8 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Immediate, subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks

  • Closing date

    10 November 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    23 October 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time, part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,310.00 - £26,253.00 Annually (Actual) Full-Time Equivalent: £25,545 to £28,770 per annum

Sixth Form and Boarding Administrator job summary

Are you organised and personable with a brilliant eye for detail? We are seeking to recruit an efficient and detail-orientated administrator to support our Sixth Form Leadership Team and Boarding Staff.

Working closely with both the Sixth Form Leadership Team and our Boarding Staff, you will support their work by offering administration support, including note taking at team meetings.

We are looking for an individual who has:

  • Proven experience of working in an administrative role.
  • Strong IT skills, in particular experience of working with Microsoft Office.
  • Some knowledge of school management software, such as Bromcom or SIMS, is desirable but not essential as full training will be given.
  • Experience of working in a school environment is desirable, but not essential.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

At Reading School, we have a clear educational philosophy and a deeply rooted commitment to social mobility. In all we do we seek to nurture character and develop academic excellence, and we know that what we do really matters. More than 10% of our Year 7 students come from disadvantaged backgrounds and we are proud of the difference that we make. In 2023, the school was rated the Sunday Times South East State School of the Year.

We are a short walk from central Reading and close to transport links. Reading is a diverse place to live with arts, culture and heritage at the heart of the town.

Hours of work: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time only plus 3 weeks (two weeks in August plus INSET days).

Commitment to safeguarding

Reading School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Successful candidates must be willing to undergo an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and complete relevant pre-employment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. Full details of our Safeguarding - Staff Recruitment Policy can be found on our website.

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About Reading School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1138 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Combining a distinguished heritage, a positive reputation for outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to high standards of pastoral care, at Reading School we aspire to be a school with excellence at the heart of everything we do. We are situated 15 minutes walk from central Reading and close to transport links. Reading is a diverse place to live with arts, culture and heritage at the heart of the town.

We offer an exceptional all-round education enabling each student to realise his academic, cultural or sporting potential. A Selective Boys’ School, Reading School takes both day and boarding students. In 2022, the school was rated the Sunday Times South East State School of the Year and awarded 'outstanding' in the Boarding Ofsted Inspection in February 2020.

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