Personal Assistant to Headteacher
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 7AQThis job expired on 20 January 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
30 January 2020
Closing date
20 January 2020 at 9am
Date listed
6 January 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,589 to £23,836
Personal Assistant to Headteacher job summary
To provide the Headteacher with high quality executive secretarial, administrative and personal support.
Provide a high quality executive, personal and confidential administrative support service for the Headteacher to maximise the effective and efficient use of their time.
Organise meetings and other school events involving the Headteacher, attend, take accurate notes and draft minutes as required. Act as first point of contact and, in the absence of the Headteacher, exercise a high degree of initiative, integrity and sensitivity, making appropriate judgment’s and decisions in order to deal effectively with matters as they arise, particularly matters of a personal or political nature.
Provide a professional advice and administration service to the Headteacher on policies, practices and procedures in relation to admissions and exclusions. Ensure the Headteacher is well briefed and able to make efficient and effective response to all enquiries, requests or information and in meetings.
Produce documents accurately and to deadlines, including correspondence in the form of letters, e-mails and reports using ICT systems, Microsoft packages (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook etc).
Develop and maintain electronic filing systems to provide efficient and readily accessible sources of information.
Formulate and maintain school policies and develop and organise a system for annual review and approval of all policies.
Respond to enquiries both by telephone and in person from a wide range of contacts, assessing their priority and importance and decide an appropriate course of action to avoid any unnecessary disruption to the Headteacher. Read and action all email correspondence addressed to the Headteacher and deal. Deal with complaints as required.
Manage the school’s public relations and marketing activities to enable effective communication within the school and the local community including the Parent’s Association. Support the update of information and content on behalf of the Headteacher to the various communication channels including the school website and staff VLE in conjunction with the Headteacher.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school community places the highest priority on keeping children safe. Applicants for all posts will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
About Ellesmere Port Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 936 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@email.epchs.co.uk
“I have come that you may have life and have it to the full.” John 10:10
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School aims to provide a Roman Catholic education in an environment within which all members of the community are encouraged to develop their spiritual, moral, academic and physical potential, based on the teachings of Jesus.
We will strive to:
Be a welcoming community
Promote the dignity and worth of each person
Recognise and celebrate achievement
Foster an understanding that each individual has a contribution to make on a daily basis
Provide opportunities for all to participate in prayer and worship
Share in the life of the local and wider community
Promote justice and peace
Encourage tolerance, patience, forgiveness and trust
Have a genuine concern for others through empathy, co-operation and understanding
Support those in need
Do our best
Promote British values
Through our actions we will try to be a witness to Jesus Christ.
“If the Lord does not build the house then its labourers toil in vain.” Ps. 127
Our school’s vision is:
To promote the dignity and worth of each person
To have a strong catholic Ethos
To ensure every child is known
To have high expectations of everyone
To have excellent leadership at all levels
To provide excellent teaching
To encourage exemplary behaviour and personal standards
To be at the heart of the community
Promotion of British values
Our priorities are:
To raise achievement – meet targets for GCSE and BTEC results
To develop the quality of teaching – 100% of lessons as “good or outstanding”
To develop leadership – all staff leading learning
To focus on behaviour and Safety – improve attendance and reduce exclusions
To encourage literacy and numeracy skills – promote effective literacy and numeracy across the school
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