Executive Assistant to the Prinicipal and Vice Principals
The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PW13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
17 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £40,991.00 - £45,286.00 Annually (FTE) Salary subject to experience
Executive Assistant to the Prinicipal and Vice Principals job summary
Are you an experienced and highly organised professional looking for a new role? Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people in a role that really matters?
The Bishop of Winchester Academy are seeking to appoint an experienced Executive Assistant to the Principal and Vice Principals. This is a critical role within the academy and an exciting opportunity to provide comprehensive executive support and co-ordinate a range of strategic and administrative activities to ensure the smooth running of daily operations for our senior leaders while contributing to the academy’s continued success.
Main duties and responsibilities
In this key role, you will provide executive support to the Principal and Vice Principals, managing diaries, correspondence and key meetings. You’ll act as a first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders ensuring smooth communication and effective organisation. From co-ordinating events, supporting with the marketing of the academy, and overseeing our policy framework, the role is varied and rewarding.
Skills and experience
We are seeking a capable and highly organised professional with proven administrative expertise, ideally gained within an education environment. You’ll bring excellent interpersonal skills, strong IT skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities and work with an attention to detail under pressure. Experience of supporting senior leaders, alongside the confidence to supervise others when needed is key. Discretion, initiative and strong communication skills are essential, as is a flexible proactive approach to the role.
We would be delighted to take you on a tour of the academy and give you the opportunity to meet us and answer any questions regarding the role.
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.
We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:
Generous employer pension contribution at 23.6% basic salary
CPD opportunities and a generous allowance of INSET days
Health benefits including cycle to work scheme, gym discounts and flu jabs
Wellbeing support through an Employee Assistance Programme
Additional benefits like complimentary breakfast and soup, free onsite parking
Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants. Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CV’s. We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria.
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 The Bishop of Winchester Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1178 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Bishop of Winchester Academy website
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).
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