Administrative Assistant with Events & Medical Admin responsibilities

The Grove Junior School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 1QB

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 - £24,790.00 Annually (FTE) 35 hours per week

Administrative Assistant with Events & Medical Admin responsibilities job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the school and we are currently looking to appoint a flexible, enthusiastic, positive and well organised Administrative Assistant who will fit well in our busy and friendly school office, where no two days are the same.

As a first point of contact, it will be beneficial for applicants to have experience of an office environment and it will be necessary for them to have excellent communication skills, as well as a high commitment to standards, confidentiality and efficiency.

The role is for five days a week, with hours from 8:30am to 4:00pm (35 hours a week) during term time ONLY.

Typical daily tasks will include:

Undertaking reception duties including responding to telephone and face to face enquiries

Providing clerical support, such as dealing with class registers, school lunch bookings, maintaining school records, basic typing, email, photocopying and filing

Liaising with parents

Assisting with pupil welfare matters and administering routine first aid

Co-ordinating trips and school clubs

Carrying out routine financial and administrative tasks, including collection of money for school trips and other events

Maintaining and ordering school stationery along with other items from suppliers

An excellent command of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel are essential, together with excellent administrative and organisational skills .

A knowledge of Google Drive/Google Forms and Arbor is desirable

The safeguarding of our children is paramount therefore, appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check, pre-employment health checks and references, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2024).

This position is a permanent one, subject to a 6 month probation period, with an immediate start.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Grove Junior School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 359 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Grove Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-grove-junior-school

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