40 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2024

  • Closing date

    26 August 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    15 July 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 33 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time + 5 INSET days)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,893 (term time pro rata to £18,305)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a proactive and efficient Personal Assistant who has proven experience and takes great pride in a job well done.

Working both independently and as part of a team, you will use your own initiative and work professionally to resolve issues. We are looking for someone who is educated to A level standard as a minimum, with GSCE Grade C or equivalent in English and Maths

What the school offers its staff

You will be joining a team of professionals who are ambitious and determined to make a meaningful difference to our students lives.

In 2022, The Birkenhead Park School began a transformation: a new leadership team, a new approach and a renewed focus on excellence. Behaviour has improved significantly with the introduction of ‘Learning Habits’ and there has been an improvement in student attendance of seven percentage points, the best improvement in the Wirral.

In November 2023, Ofsted recognised the huge progress that we’ve made and said “the school is on a rapid journey of improvement”.

We offer excellent terms and conditions and the results of a recent staff survey found that:

98% of staff are proud to work at the school

93% of staff believe the school has improved over the last year

Commitment to safeguarding

The Birkenhead Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be subject
to an enhanced DBS check. Applications will only be considered when submitted on a fully completed application form. All applicants
will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of age, sex, race or disability.

Applying for the job

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@birkenheadparkschool.com

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About Birkenhead Park School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
746 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Phone number
0151 652 1574

The Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16 and has over 700 students on roll. It is an exciting time to join us as we are on an ambitious journey of transformation and are looking for staff who are motivated to make a real make a difference to the community we serve.

The school is very proud of its caring commitment and innovative approach to educating the community of young people in the area, with award-winning programmes designed to help students in Year 7 – 11 thrive in a high school environment and open pathways to their future.

As part of the BePART Educational Trust established by nationally leading sixth form, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, the school encourages students to raise aspirations and unlock their true potential through adopting the school values which are intrinsic to everything we do, across all staff and students – Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness. Our values shape every interaction with have and are core to our success in nurturing both academic and personal success for every student.

We have recently been awarded a Silver Award by the Teacher Development Trust Network. This follows being awarded a Runner-Up prize in Educate North Awards’ Innovative and Creative Literacy accolade, acknowledging the school-wide Literacy Programme that has proven to have a significant effect in raising students’ reading ages and all-round academic ability.

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