Business Assistant
Discovery Primary Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6HX11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
25 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
13 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Friday 8.15 to 3.30pm Term time plus 5 training days
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £19,364
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential Experience:
• English and Maths Grade 4 at GCSE or above
• Experience of using data input systems and a good knowledge of IT
• Good communication skills – Parents, Pupils, Staff and External Agencies
• Administration Experience
• Dealing with confidential and sensitive information
Desirable Experience:
• Experience of the above in a school/educational setting
Essential Practical Skills
• Excellent communication skills, providing advice and information in accurate spoken English
• Good written communication and numeracy skills
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work well as part of a small team while multi-tasking with accuracy
• Ability to meet agreed deadlines
• Able to work using your own initiative
• The willingness to adapt to new systems and technology as required and have a flexible approach to the challenges of a varied working day
• Ability to prioritise
Essential Personal Qualities and Attributes
• Ability to work positively with staff, children and parents
• Ability to think strategically
• The ability and motivation to constantly improve own practice and knowledge through self-evaluation and learning from others.
• Ability to support colleagues
• Ability to be flexible and positive, dedicated and trustworthy
• To be loyal and committed to Discovery Primary Academy
• Ability to establish and develop positive relationships throughout the academy and with other key stakeholders.
• Ability to take ownership of the role and make the role your own.
• A good sense of humour
What the school offers its staff
Discovery Primary Academy has a fantastic opportunity for a Business Assistant to join our warm and friendly team. We believe that happy staff brings happy learners, so at Discovery Primary Academy the whole team work towards offering a warm welcome to staff and pupils alike. Above everything, we would urge you to speak to our staff to find out how our Academy is different to work in than many others. The successful candidate will join our motivated office team at Discovery as we continue our exciting journey within the Four C’s MAT
Working for Discovery Primary Academy, means you can be assured that you will be
contributing to our mission to enable every child to Aspire, Discover and Achieve. All
our staff work collaboratively to share best practice and are supported by the
expertise within the central team to enable them to focus on teaching and learning.
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
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About Discovery Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 503 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Discovery Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@discoveryprimary.com
- Phone number
- 01733 325001
Discovery Primary Academy with currently 500 children on roll, is on an exciting journey of school improvement and continues to strive to make a real difference to the lives of our children. The successful candidate will join our growing team at Discovery which is an Academy within the Four C’s Multi Academy Trust. The Four C’s vision is to ensure that every student succeeds; build on what learners already know; make learning vivid and real; make learning an enjoyable experience; and enrich the learning experience that we offer.
Arranging a visit to Discovery Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@discoveryprimary.com.
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