Office Assistant (Part-time)

Little Parndon Primary Academy, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1PU

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  30 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE) Includes outer fringe allowance

Office Assistant (Part-time) job summary

Friendly and organised school administrator with responsibility for managing the reception area, supporting pupils, parents, staff and visitors, and ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the school office.

Duties include maintaining pupil records and attendance data, handling enquiries, coordinating admissions and school trips, managing ParentPay and communications, administering first aid, and supporting a range of administrative, finance and operational processes while maintaining a welcoming and professional environment.

The post-holder will be expected to liaise with parents, carers, members of the community, and staff within the Trust.

About the School

At Little Parndon, we have many minds but one mission: to shape futures through education. Our vision is to empower students through equity, to acquire, demonstrate, articulate and value knowledge and skills to shape their future. To go on to participate in and contribute to the global world and practise the core values of the school: Respect, Resilience and Responsibility.

About the Trust

BMAT is a thriving community of schools, committed to providing an outstanding education for every student attending one of our schools. We create environments where individuals matter, confidence flourishes, and every child can achieve exceptional outcomes. We currently oversee seven secondary academies and five primary academies, primarily located in Harlow, with additional sites in Newham and Stansted.

The Trust’s vision is clear - to work together to smash through the barriers that prevent children from becoming confident, high-achieving, and independent individuals.

What can BMAT offer you?

BMAT provides a range of benefits to support your personal and professional well-being:

• Enhanced and flexible PPA
• Generous employer pension contribution through Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme
• Private healthcare benefits, including 24/7 Doctorline access
• Home and electronic salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work
• Discounted Gym membership through salary sacrifice
• Lifestyle and discount savings
• Workplace nursery fee salary sacrifice scheme via Yellownest
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for wellbeing support

We reserve the right to close the advert early if a suitable candidate is found.

BMAT Education is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

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.

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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 Little Parndon Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 361 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Little Parndon Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/little-parndon-primary-academy

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