15 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    9 March 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    18 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,393.00 Annually (Actual) Full time, 39 weeks (FTE £29,145)

PA to Leadership Team job summary

We are seeking a Personal Assistant to play a key role in supporting our leadership team. You will work with a highly professional group of people and will be crucial to the smooth running of the academy and provision of an exceptional service, believing in the inclusion and success of all our students and giving them the best possible prospects for their future lives.

You must have English and Maths GCSE (or equivalent) at grade C or higher and experience of MS Office. Alongside a proven ability to handle a range of tasks accurately and efficiently, you will be able to exercise both discretion and initiative. You will be resilient and hard working with high expectations and be open to new approaches. As this role provides support to the leadership team, you must be motivated by commitment and making a difference to the needs of our students.

We would be delighted to take you on a tour of the school and give you the opportunity to meet us and answer any questions you may have.

As PA to the Leadership Team, you will be welcomed into an experienced team of professionals to:

  • Complete all aspects of administration for the Leadership Team
  • Minute meetings and other key events
  • Develop, implement and maintain record keeping processes
  • Support and liaise with staff, parents and external agencies as appropriate
  • Be a positive role model to our students, making a lasting impact on their lives

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.

We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you

  • Generous employer pension contribution at 23.6% basic Salary
  • Career development with a bespoke CPD programme
  • Excellent newly refurbished teaching facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
  • Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants. Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CV’s. We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria.

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 are not accepted.

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About The Bishop of Winchester Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1148 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).

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