Senior Admin Assistant

Yorkswood Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 6DF

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  28 April 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  11 April 2025

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: £25,992.00 - £28,624.00 Annually (FTE) salary is subject to a pay review, due to complete in Spring 2025

Senior Admin Assistant job summary

About Us:

Yorkswood Primary is a vibrant and welcoming school committed to providing an excellent learning environment for pupils. We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Senior Administrative Assistant to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong administrative skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for supporting the smooth operation of the school.

Role Overview:

As the Senior Admin Assistant, you will be the focal point of the school for staff, parents, children and visitors, ensuring a friendly, welcoming and efficient environment.

You will act as a first point of contact within the school, to filter enquiries efficiently and appropriately, including all visitor checks and health and safety processes are in place to monitor entry in and out of the building.

Hours:

There is an element of flexibility in the hours of this role, but we are ideally looking for someone who can work 8am to 2pm Monday to Friday, 39 weeks of the year (term time plus inset days). The salary given is a full-time equivalent, not an actual salary.

Key Responsibilities of the role include:

• Provide a welcoming, professional point of contact for visitors, parents, and staff.
• Process small amounts of cash, invoices, orders and undertakes basic financial administration
• Oversee accuracy of information on school website including information required by Ofsted.
• Coordinate school events, meetings, and other special projects.
• Provide support to the school leadership team.
• Ensure compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
• Handle inquiries and requests from parents and external agencies
• Support with the administration of medicine and first aid
• Support school attendance, managing the administration for the attendance system and leading on the first day calling.

Why Join Yorkswood?

• Competitive salary and benefits, including an annual paid well-being day .
• A supportive and friendly working environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• The chance to make a real difference in the school community.

Please note, this role will require an enhanced DBS with barred list check and full references to be obtained before any job offer can be confirmed.

This role is going through job evaluation, which should be completed imminently. The salary is subject to change.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Yorkswood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 540 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/yorkswood-primary-school-birmingham

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