Senior Administrator
St John's Church of England Primary Academy, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9AR9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
28 April 2025
Closing date
21 March 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
11 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Sandwell Band C - SCP 5
What skills and experience we're looking for
We wish to appoint an enthusiastic, self-motivated person who adheres to the ethos of our friendly and welcoming Church of England Academy. The successful candidate will be the first point of contact for our academy. They will take responsibility for the day to day running of the school office, including a range of administrative and financial areas. They will work closely with the Family Support Worker and Head of School as well as pupils, parents, visitors and representatives from our Multi Academy Trust.
The successful applicant will be someone who:
- Recognises the place of confidentiality in the office environment
- Can act under their own initiative when required
- Has a pleasant, patient demeanour as the first communication point with parents, contractors & visitors
- Communicates in a professional manner, face to face, over the telephone & by email/text messages etc.
- Can work at speed, accurately, under pressure while maintaining a friendly and calm professional manner
- Is educated to GCSE standard or NVQ or equivalent qualification, or suitable experience in a similar role
- Is self-driven and has good personal time management meaning they can work alone in a busy school office
- Is committed to keep our pupils, their families and colleagues safe by adhering to safeguarding policies and procedures
The successful candidate will be accountable for the following:
- Being the first point of contact for our academy
- Day-to-day clerical duties include responding to or forwarding emails, answering the phone and liaising with parents
- Ensuring that they have a thorough understanding of the life of the academy to ensure they give precise, accurate information to families and visitors
- Leading on internal financial duties such as purchase ordering, supporting educational visits and monitoring family debts
- Completing and uploading the school Census and other data reporting
- Maintaining high levels of safeguarding and health & safety training and practice
- Ensuring communication with families and outside agencies is clear and consistent through the use of online platforms, face to face conversations, telephone conversations and the proof reading and sending out of letters
- Any other duties as directed by the Senior Leadership Team which are commensurate with the grading of the post and educational setting
(Please see the job description for full details)
What the school offers its staff
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Employee Assistance Program – Schools Advisory Service (SAS)
Benefit from our comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme through Schools Advisory
Service. This has been designed to support the physical and mental well-being of our colleagues at
every step. Their experienced, in-house experts that have developed and implemented a range of
complimentary services, ensuring confidential and clinical-led support. These include:
• Physiotherapy
• Counselling & mindfulness
• Weight management
• Nurse support service
• Menopause support
• GP phone & video consultations
• Cancer & chronic illness support.
Commitment to safeguarding
St. John’s CE Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its pupils.
Appointments are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and receipt of reference that are satisfactory to the school.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to ruth.owen@stjohnsacademy.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St John's Church of England Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 192 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St John's Church of England Primary Academy website
- Email address
- ruth.owen@stjohnsacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0121 556 0269
St. John’s is a friendly one form entry primary academy. We are proud to be a diverse family community, upholding our Christians values of Resilience, Excellence, Agape, Community and Hope we strive that all members of St. John’s ‘Believe to Achieve’.
Our academy is ‘Good’ in all areas (Ofsted, February 23). Ofsted said, "The school is a calm and orderly place in which to learn" and pupils "achieve well and are proud of their successes." As well as this, they observed that, "There is a strong sense of pastoral care across the school," and "Pupils' welfare is taken seriously by all staff."
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