Personal Assistant to the Principal & HR Officer
The Ferrers School, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 8LF10 days remaining to apply
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 January 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
- £31,067.00 - £34,314.00 Annually (FTE)
Personal Assistant to the Principal & HR Officer job summary
Vacancy for Personal Assistant to the Principal & HR Officer at The Ferrers School!
Salary: Grade 8, Point 19-24 (Actual salary £27,368 - £30,229)
Hours: 37 hours, 40 weeks
We have an exciting opportunity for a Personal Assistant to the Principal & HR Officer to join the fantastic team at The Ferrers School! 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, You will provide a solution-based outlook and work proactively to complete multiple tasks within a fast-paced environment.
You will provide a full and comprehensive administrative service to the principal whilst also supporting and encouraging the Academy’s ethos, objectives, policies, and procedures. Through effective PR, ensure that both parents and the local community have confidence in the Academy and that a positive image is portrayed, both through the local press, social media and as demonstrated by the high-quality material that is provided by the Academy
To be responsible for all personnel duties within the school environment. This will include the oversight of safeguarding for appointing new staff and recruitment. The post holder is responsible for the employee life cycle at school level which includes sick absence, pay, general terms and conditions and providing support to manage low-level HR queries.
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 The Ferrers School..
The ideal candidate will:
- Have a good educational background, including GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths.
- Strong administration skills, including solution-based outlook on how to resolve 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 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:
- Tax-efficient cycle to work scheme
- Defined benefit pension schemes, providing a secure and guaranteed income on retirement.
- Childcare Account providing eligible employees with free or tax-free childcare
- 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 20th January 2025.
Interviews will be held on: To be confirmed.
Meridian Trust reserves the right to close the applications early in the event that a suitable candidate is sourced.
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
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people. The post holder also has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all children and young people.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Ferrers School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 928 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Ferrers School website (opens in new tab)
The Ferrers School is a popular, oversubscribed school and we are looking to recruit staff who can work with us to strive for excellence.
We care passionately about our staff, their well-being and their professional development and this is reflected in the fact that we are an enthusiastic team, committed to working collaboratively and sharing the very best practice. We are seeking ambitious candidates who are keen to develop further and as such are committed to providing excellent CPD for the development of staff. We are striving for the very best for our students and we are focussed on and passionate about learning.
The Ferrers School is part of the successful Meridian Trust, a group of primary, secondary and special schools. Many of the schools in the trust are growing and there is a need to develop capacity, expertise and excellence in our staff body. We are currently working very closely with our colleagues at Sharnbrook Academy and as a school we look forward to playing a key role in the development of Meridian Trust’s free school due to open in Weldon, Corby in 2023.
The Ferrers, like the Meridian Trust, is also driven by our ability to adapt to the changing educational landscape led by determined staff who bring our community alive with their enthusiastic personalities, unshakeable work ethic and their commitment to delivering exceptional learning experiences for our children. What makes The Ferrers School, and the Trust, different is that we know how to nurture and bring out the very best in our talented staff.
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