Executive Principal's Personal Assistant

Colne Valley High School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5SP

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 March 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: £27,123.00 - £28,509.00 Annually (Actual) (FTE £31,067 - £32,654)

Executive Principal's Personal Assistant job summary

This is a truly exciting opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic Personal Assistant to support the Executive Principal and Senior Leaders here at Colne Valley High School. This is an extremely broad-based role within a fast-paced environment that calls for high levels of responsibility and confidentiality. You will provide the Academy and Senior Leaders with effective day to day operational assistance as well as efficient admin and secretarial support.

Working closely to support the Executive Principal you will be responsible for delivering and maintaining a service that calls for excellent organisational and communication skills. You will be the ‘face’ of the Academy and therefore will be required to deliver a professional service to both internal and external customers and stakeholders. You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to handle challenging situations calmly with diplomacy and discretion. You must enjoy working within a busy environment with the ability to work quickly and accurately at all times.

You will be required to take ownership of a variety of tasks and projects seeing them through to successful completion. The role will involve managing the Executive Principal’s diary, scheduling meetings, and ensuring timely preparation for all commitments. Acting as the first point of contact, the PA will handle confidential correspondence, screen and respond to enquiries with professionalism and discretion, and produce key school documents, reports, and communications. The role also includes coordinating and minuting meetings, designing and creating marketing materials, organising high-profile school events, and supporting the Senior Leadership Team with administrative tasks. An expertise with the Microsoft suite of applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Publisher are an essential requirement for this role.

In return you will work with a progressive and forward thinking Multi Academy Trust where there are opportunities for development and career progression. As a Trust we offer many benefits including a generous holiday entitlement and contributory pension through the West Yorkshire Pension Fund. Great Heights Academy Trust is a growing multi-academy trust with nine schools in the West Yorkshire area with plans to further expand. In addition, we are home to a SCITT, Research School and an English Hub.

To view our most recent Ofsted report please click here Ofsted inspection

We look forward to hearing from you.

Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Parents can feel confident that careful procedures are in place to ensure that all staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children within the Academy. Consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff. The Academy encourages parents and children to talk freely about any concerns or worries which may affect their wellbeing. All concerns are referred to the members of staff who are our trained designated Safeguarding Officers working as the school's Safeguarding Team.

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About Colne Valley High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1436 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Colne Valley High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/colne-valley-high-school

Colne Valley High School is one of the first purpose built comprehensive schools in England; founded in 1956 and is located in the Colne Valley, an area of outstanding beauty in the east flank of the Pennine Hills in West Yorkshire.

Easily accessible from Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and surrounding areas.

With over 1350 students from September 2020, and an over-subscribed Year 7 & 8 cohort, we are a bustling, popular school with a real community feel.

In September 2019, Ofsted judged the school to be ‘Good’ in all four categories. This judgement reflects the significant progress and incredible journey by the school since the previous inspection in June 2017.

‘Teachers challenge pupils to increase their knowledge across a full range of subjects.’

‘Teachers have clear expectations. They are fair and consistent in dealing with pupils’ behaviour’.

‘Teachers have good subject knowledge, which they share with pupils enthusiastically.’

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