Apprentice Administrative Assistant
Edgar Sewter Community Primary School, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8BUDeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
1 July 2024 at 1pm
Date listed
17 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary apprenticeship rate
Apprentice Administrative Assistant job summary
This is a full-time fixed term role for 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, term time. You will be paid pro rata to the Apprentice National Minimum Wage. The salary is reviewed annually in April in line with the nationally agreed salaries.
To commence: 1st September 2024
We would like to appoint a warm and welcoming new member to join our admin team. You will need good administrative and people skills as you will be the first line of contact with children, parents and visitors to the school. Your main responsibilities will be providing clerical support to the busy school office, pupils and teachers, with the ability to be flexible, reliable and hard-working within a team to ensure duties are carried out efficiently and effectively. You will order and organise stock and first aid and you will promote our school throughout the local community.
As with any school office duties will vary from day to day.
No previous experience of working in a school is necessary as training will be given but you should have a calm and patient nature with a mature outlook and the ability to maintain complete confidentiality on all school matters. Good communication, numeracy and literacy skills are essential. In addition a good sense of humour and the ability to multitask is important. As an Apprentice Administrative assistant, you will work under the instruction/guidance of teaching and senior staff to undertake office support duties and assist the team in the day to day needs of the whole school community. This apprenticeship offers a fantastic opportunity to gain practical experience in an office environment while working towards a recognised qualification.
Visits to the school are encouraged and appointments can be made by telephoning the school office 01986 873194 or email: office@edgarsewterprimary.co.uk
ASSET Education reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
This post will be reporting directly to the headteacher and will be based at Edgar Sewter Primary School.
For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the Headteacher, please contact:
Helen Fuller, Office Manager, Edgar Sewter Community Primary School – Norwich Road, Halesworth. IP19 8BU. 01986 873194 hfuller@edgarsewterprimary.co.uk
Please also see our website – www.edgarsewterprimary.co.uk
ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.
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.
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About Edgar Sewter Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 322 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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