Careers Administrator
Melksham Oak Community School, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6QZ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
31 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 August 2025
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
- £7,025.61 - £7,365.38 Annually (Actual)
Careers Administrator job summary
Please note that applications will be reviewed as received and should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early. Therefore, early application is encouraged.
The Role: Careers Administrator
The Hours: 12 hours covering Melksham Oak and Devizes School. 6 hours at Melksham Oak and 6 hours at Devizes School.
Working Days: Monday and Tuesdays, 8.30 to 3pm with half an hour lunch
Salary: WHFNJC grade K4-7
Melksham Oak Community School is a large, thriving 11-18 secondary school where students of all abilities, aptitudes and social backgrounds are nurtured, encouraged and challenged to achieve their best.
We couldn’t do what we do without our fantastic staff team, and we are looking for an organised and effective administrator to join our hard-working office team as a careers administrator, providing high quality support to the careers function. If you are looking to continue your school administration career in a challenging and rewarding role within our school, then we want to hear from you. Come and join us on this exciting journey to help our school be the very best it can be for our children.
As part of your Careers Administrator role, you will be supporting with work experience administration, electronic filing, data entry and maintaining the employer database. We require you to be confident with Microsoft Office to support with destination data ,outbound emails, email campaigns, data capture and diary/appointment scheduling. You will be forward thinking and support with the careers event evaluations, exam day campaigns and events planning and delivery.
All About You
Do you have what it takes to join us? The Careers Administrator we would like to join us will be:
A friendly, flexible and experienced administrator.
An excellent communicator with outstanding customer service skills.
Educated to GCSE level, including English and Maths.
Competent in using Microsoft Office and Outlook.
Passionate about working in a school environment.
Why Work for us?
We think you will love working with us and here are some of the reasons why:
We are a welcoming and supportive school with strong values and a caring ethos.
Our staff are a hardworking team dedicated to helping children succeed.
Our children are engaged and eager to learn.
We have a supportive leadership team and wider school community.
As part of The White Horse Federation multi-academy trust, we benefit from their support, encouragement, shared resources and outstanding CPD opportunities.
The White Horse Federation is a large Multi-Academy Trust in South West and South East England, committed to providing the very best education for our students. We believe in empowering our staff to be the very best they can be, and that is why you will find a wide range of professional development opportunities available to you when you join us.
The Advantages of joining our Federation
In addition, our employees reap the rewards of a competitive benefits package, including:
- Employee Assistance programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discounts on Gym Membership
- Menopause support network
Discounts, save money on holidays, clothing and much more:
- Discounts for Teachers - All staff within the Trust can take advantage of the discounts
- Blue Light Discount
- Eye Care Vouchers
Development
- Access to up-to-date training on safeguarding and child protection to ensure staff are fully supported in their roles, including ongoing updates on statutory safeguarding guidance and legislation.
- CPD Programme
- Supportive leadership team to help you reach your full potential
Pension / Leave and Service
- Excellent Pension Scheme*
- Employer contributions above national standards
- Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- An additional White Horse concessionary day’s leave per year
Ready to Apply?
We hope we have done enough to give you a flavour of what it is like to work here. If you would like come and join us, then please apply today – we are looking forward to hearing from you.
The White Horse Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful for this role, you will be expected to apply for a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before an appointment is confirmed. Please note that references will be sought on shortlisted candidates before the interview.
The White Horse Federation values uniqueness and recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce. We value the contributions of all staff from a wide range of backgrounds and we are committed to building an inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. At The White Horse Federation, we believe that everyone should be treated with fairness and respect and share a commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at all of our schools. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and operate a fair recruitment process, free from discrimination against protected characteristics, in line with the Equality Act 2010.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Melksham Oak Community School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1134 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Melksham Oak Community School website
School location
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