Administrative Assistant

Oundle Church of England Primary School, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, PE8 5HA

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  27 September 2024

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: £23,114.00 - £23,500.00 Annually (FTE) Will be pro-rated

Administrative Assistant job summary

A school, at the heart of the community, passionate about educating children

Administrative Assistant

Contract type – Permanent

Pay Grade – Grade E4 (£23,114 FTE. This will be prorated to £9,633.87 per annum)

Hours – 17.5 hours per week.

Working 12:30pm – 4pm, 5 days per week.

40 weeks per year

Start Date – ASAP

We are looking for a professional, motivated and conscientious person to work within our administration team, to help facilitate core administrative duties, essential for the running of our school!

Oundle CE Primary School is a warm and happy school with a great team of staff, polite and hardworking children, and supportive parents. On a large and inviting site, it makes a lovely working environment for you to join our team as an Administrative Assistant!

At Oundle, we are proud to support our pupils to ‘be the best we can be.’ Following a successful Ofsted inspection in November 2023 inspectors reported that our three threads of ‘joy, kindness and resilience, are ‘weaved throughout life at school.’ In doing so, we seek to enable all pupils, regardless of their starting points, to flourish as individuals and reach their full potential. By learning to keep an on aspiring to ‘be the best they can be,’ our children achieve well and strive for more.

This goal extends towards our staff too. We acknowledge and appreciate the hardworking passion that our community commit to our school, and our success is due in no small part of their dedication and professionalism. We support all staff with CPD, opportunities and training to ‘be the best they can be.’ Ofsted inspectors reported that ‘there is a calm yet excited feel around the school and the relationships between pupils and staff are highly respectful.’

If you are looking for a unique opportunity where you can flourish and reach your full potential, while providing outstanding service for our children, then we would love to hear from you! The successful candidate will encompass our values and work as an efficient, professional, and organised Administrator, to provide a clerical, financial and executive service to the school. This is a role where no two days are the same and hence time management, prioritisation and multi-tasking is essential.

By working with wider stakeholders, from Children, Staff, Parents, Governors and Trust members, the role of an administrative assistant will be involved in all aspects of school life, and will work with a focused and conscientious attitude, committed to providing an effective service that prioritises communication, management, and confidentiality. The role of an administrator is an essential and valued position, to ensure local, Trust and statutory deadlines are met, facilitating the management of key processes, that support our children.

This role will also particularly focus on HR Administrative duties to support the Trust HR Advisor, whilst also driving whole school communication, assessment data and general administrative duties.

We are seeking someone who:

• Can maintain a courteous, professional and welcoming manner, in person, writing and on the telephone, with key stakeholders, to reflect our key values.
• Providing effective secretarial support to meet the school’s administrative daily requirements.
• Efficient record keeping, maintaining compliance with data protection requirement.
• Takes accountability for the organisation and management of key school procedures, including, but not limited to, submission of relevant data to HR, Finance and Health and Safety teams, website maintenance and safeguarding protocol.
• Ability to work effectively and flexibly, both independently and within part of a team.
• Supportive of the ethos of a Church and Trust school.

Please see the attached Job Description and person specification for more details.

We are proud to offer this rare opportunity and are excited to meet you!

As a Church School and part of the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust, we pride ourselves in our collaboration with others to be able to offer a rich and progressive curriculum for all pupils.

Oundle CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance.

Please note CVs will not be accepted and Application Forms should be completed in full. Any gaps in employment must be identified and justified.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications, so please do not delay in applying!

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Oundle Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 345 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Oundle Church of England Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oundle-church-of-england-primary-school (opens in new tab)

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