Administrative Assistant / Receptionist
Thames Park Secondary School, Grays, RM17 5FP11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2026
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,975.00 - £22,450.00 Annually (Actual) Thurrock Band A - Point 1-6
Administrative Assistant / Receptionist job summary
Administrative Assistant/ Receptionist
Maternity Cover until 31st August 2027
Salary: Band A Point 1 - 6
(£20,975.39- £22,450.61 actual salary per annum)
37 hours per week
Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:00pm
Friday - 8:00am - 3:30pm
(30-minute unpaid break for lunch)
38 weeks of the year - term time plus INSET days
Start Date: September 2026
Thames Park Secondary School is seeking a friendly, organised, and dedicated Administrative Assistant / Receptionist to be the first point of contact for visitors, parents, and staff. As a valued member of our administrative team, you will play a key role in ensuring smooth school operations while providing excellent customer service.
Thames Park Secondary School is a member of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the Schools’ Co-operative Society.
The successful candidate will work under the direction of the Support Manager and will be:
- Welcoming visitors and handling telephone enquiries
- Managing school communications with parents
- Assisting with clerical tasks such as sorting mail and distributing letters
- Using the school management information systems (Bromcom) for administrative support
- Communicating with parents using current systems
- Providing general clerical support as required
The successful candidate will:
- Be passionate, motivated, and have excellent communication skills
- Be able to multitask and stay calm under pressure and remain positive
- Have GCSE Maths & English - 4-9 or equivalent and strong IT skills
- Have excellent written skills with the ability to multi-task
In return for your hard work, you will receive:
- Two-week October half term
- National Conditions of Service
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme and on-site Gym
- Support from highly experienced SLT members, the wider trust network and collaboration with our two other secondary schools
- Wider support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance
- Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
- Recognition of continuous service
- Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust
- Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
If you feel you could make a positive contribution to the school, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please applynowor you can request a visit of the school or for more information speak to Ayshen Uluhanhr@osborne.coop or call 01375 648944.
Thames Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.
Closing date: Friday 10th July 2026 - Midday
Interview date: W/C 13th June 2026
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate before the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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 Thames Park Secondary School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 740 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thames Park Secondary School website
Thames Park Secondary School. opened to Year 7 pupils in central Grays in September 2020 as a brand new school. Grays is a vibrant, dynamic, rewarding and inspiring place to work, and enjoys excellent transport links. The area is undergoing large scale redevelopment in Europe as part of the Thames Gateway Development. We are part of a £20+ million building programme and will have excellent, purpose-built accommodation with state of the art specialist equipment and facilities in September 2022. We are the newest school in the Osborne Co-operative Academies Trust which comprises of 12 schools.
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