Assistant Administrator

The North Halifax Grammar School, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 9SU

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  1 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 July 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: £24,018.00 - £28,511.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Scale 5 Point 12 to 22 | 37 hours per week, term time plus 3 days (Monday to Friday)

Assistant Administrator job summary

Responsible to the Office Manager.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support for school trips and extra-curricular activities.
• Provide administrative support for sixth form admissions.
• Main point of contact with school bus companies to include any matters that are outside of the normal arrangements, e.g. late buses, early school finish.
• Management of the locker system.
• Support with the running of any external and internal examinations.
• Support with the administration of extracurricular music tuition

General Administration Responsibilities:

• General administration for the school, including letter writing, general typing, parental communication and filing.
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate electronic personal/school information on all students and update contact information.
• Assist with arrangements for Parents’ Evening
• Support the administration of monitoring and managing the administration & distribution of students’ annual school reports.
• Assist with the administration and updates of the School handbook.
• General office duties including filing, distribution of post on a rota basis, taking minutes for meetings/briefings and reception cover.

Key Responsibilities for support of the Academy:

• To contribute to the overall ethos and aims of the Academy.
• To attend meetings and training exercises as directed by your Line Manager.
• To undertake personal development and improve own practice through training and other learning activities including performance management as required.
• To work as part of a team and support the role of other people within the team.
• To act as a role model and to be aware of and to respond appropriately to individual needs.
• To be aware of and comply with policies relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to a nominated person.

PLEASE NOTE: These duties are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties and responsibilities and activities relating to the general administration and control of the school, as may reasonably be required.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The North Halifax Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1199 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The North Halifax Grammar School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-north-halifax-grammar-school

NHGS is the school that everyone wishes they went to: where enthusiasm is infectious and excellence is standard; where co-operation is at the heart of all we do, where everyone strives to achieve their goals and is mindful of the right ways to do so.

We equip our students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to navigate life with confidence and set courses of their own choosing. Together, we develop the whole person by:

Living to Learn I Learning to Live

If you share our vision of a great education, we’d love to hear from you.

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