Clerical & Welfare Assistant
John Ray Junior School, Braintree, Essex, CM7 1HLThis job expired on 23 February 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP - Subject to recruitment checks
Closing date
23 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,790.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) £21,252.40 - £21,589.32 Actual salary
Clerical & Welfare Assistant job summary
Clerical & Welfare Assistant
Monday to Friday 37 hours, 08.30 to 16.30 (Fridays 4.00) Term time only 38 weeks plus 5 training days. Includes a 30 minute unpaid lunch break.
Scale 3
Point 5-6
Salary FTE: £24,790.00 to £25,183.00
Actual Salary: £21,252.40- £21,589.32
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join the Administration team at John Ray Junior School, as we seek to appoint a professional, friendly, and motivated Welfare and Clerical Assistant for our busy school. We require an individual with excellent communication, organisational and computer skills. You will provide an efficient and effective administration service to a high level of accuracy whilst remaining calm under pressure and using your own initiative. The role is busy, varied and very rewarding!
We are seeking someone who:
- Is friendly, welcoming and empathic and who is willing to get to know our lovely children and their families.
- Is experienced in working within a busy office environment (preferably a school).
- Has strong literacy, numeracy and computer skills.
- Has ideally had experience working with school MIS (Management Information Systems) - preferably Bromcom however training will be given.
- Has lots of initiative and motivation. Has the ability to prioritise work under pressure and meet deadlines.
John Ray Junior is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending the school. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidate will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via Disclosure and Barring Service.
Start date is dependent on checks and if candidate is required to give notice to current employer.
We reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above, once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore advise that you submit your completed application form as soon as possible.
Information about the School
Our school is a four-form entry junior school catering for children from 7-11. We work in close partnership with our neighbouring infant school as well as other local primary schools.
Our school is a calm and purposeful environment where each child is valued and feels part of the school community. We work hard to promote the social, moral and cultural development of children so they develop positive relationships with staff and each other to help them to build confidence, independence and resilience. Our core values of respect, trust, responsibility, courage, perseverance and hope are well known by everyone in our school community and children use these values in all aspects of school life. Our children are happy at school and the staff work hard to ensure that learning is exciting, fun and memorable. We want every child to master the core skills of English and mathematics and for them to learn through a rich and creative curriculum. In short, we want to create a learning community that has every child skipping through our gates each day!
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.
About John Ray Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 440 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- John Ray Junior School website
School location
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