Administrative Assistant
Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AX9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
To be confirmed
Closing date
5 August 2024 at 9am
Date listed
16 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 20.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Band 2, Scalepoint 3-5
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a proactive, organised and skilled administrator looking to join a small team of office staff?Working in our main school office you will come into daily contact with our parents and staff so, as well as having administrative experience, you will also possess excellent communication and customer service skills and have a friendly, outgoing manner.
We are looking to appoint an Administrative Assistant to join our dedicated and successful school.
You will play an active role in delivering efficient, effective administrative support, and you will come into contact with our parents and staff so you will possess excellent communication skills and have a friendly, outgoing manner.
This is a permanent, part-time role working 20.5 hours per week, on a term time only basis.
About us
St. Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a successful primary school located in Grantham. We are an Ofsted rated good School.
We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, and we bring together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
About the role
As Administrative Assistant you will:
- Have experience of working in a busy office.
- Have excellent personal, administrative, and organisational skills.
- Be able to plan and prioritise own workload, meeting set deadlines.
- Have the ability to maintain a calm, positive and professional manner at all times.
- Demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail.
- Generate excellent relationships with pupils, parents, and staff.
- Previous Administrative experience essential and prior school experience desirable
What the school offers its staff
Why work for us?
We offer:
- A salary of£10,865 - £11,229per annum(OLOL Band 2).
- Wonderful students who have a passion for learning and deserve the very best.
- Term Time only working for 39 weeks per year.
- A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
- Access to first-class CPD opportunities with a specialist support staff CPD programme.
- Professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme– emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
- Health and wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider.
- Staff discounts and a salary sacrifice scheme that includes a Cycle-to-work scheme.
About you
For an informal discussion about the role and our school please contact the the school on 01476 562017. Visits to our school are warmly welcomed.
How to Apply:
Please complete the online application form located on our vacancies page: Vacancies - Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust (ololcatholicmat.co.uk)
Closing date: Monday 5th August 2024 at 9.00am
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
You do not need to be a catholic to work for our Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.
Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
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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.
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About Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 200 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vacancies@OLOLCATHOLICMAT.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01522527500
Arranging a visit to Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@OLOLCATHOLICMAT.co.uk.
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