Administrative Assistant

Round Hill Primary School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 1AE

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  2 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 October 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: £22,611 Actual Salary (£26,016 FTE)

Administrative Assistant job summary

Do you have administration and reception experience? Would you like to work in a primary school environment? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking to appoint an Admin Assistant to join our busy and friendly school office. We have the benefit of being a member of Equals Trust – a primary only Multi-Academy Trust. As part of Equals Trust you will have access to high quality professional development, collaborative working and a highly skilled, supportive and experienced team, including other local schools, across the Trust.

We have a vacancy for someone to work for 34.5 hours per week to work term time only plus 3 weeks of the school holidays. We are looking to appoint someone who has appropriate administration skills and ideally some experience of working in education, although this is not essential. We require a good standard of general education and GCSE qualifications or equivalent in English and Mathematics at Grade C or above. Verification of qualifications will be required before employment can commence. Experience and knowledge of working within a school environment and with Excel, Word and Arbor would be advantageous but not essential as we can give you all the training you need.

We are looking for someone who:

1. Has excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.

2. Is fully ICT literate with extensive experience in Office 365.

3. Ability to organise and prioritise tasks.

4. Able to remain calm under pressure.

5. Ability to work effectively within a team and on your own initiative.

6. Has previous experience of working in a school environment (not essential).

7. Has a sense of humour.

8. Has a willingness to participate in the wider life of the school.

9. Enjoys and embraces dealing with face-to-face, electronic and telephone conversations.

10. The commitment to act with integrity, honesty, loyalty and fairness.

In return we can offer:

• Children who are rewarding to engage with and who thrive on success, nurture and positive relationships

• A dedicated and highly motivated staff team who have a shared commitment to our school vision and ethos

• A well resourced, attractive learning environment

• The support of an enthusiastic, supportive and committed staff team

• Children who are proud of their school and the achievements they make

• Professional development, collaboration and support through being a member of Equals Trust

• A friendly working environment

• A supportive Local Governing Body

• Enhanced holiday allowance and rates of pay

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Access to employee health and wellbeing services

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. Child safety recruitment procedures operate and the post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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.

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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.

About Round Hill Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 510 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Round Hill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/round-hill-primary-school-nottingham

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