Office Administrator
Northlands Wood Primary Academy, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 3RX12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
June/July 2025 or September
Closing date
30 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 35 hours per week term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- C £24,027 - £24,404 fte depending on experience. (actual starting salary £19,056.78 - £19,355.77)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a highly organised, enthusiastic and motivated School Administrator to join our friendly and supportive team. The school Office Administrator will have a flexible attitude towards work and recognition of the confidentiality of the role is key. The ability to communicate effectively with pupils, staff, parents and visitors to the school is also necessary.
The ideal candidate must be well organised, with the ability to work using their own initiative, and an effective team member reporting to the Headteacher and Office Manager. This person will demonstrate a calm, positive attitude with the ability to multitask within an extremely busy school office environment. Previous school experience would be preferred but all applications will be considered.
What the school offers its staff
The post responsibilities will include:
Monitoring attendance on a daily basis, ensuring accurate records are maintained
Meeting and greeting visitors to the school, 'front of house', signing in visitors
Dealing with a variety of enquiries face to face, over the telephone and via email
Knowledge of, or a willingness to learn, a range of computer applications including Microsoft, Google and Arbor
Ability to produce documents of a high standard and proofread documents as required
Assisting with the maintenance of school records via Arbor and producing reports and returns as required
Ensuring office and school supplies are maintained by ordering stationery and other materials
Supporting the administration of clubs and school trips
Other duties commensurate with the post
Further details about the role
Visits are strongly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting the School Office
Email: office@northlandswood.co.uk or telephone: 01444 455653.
If this sounds like the role for you, and you would like to be considered for this post, please download an application pack, see below (also available on our website http://www.northlandswood.co.uk/) Please email your completed application form to bursar@northlandswood.co.uk We strongly recommend that you come and visit us and spend some time looking at our website to find out more about us. If you have any questions, and to arrange a visit, please contact our School Office on 01444 455653.
We advise applying promptly for this post as we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to bursar@northlandswood.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Northlands Wood Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 415 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Northlands Wood Primary Academy website
- Email address
- verity.bayliffe@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01444476556
Arranging a visit to Northlands Wood Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email verity.bayliffe@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk.
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