annually (Actual) Term-time + 7 INSET days, 25 Hours per Week

Administration & Welfare Assistant - Term-time + 7 INSET days - 25 Hours per Week job summary

Administration & Welfare Assistant

We are looking to appoint an experienced Admin & Welfare Assistant to work in our busy school office.  You will run our main school reception desk, providing general clerical and administrative support to the school.  As the appointed person in charge of first aid, you will proactively oversee the school’s medical, first aid and health arrangements, ensuring appropriate care for pupils and staff and act as the main point of contact with external agencies.

The Administration and Welfare Assistant is an integral member of the front office team.

You will run our main school reception desk, providing a friendly, welcoming and efficient service to all parents / carers, pupils, staff and visitors into school. You will provide general clerical and administrative support to the school.  As the appointed person in charge of first aid, you will proactively oversee the school’s medical, first aid and health arrangements, ensuring appropriate care for pupils and staff and act as the main point of contact with external agencies.

This is a diverse and exciting role that would suit a candidate who enjoys working with colleagues, children and the general public. Strong organisational and communication skills are essential!

We encourage you to read the attached letter and job description, as well as visit us in person (and our website) to find out more about Pirton Hill Primary School. 

• We look forward to receiving your application.
  
• The school are looking for an administrator who has:
  
• experience of administrative procedures within a busy office
  
• experience of working unsupervised as part of a team
  
• excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
• the ability to staff the school reception area, including taking and passing messages and receiving visitors to the school in a calm, courteous and helpful manner.
  
• a friendly and calm approach
  
• a valid first aid qualification (or willing to undertake this)
  
• a friendly and calm approach
  
• a commitment to safeguarding children
  

The successful candidate must be able to converse with ease with members of the public and provide effective help and advice in accurate and fluent spoken English.

Please take time to read the attached letter and job description for more information.

 If you require any further information please contact Lynne Jaggers – HR Manager – Tel: 01582 507924 or email:  lynnejaggers@pirtonhill.co.uk

Closing Date: Noon Thursday, 30th November 2023

Date of Interviews:  To be confirmed

Start Date: ASAP (subject to relevant checks)

Please note that if you are shortlisted for this role, or an alternative role, an online name search will be undertaken, as per Keeping Children Safe in Education.  The purpose of the search is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with you at interview

CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools

           The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).             

         This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

 

 

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 Pirton Hill Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 419 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Pirton Hill Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pirton-hill-primary-school (opens in new tab)

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