Executive Assistant

Ark Soane Academy, London, W3 8EA

34 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  31 October 2024 at 10am

• Date listed

  26 September 2024

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: £34,452 FTE - £40,452 FTE

Executive Assistant job summary

 

Executive Assistant

 

Location: Acton, London. A five-minute walk from Acton Town tube station. 

 

Contract: Full time hours, term time only plus two weeks, permanent contract.

 

Start Date: ASAP

 

Salary: Ark Support Scale- Grade 8 Points 19-29 (FTE £34,452 - £40,452)  

 

Closing Date: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and early applications are advised.

 

Interview Date: TBC

 

 

We are recruiting an Executive Assistant who will also support with HR. We are looking for candidates who are able to demonstrate the highest expectations of student effort and conduct and are able to do so with kindness and warmth.  

As the Executive Assistant to the Principal, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the Principal is best equipped to lead the academy. In this role, you will assist with the Principal’s top priorities by providing key administrative support, managing the Principal’s and SLT diary and being involved in a wide range of other duties.

Supporting the HR lead, you will provide the delivery of a proactive, effective, and efficient day to day HR service for the academy, undertaking duties across a range of HR activities including, data management reporting, compliance, recruitment and selection, performance management, safeguarding casework, HR policy guidance and associated HR administration.

 

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow with the school. They will be supported in their development and preparation for future roles. We will develop every staff member that joins our team, providing one-to- one support, coaching and mentoring and access to extensive network training.

 

For more information on this vacancy, please use this link arksoane.org/jobs

 

Full details available here EA job pack.pdf

 

You will:

•    Share the Ark Soane beliefs, vision and mission and be aligned with the Ark six pillars underpinning it

•    Be committed to Ark’s ethos of high expectations for every student in both academic achievement and personal development

•    Manage behaviour effectively to create a positive, calm and purposeful climate for learning

•    Have the drive, skills and resilient character required to help develop a new school

•    Be reflective about the Academy and committed to securing its continued development

•    Value and support practices driving continued progress across the network of Ark schools

 

For more information about our school, please visit: www.arksoane.org.

To arrange a confidential conversation with the Principal about this role, please contact Secretta Clarke at HR@arksoane.org or phone 020 81615643.

 

 

Commitment to safeguarding

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Ark Soane Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 530 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ark Soane Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-soane-academy (opens in new tab)

Ark Soane Academy is part of Ark, one of the UK’s most successful school groups, with a network of 39 schools in 4 locations across the country.

Our school opened to 180 students in September 2021 and currently have 360 Year 7 and Year 8 students. In 2023, we will have 540 students in Year 7 to Year 9 and will grow by 180 students each year before reaching full capacity in 2028.

This year, we will also move into our brand new school building. Therefore, joining Soane now is a unique opportunity to become part of a thriving, collaborative and growing team who all hold the highest expectations of student behaviour and effort and are all deeply committed to the success of our students and of the school.  

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