Administrative Assistant

Water Mill Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6TS

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  25 September 2025

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: £24,027.00 - £25,992.00 Annually (FTE)

Administrative Assistant job summary

Water Mill Primary School are seeking to appoint an Administrative Assistant to join our friendly, efficient and caring Office Team. We have a supportive, welcoming staff who are committed to providing the highest standards of education and welfare for all of our children. The role of the Administrative Assistant is diverse and busy and the post will ideally suit someone who is very organised , naturally cheerful, calm and genuinely interested in people across the age range.

The ideal Candidate will need to demonstrate:

• Good organisational skills, ability to prioritise, multi-task and work as part of a team
• A positive attitude and excellent communication skills
• The ability to work calmly and accurately to tight deadlines
• A commitment to ensuring confidentiality
• Competent use of IT packages eg Word, Excel
• Finance experience
• Excellent verbal & written English skills

CVs will not be accepted.

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please email vacancy@watermill.bham.sch.uk to arrange an appointment

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

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. One reference must be the current/most recent employer. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches.

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.

About Water Mill Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 208 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Water Mill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/water-mill-primary-school

Water Mill Primary School serves the communities of Selly Oak and Harborne. We are a happy, safe, caring community all working hard to ensure that each child achieves their very best and meets or exceeds all expected standards. We know that children work best when they are happy, interested and challenged and that school life is not just about academic standards, it is also about building positive relationships and participating in a wide variety of activities in and outside of school. Our pupils are encouraged to make decisions about what and how they learn, to be independent, creative and confident. We are a small, friendly one form entry primary school on the borders of Selly Oak and Harborne, Birmingham. We are proud of the rich diversity of our community and the excellent relationships that exist between pupils, staff, Governors and parents. We believe that together we can make a difference and influence the future.
At our last Ofsted inspection in June 2022 we were judged a 'GOOD' School with 'OUTSTANDING' for Personal Development.
Ofsted said:
'Pupils love school life at Water Mill.'

'Pupils work hard and learn well.'

'Pupils are proud of their diverse school community.'

'Personal development is exceptional.'

'Pupils behave well and feel safe.'

'The curriculum enables all pupils to achieve well.'

'Children get off to a good start in early years.'

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