Pastoral Administrative Assistant

Christ The King Voluntary Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 7JZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  19 September 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: £9,826.00 - £10,138.00 Annually (Actual) Salary is paid pro rata based on term time weeks and hours worked

Pastoral Administrative Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint an Administrative Assistant to join our dedicated and successful school.

Working in our main school office you will come into contact with our parents and staff. You will play an active role in delivering efficient, effective administrative support, and will also possess excellent communication and customer service skills and have a friendly, outgoing manner.

This is a permanent, part time, role working 17 hours per week on Wednesday to Friday, on a term time only basis.

About us

Christ the King Voluntary Academy is a successful secondary school located in Arnold. We are an Ofsted rated Good School.

We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, and we bring together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.

About the role

As Pastoral Administrative Assistant you will:

• Have experience of working in a busy office.
• Have excellent personal, administrative, and organisational skills.
• Be able to plan and prioritise own workload, meeting set deadlines.
• Have the ability to maintain a calm, positive and professional manner at all times.
• Demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail.
• Generate excellent relationships with pupils, parents, and staff.

Why work for us?

We offer:

• A salary of £9,826 - £10,138 per annum (OLOL Band 2, points 3-5).
• Wonderful students who have a passion for learning and deserve the very best.
• A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
• Access to first-class CPD opportunities with a specialist support staff CPD programme.
• Professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme- emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
• Health and wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider.
• Staff discounts and a salary sacrifice scheme that includes a Cycle-to-work scheme.

About you

For an informal discussion about the role and our school please contact the school on 01159556262. Visits to our school are warmly welcomed.

How to Apply:

Please complete the online application form located on our vacancies page: Vacancies - Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust (ololcatholicmat.co.uk)

Closing date: Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 9.00 am

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.

You do not need to be a catholic to work for our Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.

Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.

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.

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

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 Christ The King Voluntary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 845 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Christ The King Voluntary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/christ-the-king-voluntary-academy

Christ the King is a welcoming and successful 11-18 academy providing a Catholic education in Arnold, Nottingham. We strive to ensure that each young person is safe, happy and successful and we pride ourselves on providing an excellent educational experience for all students which is underpinned by our mission which is

‘To provide the best education and care we can for all members of our Living Faith Community’.

We promote the highest possible standards in pastoral care, self-belief, behaviour and uniform. There are clear guidelines for what is expected of each individual and how everyone can make a positive contribution to both our school community and to the wider community. We are extremely proud of the outcomes from our visit from Ofsted and I would encourage you to read the specific details which celebrate many aspects of the School’s provision offered to our young people.

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