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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    25 July 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    11 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week 40 weeks per year

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,404 to £24,709

Pay scale

NJC E4-E5

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an experienced administrator within an HR background, who is keen to join a friendly, passionate team, putting children at the heart of everything we do?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join Olympic Primary Academy. We are seeking to appoint a versatile, sociable and positive minded HR and Finance administration.

The Administration team holds an integral function within the school, providing quality and a breadth of services; the first point of contact for staff, pupils, families and visitors to the school. The ability to keep a cool head under pressure is essential, as is a friendly and professional approach with all staff, children, parents and visitors alike. HR experience and an excellent level of IT skills are desirable, attention to detail is essential. The successful applicant will ideally have experience working in a busy office, within an educational setting.

Reporting directly to the HR Lead and Office Manager, the Administrator with HR and Finance is responsible for ensuring all administrative aspects of the school run efficiently through effective working practices. Your core duties will include but are not limited to:

  • Manage manual and computerised record/information systems.

  • Analyse and evaluate data/information and produce reports/information/data as required.

  • Take minutes of formal personnel meetings

  • Undertake administration of day to day HR and finance procedures.

  • Complete and submit complex forms, returns etc., including those to outside agencies e.g. DfES.

  • Undertake the administration of the payroll system.

  • Manage the administration of recruitment e.g. arranging advertising, collating documentation for candidates; to include medical clearance and criminal record checks as required;

  • Create and maintain Personnel Files, and personnel data, both in hard copy and electronic form.

  • Manage and maintain the Single Central Record of appointments in accordance with safer recruitment legislation.

  • Monitor staff absence and trigger appropriate action, including statutory sick pay and provide reports as necessary.

  • Dealing with queries from parents, staff and children alongside other Office team members.

What the school offers its staff

In addition to the opportunity to work in a friendly, forward-thinking school we offer:

  • Knowledgeable and dedicated staff
  • High-quality, well-resourced learning environments with a fully resourced foundation curriculum (Lion Learning Pathways)
  • Excellent professional development and career progression opportunities
  • A caring and collaborative whole-school community which is culturally diverse and inclusive
  • A commitment to wellbeing
  • Employee Assistance Programme

● Employee Reward Scheme

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Lion Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children.
The successful candidate will require two positive references from current and previous employers. The position is subject to an enhanced DBS and medical checks.

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About Olympic Primary

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
359 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01933 381600

Do you want to work in a school that OFSTED 2023 says this about:
Staff are very proud to work at Olympic Primary. They recognise that the school has improved considerably since it was taken over by Lion Academy Trust.
Classrooms are calm, purposeful place where pupils can focus on their learning.
Staff adapt lessons to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). These changes ensure that pupils with SEND learn the full curriculum.

Arranging a visit to Olympic Primary

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email r.parker1@ruskinacademy.net.

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