Secretarial Assistant

Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE38 0DP

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  5 September 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  15 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.26 - £13.47 per hour

Secretarial Assistant job summary

Tel: 01366 383272

Email: office@denver.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: www.denver.norfolk.sch.uk

Headteacher: Louise Jones

NOR: 109  Age range: 4-11years

• Salary – Scale D, £13.26-£13.47 per hour
• Temporary until 31 August 2026
• Part time 
• 10 hours per week (M-F)
• Term time + one week
• Required for September 2025

Denver VC Primary School is a friendly primary school with a highly committed team of hard-working staff who want to provide the best possible inclusion, learning and achievement for all our pupils. 

As a church school, our values are based on Christian principles, and we have an ethos of hard work and mutual respect. 

Our shared Christian vision seeks to recognise whatever is good in each individual through the way we Discover, Value, Celebrate and Praise each another. 

Let your light shine (Matthew 5:16)

Our vision is lived out through our exploration of our Christian values: thankfulness, peace, wisdom, hope, tolerance, perseverance, kindness, generosity, justice, compassion, forgiveness and creativity. 

We are looking to recruit a Secretarial Assistant to work in our team. The successful candidate would work in a busy office supporting the School Secretary.

We are looking for a candidate who:

• is committed, adaptable, reliable and resilient
• has good interpersonal skills
• has good general knowledge of ICT and data-based applications
• possesses good personal literacy and numeracy skills
• has good word processing skills
• has good general office skills
• can form positive relationships with children, parents and staff
• has a calm, patient and consistent approach 
• can use their initiative
• is willing to undertake training and attend meetings as necessary
• is able to work with autonomy and as part of a team
• is keen to learn and develop professionally
• is intrinsically solution-focussed, with a ‘can do’ attitude 
• has energy, drive and enthusiasm

We can offer:

• a friendly, welcoming, enthusiastic and committed staff team
• high levels of nurture, guidance and support for our children and staff 
• fantastic children 
• commitment to CPD and professional development 
• a happy and positive working environment

Please visit our website to find out more about us at - www.denver.norfolk.sch.uk 

For more information, please email - office@denver.norfolk.sch.uk or telephone the school on 01366 383272. 

How to apply

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should be returned to - office@denver.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date:  5 September 2025

Interview date:   TBA

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 108 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/denver-voluntary-controlled-primary-school

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