Administrative Assistant

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 4DJ

34 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  24 August 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday, 30 hours per week, term time (38 weeks per academic year) 08.30am to 15.30
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Between £25,185 and £25,989
• Actual salary: Between £17,852 and £18,422
• Pay scale: Plymouth Cast SCP4 to SCP6
• Hourly rate: Between £13.05 and £13.47 (to be uplifted once support staff pay increase approved from 1.4.26)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Organisational skills with the ability to set targets and meet deadlines, planning and

prioritising individual workload.

• Tactful and discreet, with the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.

• Able to provide customer service in a professional manner.

• Ability to work from instruction, making some decisions involving the use of

initiative, and to identify emerging problems and situations referring on to others as

appropriate.

• Experience of working co-operatively with others to deliver successful outcomes for

Plymouth CAST.

• A team player who has a positive approach to dealing with issues.Educated to GCSE level or equivalent qualification or experience.

• NVQ 2 or equivalent (desirable).
• Experience of working in a busy office providing efficient general administrative and

finance administration, including ash handling.

• Experienced in using school IT systems such as SIMS and Excel (spreadsheets).
• Experience of using and maintain ICT hardware such as printers, faxes and

photocopying machines.

• Experience of using financial management systems.
• Preferably experience of working within a School environment and as a result a

knowledge of safeguarding practices, child protection procedures and the day to day

running of a school.

What the school offers its staff

• A warm and welcoming school with a strong Catholic ethos.

• Friendly, polite and enthusiastic children who enjoy coming to school.

• A supportive and dedicated staff team who value collaboration and professional development.

• Opportunities for ongoing training and career development.

• A varied and rewarding role at the heart of a thriving school community.

• employee benefits scheme

• Well being support EAP

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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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SJ Admin Job Advert.docx.pdf - 100 KB (opens in new tab)

Administrative Assistant Job Description (April 2026).pdf - 187 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 201 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School website
• Email address: n.berry@plymouthcast.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school-pl1-4dj

We are a one form entry Catholic school family, proud of our religion, values, history and achievements with a loving and caring ethos. Rooted in the teachings of Jesus Christ, we seek to instil in our pupils a deep sense of compassion, integrity and service to others. Through opportunities for prayer and reflection, we encourage our pupils to grow in their relationship with God and to live out their faith in meaningful ways. Our mission statement, ‘Love Jesus, Love Learning, Love Life,’ reminds us of our core values and inspires our whole school community to be the best that it can be.


We aim to provide the best education for all our children so they leave us in year 6 knowing their mission and vision to make the world a better place. We will equip them with the skills to become successful, resilient, happy learners and confident individuals through a curriculum that develops, challenges and motivates all our children.

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