About the role
We have an exciting opportunity, for a new Admin Assistant with a calm, friendly and professional approach to join our wonderful team, working in our school office alongside our Office Manager.
The post is for 20 hours per week (5 mornings, 8.30-12.30 - the daily working hours can be flexible to suit the right applicant), term time only. There may be an opportunity to expand this role in the future.
Working in our school office, you will need to work well with both adults and children and have excellent communication skills, the ability to be flexible and be able to use your own initiative. You should also have good literacy, numeracy and computer skills - a good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel are desirable.
Experience of working in a school office environment is desirable.
Suitable qualifications in both Safeguarding and First Aid (or a willingness to complete the training) is essential.
In addition to a range of general office duties (including filing, photocopying and answering the telephone), the main duties for this post include working alongside our Office Manager to:
- maintain pupil attendance registers (on Arbor, our online portal)
- order items
- administer first aid
- support our School Business Manager with aspects of the school’s finances, including: preparing online payments, inputting data into the school’s finance system and entering income and expenditure on our finance system.
Any training needed for the post will be willingly provided.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate.
To find out more about us, visit our school website www.shepherd.herts.sch.uk and our school Blog www.shepherdprimaryschool.edublogs.org.
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged, as they are the best way to see how wonderful our school is. Please contact Mrs Foad, Headteacher, via the school office (01923 773478) for further details and to arrange a visit.
Early application is advised, as we reserve the right to close the advert early should a suitable applicant be found
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