Personal Assistant to Headteacher
Orsett Heath Academy, Grays, RM16 4DG14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st June 2026
Closing date
8 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 April 2026
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
- £31,445.00 - £35,699.00 Annually (Actual)
Personal Assistant to Headteacher job summary
As Orsett Heath Academy continues to grow, we are looking to appoint an experienced, highly organised and professional Personal Assistant to the Headteacher to provide a comprehensive and confidential administrative service within a busy school environment.
Working closely with the Headteacher, you will provide high-level personal assistant, administrative, clerking and personnel support, ensuring the effective day‑to‑day operation of the school leadership function. The role is central to the smooth running of the school and requires excellent organisational skills, discretion and the ability to manage competing priorities. Some flexibility with working hours may be required on occasion with this role.
We are looking for:
-Successful experience of administrative work in a busy school environment
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills
-Strong IT skills, including word processing, databases and general office systems
-Outstanding organisational and time‑management skills, with attention to detail
-The ability to work independently and as part of a team
-A professional, calm and flexible approach to work
-A clear understanding of confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and health & safety
Why Orsett Heath Academy?
Orsett Heath is a relatively new thriving mixed 11-16 comprehensive school. As a new school, we opened our doors to welcome our first pupils in 2020. Since then, the school has proved popular with parents and pupils, and we are oversubscribed in all four current year groups. We have created a successful school that pupils and staff are incredibly proud of.
In the summer of 2024, we moved into our new £37m school building adjacent to our previous purpose-built accommodation. When full, the new building will have 1200 pupils and be amongst the largest in Thurrock. We are looking for highly motivated, talented and ambitious staff who share our inclusive ethos and who want to help us grow over the coming years.
Our pupils have a ‘can-do’ attitude, and the school has focused heavily on character education alongside its academic offer since the school first opened.
Why SWECET?At South West Essex Community Education Trust, we are passionate about providing the best start in life for our pupils. We are united in the belief that every young person needs and deserves an education that will maximise their future life chances.
We place our pupils’ needs at the heart of everything we do and support our colleagues in delivering high-quality education. Our vision is to establish a national reputation for the quality of education we provide.
Our academies are united by the things that make us both similar and unique - the DNA that ties us all together. The SWECET DNA is made up of the following components: Developing our people, Nurturing our differences, and Aspiring for excellence.
We believe that our colleagues are our most precious resource to provide high-quality learning experiences for all our pupils. Our colleagues work hard to support teams in their own schools and across the Trust and in return, the SWECET Wellbeing Charter sets out our actions to support our colleagues.
If you have energy and passion in abundance and would relish the opportunity to be part of our team, we look forward to hearing from you. Visits from prospective candidates are warmly welcomed and encouraged. To arrange a visit, please email recruitment@swecet.org.
If interested in this vacancy please submit your application for the position as soon as possible, as we may close the advertisement early.
South West Essex Community Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants for this post must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including reference checks with previous employers, online checks and an enhanced DBS check with the Disclosure & Barring Service
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Orsett Heath Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 564 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Orsett Heath Academy website
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