Personal Assistant to the Headteacher

Rainham Mark Grammar School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 7AJ

46 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September / October 2025

• Closing date

  10 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 July 2025

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: £31,586.00 - £39,513.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Grade B1 Point 20 - 30

Personal Assistant to the Headteacher job summary

We are seeking a highly organised, professional, and discreet Personal Assistant to support our Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team. The ideal candidate will have initiative, excellent communication skills, and previous PA or senior admin experience are essential. This is a full time, all year round position based in school.

A summary of the main purpose of the role includes:

• Provide executive, administrative and development support to the Headteacher;
• Ensure the smooth management of the Headteacher’s day to day affairs and plan the most effective use of time including managing the diary effectively;
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external enquiries on all matters pertaining to the Headteacher;
• Support the Headteacher in promoting the school’s vision, values, and achievements through effective internal and external communications;
• Handle sensitive and complex issues in a professional and objective manner;
• Articulate and self-motivated, with a confident and confidential approach, able to communicate effectively with a range of people and able to work on their own initiative.

What can RMGS offer you?

Rainham Mark Grammar School provides an enriching co-educational experience where students are nurtured to develop their leadership skills and creativity. We are a school for every academically able young person regardless of social-economic background, ethnicity, or gender, with additional support and bursaries where they are needed. Our success is based on our high expectations. Our students and staff are motivated; they inspire and challenge each other to be the best version of themselves. We believe our students are simply the best of their generation, it is a privilege to work with them. Rainham Mark Grammar School is a happy place to learn and to grow, we encourage you to visit and experience our community.

Our school was judged “Good” by Ofsted in 2022 but we are firmly of the belief that we have the potential to be exceptional. There is much to achieve in an ever-changing education landscape.

Benefits of Working for Rainham Mark Education Trust

• Free Private Healthcare Cover - Benenden Healthcare (on contracts over 15 hours per week)
• Free Health Checks
• Free Flu Jabs
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• High quality CPD opportunities
• Discounted gym membership at Avenue Tennis, Gillingham
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Onsite free parking
• A Trust committed to achieving a healthy work/life balance

Closing date: 10th September 2025 at 12pm

Tour date: Tuesday 2nd September 2025 - we advise applicants to book onto a tour of the school. Please call 01634 623461 or email peopleservices@rmet.org to book a place to tour the school.

Interview date: 15th September 2025

This vacancy will close on or before the specified closing date depending on the volume of suitable applicants. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short listed on this occasion. We wish to stress that no discourtesy is intended in following such a procedure, and you should not let this deter you from future applications.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Rainham Mark Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Scheme, medical, confirmation of qualifications, experience checks and satisfactory references.

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 Rainham Mark Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1551 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Rainham Mark Grammar School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rainham-mark-grammar-school

Rainham Mark Grammar School is a large (over 1400 students), co-educational grammar school situated in Rainham, Medway, Kent.

We aim to be a friendly, caring and stimulating community which motivates young people to enjoy learning, participate enthusiastically in wider activities and make the most of their abilities.

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