Part Time Administration Assistant
Catchgate Primary School, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 8LX15 days remaining to apply
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 December 2024
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
- £13,299.00 - £13,578.00 Annually (Actual) Based on working 22.5 hours per week, term time only
Part Time Administration Assistant job summary
Part Time Administration Assistant
Catchgate Primary School
22.5 Hours per week
Term time only
To start January 2025
New College Durham Academies Trust are seeking to appoint an efficient Administration Assistant to join the Administration team at Catchgate Primary School.
A rare and highly sought after position has become available within our very busy school office starting in January 2025.
The successful candidate will support the operation and management of school office services, working on the front desk in the school reception.
Working under the direction of the Head Teacher and School Business Manager (SBM) the Administration Assistant will work alongside the Administration Officer carrying out the following duties:
- School meals administration
- Supporting children with Medical conditions
- Clerical duties including typing, filing, photocopying
- Maintaining school website and Social Media platforms
- Diary management
- Maintaining lines of communication with all school stakeholders
- Reprographics
- Support the Admin Officer with pupil attendance
The essential skills required to fulfil the role are:
- Exceptional communication skills both verbal and written
- Excellent time keeping skills, in line with being able to manage their own workload
- The flexibility to adapt to change
- Be able to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
- Outstanding organisation skills
- Has a keen eye for attention to detail
The ability to integrate into a large organisation fostering and adopting the school aims and values is key to the role. Closing date 6th January 2024.
NCDAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, which includes an enhanced DBS check, robust referencing, medical checks, online searches and other vetting checks.
We are an equal opportunities employer. Please note that all posts are subject to a 6 month probation period. For further detail see our Probation Policy.
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.
About Catchgate Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 266 pupils
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Catchgate Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Welcome to Catchgate Primary School recruitment page and thank you for your interest in looking for a post within our school. As Headteacher, I offer a warm welcome to you and hope that you will come and visit our thriving school where we believe all children and staff are entitled to develop to their fullest potential enabling each one to grow in confidence, knowledge and understanding.
We are at the start of a new journey into NCDAT and excited at the prospect of working with both primary and secondary school colleagues. The relationships between the schools is strong already and there are clear opportunities for staff learning, career development and progression so that you can realise your ambition of achieving the next step in your career.
As Governors, leaders and staff we provide a happy, caring, safe and stimulating environment which promotes self-esteem, respect to self and others, co-operation and introduces a range of life skills for participation in the wider community. We have a strong focus on wellbeing for both pupils and staff, which was commented on in a recent Ofsted report, and we support staff with workload to achieve a positive homelife balance.
The community is at the heart of all we do. We work in partnership with parents and a range of other organisations across, and within, the community we serve to ensure children’s development and learning are achieved together. We value the relationships we have with the community and invite them regularly to be part of our learning experience. We offer our children a range of opportunities to develop their independence. We want our new staff members to help us develop a responsible attitude in our children that will enable them to become tolerant, active and caring citizens of the future who contribute positively to the local, national and global community.
If you share your passion for working with children aged 2 – 11 and are committed to high levels of education, commitment to excellence and have the drive to make a difference to our community, then we very much look forward to inviting your on our journey.
Thank you for considering Catchgate Primary School for your future career path. I look forward to working in partnership with you and gladly welcome you to visit our school by contacting our HR Team at catchgate@durhamlearning.net whereupon a mutually convenient date and time will be arranged.
Yours Faithfully
Joanne Shaw
Headteacher
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