Operations Assistant
Oakfield First School, WINDSOR, Berkshire, SL4 3RU10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
asap
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 March 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
- £10,708.00 - £10,878.00 Annually (Actual) This role is from 8.30am -12noon, Monday-Friday, term-time only. The role will be located flexibly across Oakfield First School & Clewer Green First School
Operations Assistant job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and hardworking individual to join our busy team as an Operations Assistant across Clewer Green Oakfield First Schools. This important role, supporting the School Business Manager and will provide support across the operations of the school including premises, health and safety, finance and admin. No two days will ever be the same! This is a crucial role in the day-to-day life of the school, providing a wide range of administration and organisational support to keep all aspects of the school’s operations running as smoothly as possible. If you would like to join our happy and forward-thinking organisation and are highly organised, proactive, reliable and flexible with a ‘can-do’ attitude, we would love to hear from you.
The ideal candidate will be:
- An energetic team player
- Have strong administrative, communication adn organisational skills
- Possess a genuine interest in working at a school
- A 'can-do' attitude and the ability to use their initiative
- Excellent IT skills
The successful candidate will:
- Work across both Clewer Green First and Oakfield First Schools to ensure the school site are secure and maintained to a high standard.
- Organise remedial repairs as required, including meeting with contractors where necessary.
- Ensure compliance with all health & safety regulations. This will include monitoring review dates, chasing contractors, booking in remedial work and keeping up-to-date records.
- Support the School Business Manager to manage site development projects. This will include meeting suppliers, obtaining comparable quotes, risk assessing work and supporting the delivery of the project.
- Manage lettings administration and ensure the smooth running of bookings.
- Assist with all aspects of recruitment administration; posting adverts, booking interviews, chasing documentation, filing.
- As a member of the admin teams at both schools, provide general admin support when required e.g. in times of peak workload.
- Process weekly breakfast and tea club bookings.
- Maintain stocktakes of stationery and curriculum supplies and organise the ordering of replacement items
- Work within the Trust and schools’ policies and procedures
- Carry out other duties as reasonably requested by the Trust Central Team, Executive Headteacher, Head of School and School Business Manager
Early applications are welcome and the school reserves the right to close the position early should a successful applicant be found.
Oakfield and Clewer Green First Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, Appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, online checks and all other relevant pre-employment checks.
Commitment to safeguarding
Oakfield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Oakfield First School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 9
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 276 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 9
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oakfield First School website
Oakfield is a community First School, with pupils from Reception to Year 4, with a strong local reputation for inclusivity, academic excellence and innovative leadership, which is underpinned by a broad, balanced and engaging curriculum, enriched with multiple opportunities for wider learning and participation in the arts and sports. Our school statement of values, 'Excellence through Partnership in Learning', embodies our philosophy of a meaningful partnership with the parents, staff and the community.
We are part of the Windsor Learning Partnership which includes Windsor Girls’ School, The Windsor Boys’ School, Clewer Green C of E First School, Dedworth Green First School and Dedworth Middle School. We all collaborate to provide opportunity for all through partnership. This position is a significant leadership role and will offer ample opportunities for career development within a growing, dynamic Multi-Academy Trust.
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