Office Administrator

Coxheath Primary School, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4PS

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Term 2

• Closing date

  23 November 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  13 November 2025

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: £24,513.00 Annually (FTE) £14,567 Actual

Office Administrator job summary

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and committed office administrator to our dedicated team in the school office. We are seeking someone who is experienced, dynamic and self-motivated and can demonstrate the following skills:

Have recent, relevant administrative experience, preferably in a school setting

Have good keyboard skills and ideally knowledge of word and excel

The ability to work on own initiative with excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Be able to maintain confidentiality and observe data protection regulations

Be able to work as part of a team with a good sense of humour

A knowledge and understanding of schools' computer systems, in particular Arbor, is desirable although training will be provided.

A First Aid certificate would also be desirable but not essential.

The school office opening times are 7:30am until 4:30pm. The post is for 25 hours per week (term time plus an additional five days - 39 weeks per annum) at KSA, preferably to commence in Term 2.

The working pattern for the post will be discussed further at interview.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged, please contact the school office to make an appointment.

Coxheath Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

The benefits of joining Coppice Primary Partnership:

• Excellent professional development
• The support of committed, enthusiastic and dedicated colleagues
• A supportive and challenging environment
• Pupils who are eager to learn and a credit to the school
• Supportive parents
• Access to private healthcare, including 24 hour GP access
• A family first approach - cover to ensure that you don’t miss important family events
• Free access to wraparound care for primary aged children attending trust schools when staff are required to work. This includes access to the holiday play scheme.
• The holiday play scheme is also open and free to staff who have children who attend other schools when staff are required to work.
• All staff have access to Kent Rewards, a site offering cash back, discounts and vouchers for a range of popular high street stores
• Throughout the year, school and trust wide social events will be available. These will all be optional, but we believe in developing relationships and social events can certainly help! Events will be informal affairs, usually in informal settings and are open to all staff
• A large, modern and well-resourced primary school, set in excellent school grounds, where opportunities for high quality outdoor learning are facilitated
• An opportunity to share a real, relevant and engaging curriculum.

Please contact Angela Fullagar on 01622 745553 for more details or to arrange for a visit to the school.

Please note, we review applications on a rolling-basis and will therefore close the advert early if we find the right candidate, we look forward to receiving your application.

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

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.

About Coxheath Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 459 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Coxheath Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/coxheath-primary-school

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