Administrative Assistant
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8PZ19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 August 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,667.00 - £20,991.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 3, Point 3-4: £20,667 - £20,991 per annum (subject to experience)
Administrative Assistant job summary
Salary: Grade 3, Point 3-4: £20,667 - £20,991 per annum (subject to experience)
Contract: Permanent, 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)
Are you an organised, approachable, and proactive individual who thrives in a busy school office environment? Shaftesbury Primary School is seeking a dedicated Administrative Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out a range of general administrative tasks to support the school’s day-to-day operations
- Maintain pupil and school records, databases, and filing systems
- Manage incoming and outgoing mail and communications
- Operate reprographics equipment and support with document preparation
- Answer phone calls and greet visitors in a professional and welcoming manner
- Provide admin support across departments and assist colleagues as needed
- Uphold high standards of safeguarding and confidentiality at all times
We’re Looking For Someone Who:
- Has strong administrative and IT skills, including experience with Microsoft Office
- Is confident communicating with staff, pupils, parents, and external visitors
- Can work independently and manage priorities under pressure
- Is friendly, flexible, and a team player
- Demonstrates a professional attitude and attention to detail
To find out more about the benefits of working for SAST, click here
For more information about our school, please click the view our careers page on the right hand side.
Should you wish to find out more about the role, please contact the SAST HR Team at hr@sast.org.uk or on 01935 316940.
SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification, and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
SAST recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. SAST values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment and at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010 SAST welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
This role is UK- based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
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 Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 338 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School website
Shaftesbury CE Primary School is an exciting and innovative school. We are perched 215 metres above sea-level, riddled with history and a beautiful place to be! Our school is very much part of the local community - we have strong links with the Church; we have wonderful support from the Governing Body, parents, a band of volunteers from the community and our PTA. We are committed to excellence in education and aim to INSPIRE children’s imaginations through a range of engaging and challenging learning experiences within a Christian environment.
At Shaftesbury we truly believe in educating the whole child and giving the children as many opportunities and learning experiences as we possibly can in all subjects, whether they are creative, practical or sports as well as academic, so that we can equip them for life in our modern world.
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