Administrative Assistant

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West Tytherley C of E Primary School

 

• Closing Date: Friday 24^th January 2025
• Interview Date(s): week commencing 27^th January 2025 (TBC)
• Job Start Date: ASAP
• Contract/Hours: Permanent
• Salary Type: Grade B – (£24,405 FTE)
• Hours of Work: Term time only: Mon to Fri 8.30am – 12.30pm, 20 hours a week
• Location of Role: West Tytherley C of E Primary School
• Contact e-mail address: l.macey@west-tytherley.hants.sch.uk

 

Our busy school office is the hub of our school community.  Parents, visitors, staff and most importantly, children, get a feel of our school from the second they enter. Don’t underestimate how busy this job is – it’s the best post for someone with great people skills, lots of energy but also a good eye for detail.

We need the right person in our administrative assistant role who can be the first point of contact for our school and work in an efficient and organised manner. We have a great team of people at West Tytherley and in our Federation with Broughton and you will be an integral part of this, ensuring our children get the very best.

In addition to being the first point of contact, our admin assistant will:

• Look after the welfare and safeguarding of children
• Have excellent computer skills (MS Office) to produce letters and record finances
• Organise the physical office environment (filing, archiving and inventories)
• Responsibility for accounting and banking of all monies
• Recording of dinner options and liaising with onsite catering team and HC3S
• Monitoring of resources, including utilities
• Ability to communicate with parents regarding all aspects of school including debt recovery
• Know about already, or be prepared to learn Arbor data management system and current SIMS system
• Support staff in organising clubs and  off-site trips and events

We would prefer you to have some financial experience but all training will be provided both in house and through appropriate courses. Fundamentally though, you will need to be:

• Thorough.  An attention to detail is vital.
• A team player.  But able to work under your own initiative
• Proactive.  Spot things that need doing before anyone else and be prepared to do manual jobs (putting away supplies etc.)
• Motivated.  It’s a busy office and things need to get done.
• Confidential and professional. It is vital that you are able to maintain both of these attributes at all times, both in and out of the work place.

Application Procedure

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.  It’s as important that we are the right workplace for you as you being the right person for our team.

Appointments can be arranged and applications obtained from the school office by telephoning 01794 340338 or by emailing the Executive Headteacher l.macey@west-tytherley.hants.sch.uk