5 days remaining to apply
Expected start date
1 January 2022
Application deadline
13 December 2021 at 9:00am
Date listed
23 November 2021
Job details
- Job role
- Education support
- Working pattern
- Part time
37 hours per week, 42 weeks per year - Contract type
- Permanent
- Annual or full time equivalent (FTE) salary
- £28,227 - £30,094 per annum
- Actual salary
- £25,805 - £27,512 per annum
Job summary
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, confident Personal Assistant with excellent communication, administrative and interpersonal skills, who will play an important role in supporting the Headteacher to lead the school with maximum effectiveness.
The role will support the Headteacher through the provision of a confidential, professional, and efficient administrative service. This will include handling of highly sensitive, confidential and conflicting issues on a daily basis, dealing with staff, parents, governors and other external bodies along side managing the headteacher’s and senior team diaries.
The Personal Assistant to the Head will be a key member of the school team and will be responsible for providing excellent customer care as well as the ability to handle confidential information with the utmost integrity.
We are looking for someone who:
• Has proven experience providing successful administrative support having worked closely with staff at senior leadership level
• Has exceptional communication, administration and interpersonal skills and be able to prepare correspondence, reports and minute meetings
• Ability to be proactive in managing multiple diaries and workload
• Excellent telephone manner and first class professionalism in meeting visitors
• Ability to adapt to changing situations, work early or late as required in this very demanding role
• Has a high level of knowledge and thorough understanding of ICT and Microsoft software packages
• Experience of using SIMS is desirable but full training will be given
For an informal conversation prior to submitting an application, please contact Emma Wilson-Downes, Headteacher, on 01394 288228 or ewilson-downes@fxs.org.uk
Closing Date: 09:00am, Monday 13th December 2021
Interviews: week commencing 13th December 2021
To apply, please visit https://candidate.unitysp-careers.co.uk/155231TVS
If you are a current employee of Unity Schools Partnership, please use the following link to apply https://candidate.unitysp-careers.co.uk/155231INT
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date.
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
Unity Schools Partnership, welcoming diversity.
Applying for the job
To apply, please visit https://candidate.unitysp-careers.co.uk/155231TVS
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
School overview
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1164 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Felixstowe School website (opens in new tab)
- Contact email
- ewilson-downes@fxs.org.uk
- Contact phone number
- 01394 288228
About Felixstowe School
We are proud to be a comprehensive school, where students from all backgrounds and abilities can come together to be part of our school. Students can be proud to be a member of the Felixstowe School community, and of the wider community within Felixstowe. We want our students to achieve their full potential, enjoying an education that develops their skills and enhances their strengths and aptitudes. We also recognise that each student is part of a wider, national and global community outside of Felixstowe, and to this end we want our students also to develop into outstanding citizens, and contribute to the society in which they live.
Arranging a visit to Felixstowe School
For an informal conversation prior to submitting an application, please contact Emma Wilson-Downes, Headteacher, on 01394 288228 or ewilson-downes@fxs.org.uk
School location
High Street, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9QRSimilar jobs nearby
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