Administrative Assistant

Water Mill Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6TS

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  24 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 - £25,992.00 Annually (FTE)

Administrative Assistant job summary

Full Time, 5 days per week (36.5hours)

Term Time Only

Permanent

Required from 1 September 2025

Water Mill Primary School are seeking to appoint an Administrative Assistant to join our friendly, efficient and caring Office Team. We have a supportive, welcoming staff who are committed to providing the highest standards of education and welfare for all of our children. The role of the Administrative Assistant is diverse and busy and the post will ideally suit someone who is very organised , naturally cheerful, calm and genuinely interested in people across the age range.

The ideal Candidate will need to demonstrate:

• Good organisational skills, ability to prioritise, multi-task and work as part of a team
• A positive attitude and excellent communication skills
• The ability to work calmly and accurately to tight deadlines
• A commitment to ensuring confidentiality
• Competent use of IT packages eg Word, Excel
• Finance experience
• Excellent verbal & written English skills
• Previous school administrative experience preferable with a knowledge of Bromcom

CVs will not be accepted.

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please email enquiry@watermill.bham.sch.uk to arrange an appointment

Commitment to safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. One reference must be the current/most recent employer. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches.

Applying for the job

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About Water Mill Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 208 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Water Mill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/water-mill-primary-school

Water Mill Primary School serves the communities of Selly Oak and Harborne. We are a happy, safe, caring community all working hard to ensure that each child achieves their very best and meets or exceeds all expected standards. We know that children work best when they are happy, interested and challenged and that school life is not just about academic standards, it is also about building positive relationships and participating in a wide variety of activities in and outside of school. Our pupils are encouraged to make decisions about what and how they learn, to be independent, creative and confident. We are a small, friendly one form entry primary school on the borders of Selly Oak and Harborne, Birmingham. We are proud of the rich diversity of our community and the excellent relationships that exist between pupils, staff, Governors and parents. We believe that together we can make a difference and influence the future.

At our last Ofsted inspection in June 2022 we were judged a 'GOOD' School with 'OUTSTANDING' for Personal Development.

Ofsted said:

'Pupils love school life at Water Mill.'

'Pupils work hard and learn well.'

'Pupils are proud of their diverse school community.'

'Personal development is exceptional.'

'Pupils behave well and feel safe.'

'The curriculum enables all pupils to achieve well.'

'Children get off to a good start in early years.'

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