Administrator

The Spinney Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 9PB

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  26 February 2025

• Closing date

  29 January 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,112.00 - £20,112.00 Annually (FTE) This job is for 15hours per week - the hours must be worked during school hours but can be arranged into a work pattern of mutual convenience to school and successful applicant.

Administrator job summary

Main Responsibilities

1. Provide timely and effective operation of secretarial and administrative support service to the Headteacher and teaching staff in accordance with good secretarial practice

2. Use strong empathetic communication skills, both over the phone and in writing, to effectively engage with parents, pupils, visitors and staff, and address their needs with care and understanding.

3. Ensure attendance (and therefore safeguarding) is tracked on a daily basis, record absence/attendance/punctuality, run reports, identify patterns, organise requests for term-time absences and administer fines for non-attendance.

4. Management of reception - security of visitors ensuring that the visitors book is maintained. Ensure reception facilities are attractive and welcoming.

5. Maintain stationery supplies and order new as required

6. Generate reports of a routine nature

7. Sort and distribute post. Operate outgoing postal system

8. Liaise with school nurse/doctor and parents to arrange for medical appointments

9. Liaise with Attendance Officer to support good attendance for all pupils

10. Operation of School’s letting policy, taking bookings and invoicing for use

11. Completion of all returns to LA

12. Completion of fortnightly and monthly time sheets. Assisting with any queries that may arise

Commitment to safeguarding

We believe that our children, families, staff and governors are of equal value, and we respect and appreciate the diversity they bring to our school community. We welcome our duties under the Equality Act 2010 to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointments will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including the right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check, a medical questionnaire and two satisfactory references.

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 Spinney Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 205 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Spinney Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-spinney-primary-school (opens in new tab)

The Spinney is a popular and welcoming Group 2 village school in Cherry Hinton on the Southeast outskirts of Cambridge, age range 4 – 11.

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