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Personal Assistant to Principal

Sawtry Village Academy, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5TQ

This job expired on 23 September 2024 – see similar jobs

Start date details
October/November 2024
Closing date
23 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
11 September 2024

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: £23,275.88 - £29,092.87 Annually (Actual) Actual annual salary dependent on experience.

Personal Assistant to Principal job summary

Hours: 37 hours per week

Weeks: 40 Weeks (Term time plus 10 days)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Personal Assistant to the Principal to join the fantastic team at Sawtry Village Academy! If you are passionate about making a difference and contributing to the success of young lives thriving in education, this is the job for you. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, hardworking individual who possesses strong administration and communication skills to support our Principal, Simon Parsons. You will provide a solution-based outlook and work proactively to complete multiple tasks within a fast-paced environment.

The Opportunity:

To Join a strong, supportive and caring staff body where staff feel valued
Contributing valuable support to the smooth running of the school and success of the young people who attend Sawtry Village Academy

The ideal candidate will:

Have a good educational background, including GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths.
Strong administration skills, including solution-based outlook for effective resolution of tasks.
Ability to proactively contribute to multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Possess outstanding communication skills and personal integrity.
Be able to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
Be a team player, with a ‘can do’, solution focused, attitude.

About Sawtry Village Academy:

Sawtry Village Academy prides itself on the success and growth of young people that attend the school in the heart of the community. The school values are embedded in the everyday life at Sawtry Village Academy, where all staff promote and live by striving, valuing and adventuring to deliver high quality education to become an even better school.

About Meridian Trust

Meridian Trust is a values-led organisation that has risen to be one of the highest-performing academy trusts in the country. The Trust was formed in 2011 and is founded on its commitment to a high-quality educational provision for all at the heart of local communities. Meridian currently operates primary, secondary and special schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk.

Why work for us?

We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all our staff. As a large multi-academy trust, Meridian Trust provides a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. We offer all our staff a wide range of professional learning activities delivered through Meridian Learning including:

School and Trust-led CPD and Trust-led professional networks
A broad range of online, face-to-face and blended learning opportunities developed and delivered by Trust specialists
Access to Teaching WalkThrus; a platform providing evidence-based teaching strategies broken down into granular steps
Professional qualifications via Apprenticeships
Curriculum Hubs and NPQs via Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Teaching School Hub
Opportunities for coaching & professional supervision
Opportunities to get into teaching through our outstanding ITT

We promote and support employee wellbeing through regular wellbeing events, access to an online mindfulness programme and we provide free emotional and practical support 24/7 via our Employee Assistance Programme which delivers online health & wellbeing resources, counselling, mindfulness, skills coaching for line managers and financial, legal & practical support on a range of personal issues.

Other benefits of working for us include:
Defined benefit pension schemes, providing a secure and guaranteed income on retirement.
Tax-efficient cycle to work scheme
Free eye tests via Eyecare vouchers and free flu vaccinations
Free tea and coffee
Free on-site parking
Discounts and special deals on holidays, breakdown cover, everyday essentials, mobile phones, utilities and gym memberships
Dell Advantage giving up to 20% discount on laptops, desktops and accessories.
Discounted membership rates for Academy Leisure, Sawtry

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Closing date for applications: Monday 23rd September 2024, 9.00 am.

Interviews will be held on: 26th or 27th September 2024

Meridian Trust reserves the right to close the applications early if a suitable candidate is sourced.

This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders act as the work brings employees into contact with children who are regarded by the Act as a vulnerable group. Applicants for school-based jobs must, therefore, disclose all spent and unspent convictions when prompted to do so.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.

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.

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