Business Support Assistant
Arbour Vale School, Slough, SL2 3AE12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
12 April 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
31 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week,8.30am to 16.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 16.00pm on Friday, 5 days per week, Term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- OHCAT Fringe Business support pay scale, Grade: Level 4, SP 19-22, Actual Salary: £23,776.85- £25,295.93 (FTE £27,767.00- £ 29,541.00)
Additional allowances
Including Special School Allowance FTE £1,315.07 - Actual - £ 1,126.10
What skills and experience we're looking for
The postholder will provide efficient and effective administrative support across both finance and human resources functions within a busy school environment. The role ensures accurate financial processing, compliance with policies, and smooth HR operations to support staff and leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
Assist in processing school orders, ensuring budget provision and authorisation prior to processing.
Monitor Agency staff timesheet approvals and provide Agency Flash Report data on a weekly basis
Monitor and process orders sent to AVS Resources mailbox and monitoring stock levels
To undertake the administrative duties associated with recruitment, probation, including drafting letters, filing etc. to ensure smooth operations
Ensureaccurateandtimelydata input into HR systems, including:
New starters, leavers, amendments, maternity/paternity, absences, annual leave, etc.
Leave requests, including notifying staff and filing appropriately.
Key Requirements:
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
Good numeracy and IT skills (e.g., Excel, MIS systems)
Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment
OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
What the school offers its staff
OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGymDiscounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Arbour Vale School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 359 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Arbour Vale School website
- Email address
- nwei@orchardhill.ac.uk
School location
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