Office Administrative Assistant
Salary - £26016 pro rata
Scale – B pt 4
Hours – 7 hours per week - Fridays
Required to work – as soon as possible
We are seeking to employ a member of office staff to join our team to carry out office duties and to support the role of School Business Manager and Office Administrator.
Duties will include:
- Reception duties – greeting parents and visitors and dealing with enquiries
- Answering the telephone and responding to emails
- Monitoring attendance – checking registers
- Running errands – passing on important messages to staff etc
- Dealing with external post
- Helping to prepare and send out newsletters
- Communicating via our MCAS system to families when required
- Preparing regular paperwork – photocopying/filing/archiving
- Helping with booking/planning trips and visits
- Preparing cash/cheques for banking
Plus any other tasks or duties which support the role of office administrator and school business manager.
We are looking for someone who can work on their own initiative, be proactive and flexible, with excellent people skills. You would need to be a good team player who can manage their own workload, be approachable and be sensitive to the confidential nature of working within the school setting.
There may be scope in the future to develop this role into other areas of the administration of the school.
We are also advertising a role in Health and Safety which you may wish to consider alongside this Admin role.
You would be joining a friendly, committed, supportive and hard-working team of staff, with enthusiastic children who are proud of their school. You would be fully supported with any training needs.
Application form and job description are available here, and do feel free to contact the school for any further information.
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to full DBS and qualification checks and references.
Closing date: by noon Friday 13 November 2026
Interview date: Wednesday 18 November 2026