Business Admin Apprenticeship
Net Academies Trust, Harlow, CM18 7HT13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
6 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £6.40 Annually (Actual) NMW for Apprentice, increasing to £7.55 from April 2025
Business Admin Apprenticeship job summary
Business Admin Apprentice
Salary: £6.40 per hour, (based on the National Minimum Wage for an apprentice in their first year), increasing to £7.55 per hour from April 2025
Working hours: 35 hours per week Term time only plus inset days. 39 working weeks a year. Daily hours to be confirmed
Start date: ASAP
Qualification
Business Admin Level 3
Duration - 18 Months
Duties and Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Administration
- Act as an ambassador for the Trust when greeting parents and other visitors, and act as a first point of reference when visitors arrive.
- Provide secretarial, clerical and administrative support to the Head of School, Assistant Headteacher, Office Manager and other staff.
- Administrative support for all areas of the Trust Academies
- Demonstrate excellent professional relationships with children, parents and colleagues.
Perform receptionist duties throughout the school day, including acting as the first point of reference for children, parents, visitors and telephone enquiries - Offer helpful, friendly, approachable and professional service at all times and take appropriate action on own initiative, resolving minor matters, and referring more serious matters to appropriate members of staff
- Check goods, return unwanted items and arrange servicing and maintenance as required
- Maintain high standards when managing confidential information, complying with the school’s data protection procedures and legal requirements at all times
- To ensure school security and safeguarding arrangements are always complied with
- Support with organisation of school trips, sports events and visits
- The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required within the
context of the job, skills and grade - General
Participate in the performance and development review process, taking personal responsibility for identification of learning, development and training opportunities, in discussion with line manager. - Comply with individual responsibilities, in accordance with the role, for health and safety in the workplace.
- Ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with the School’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
- Share in the School’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, including understanding and adhering to the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.
- Other duties as reasonably required by the Line Manager.
Person Specification
Technology - Good IT skills including the ability to use microsoft packages e.g. excel, word and powerpoint
Customer service - Commitment to first class customer service and an ability to behave calmly in a courteous and appropriate manner at all times
Working with People - The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and staff.
Personal Qualities
- Understand the need for confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information
- Reliable and ability to work flexibly and cooperatively as part of the team under the direction of the office manager
- Confident yet sensitive and discreet in dealing with visitors to include parents and students.
- Ability to work with staff at all levels and have good communication skills
- Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Essential Qualifications
- English and Maths at GCSE level A-C (4-9)
- Functional skills equivalent
Potential applicants are both welcome and encouraged to visit the academy. Please contact the school office by telephone on 01279 421567 opt 1.
In compliance with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs cannot be accepted.
NET Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the Safer Recruitment process all shortlisted applicants will be subject to social media checks. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Commitment to safeguarding
NET Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the Safer Recruitment process all shortlisted applicants will be subject to social media checks. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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.
About Net Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Welcome to NET Academies Trust. We are a DfE approved sponsor of six primary schools in Essex. As a team of schools we work together to promote and lead innovative practice in order to raise educational outcomes for all children- shaping futures.
We are as ambitious for the staff as we are for the children in our schools; providing excellent opportunities for continued professional development and staff wellbeing. We believe that partnerships and collaboration to share best practice are the key to meeting the challenge of raising pupil attainment. We are proud of the commitment within our schools, being acknowledged through national awards (TES Employer of the Year 2018, Place2Be Place2Be Wellbeing in Schools Award 2019).
The Trust provides an effective structure of shared central services, to enable our schools to focus on teaching and learning. This achieves real benefits from school-to-school collaboration and ensuring our schools receive the support they need.
Our culture of ‘children first, people first’ creates effective teamwork and continual improvement. We are passionate about inclusion for both children and staff.
We share our learning with the wider community and take a system leader approach to help improve education beyond our own network. We encourage an outward facing approach with all of our schools, fostering a balance of autonomy and collaboration.
Jo Coton, Chief Executive
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