Clerical and Communications Assistant
Woodland View Junior School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 3PY28 days remaining to apply
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 1am
Date listed
23 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13.26 per hour
Clerical and Communications Assistant job summary
Part of The CARE Federation
Tel: 01603 898292
Email: business@carefed.org.uk
Website: www.spixworth.norfolk.sch.uk
Executive Headteacher: Ms H Jordan
- Salary - Scale C £13.26 per hour (from April)
- Permanent
- Part Time
- 32.5 hours per week (M-F)
- Term Time plus 1 week
At The CARE Federation, we live by our values of CARE: Community, Adventure, Respect and Excellence.
The CARE Federation is seeking an organised, proactive, and professional Clerical and Communications Assistant to join our team, based at Woodland View Junior School. This role is ideal for someone who excels at multitasking, enjoys supporting colleagues, and has strong communication skills across digital and written platforms as well as face-to-face.
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring efficient day to day operations, supporting internal and external communication, and providing high-quality administrative support. They must have the ability to work independently and as part of a busy team and must uphold the strictest confidentiality to the Federation and our families. Hours of work, 8.30am-3.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Key responsibilities for this role will include:
- Manage incoming calls, emails, and face-to-face enquiries, ensuring prompt and professional responses.
- Ensure that all visitor safeguarding procedures are followed
- Provide general clerical support, including filing, photocopying, data entry, and correspondence.
- Draft and edit written communications, newsletters, notices, and reports.
- Assist with maintaining social media channels, website content, and communication materials.
- Supporting the administrative team and wider school as necessary to ensure the best possible experience for children and families
We can offer you:
- Opportunities to develop skills and access appropriate training
- A supportive and skilled staff team
- A purposeful and well-maintained working environment
- Wonderful pupils and caring families
For further information or to apply, please contact Michelle Smith, Business Manager, on 01603 898292 or email - business@carefed.org.uk
How to apply
A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.
To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.
Completed forms should be returned to – business@carefed.org.uk
Closing date: 20 April 2026, 9am
Interview date: TBA
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.
This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
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 Woodland View Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 141 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Woodland View Junior School website
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