About this Role
This role is working within the busy environment of the school office, providing an administrative, reprographics and reception service to the school, where excellent organisational skills are essential in order to deal with the variety of tasks that need to be undertaken.
Job Details
Hours of Work: 20 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only, including Training Days (39 Weeks Per Year) - hours can be worked over either 4 or 5 days per week
Position Type: Permanent
Line Manager: Senior Administrator
Travel Required: No
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed administrator to join our busy school. The position will involve a mixture of reprographics duties and general administrative support.
The postholder will be responsible for providing an efficient and up to date reprographics and learning resources service to students and staff. At the request of colleagues, you will support with the production and delivery of class resources, internal exam papers, booklets, leaflets and any other resources as required. In this role you will be expected to maintain all reprographics equipment to ensure they are in working order, managing costs of materials and monitoring stock levels of relevant stationery and equipment. Alongside the reprographics duties, the potholder will be part of the main school administration team and as such will be required to carry out administrative tasks as directed by the Senior Administrator, such as sending communications to parents by post, email and text message, producing letters and other documents, data input, and reception duties as necessary.
This post will suit someone who is/has:
- professional and well organised
- competent using a range of computer programmes (experience of using SIMS and/or ClassCharts would be helpful although not essential as training will be provided)
- the ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team, recognising when to seek support and advice
- able to deliver first aid (statutory first aid at work training can be provided)
- strong attention to detail and accuracy
- ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- have excellent written and oral communication skills
- an excellent telephone manner
- able to deal with matters sensitively and maintain confidentiality of sensitive information
Previous experience of working in a school is an advantage although not essential.
If you think you have the skills to offer, we would love to hear from you. Please refer to the job description for further details. For an informal chat about the role please contact Mrs L Bramley, PA to the Headteacher, on 01609 773340 or lbramley@northallerton-alt.uk
The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.
We are a growing Multi-Academy Trust consisting of ten schools (five secondary schools and five primary schools), all rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by Ofsted. Each school within our trust has its own unique values and ethos and is committed to the overarching principle of "Being the best we can be", the mission statement of Areté Learning Trust. Our Trust seeks to create a context for all children and young people to thrive, academically, personally and socially so that they experience the real joy of learning. This is an exciting time on the next step of the journey for the Areté Learning Trust and provides the opportunity to join a strong trust, with greater autonomy to set direction and deliver the outcomes important to all of us. The trust is committed to inclusive high-quality education, providing outstanding education for all and trust wide sustained school improvement. We are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff where they can develop as exemplary professionals.
In addition, we offer a positive, supportive, friendly working environment, recognition of previous service with other schools, academies and local government, CPD, training courses and webinars, expenses and travel costs in addition to a full range of employee benefits.
Application Process
Please complete the online application form to apply for this role: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/146969/EDV-2024-NSFC-88978
All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application, which can be found by visiting the link above. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas.
Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process.
Applications via agencies will not be considered.
Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.
Key dates
Closing date: 9th December 2024
The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Online searches may be done as part of due diligence checks. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.
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