Admin Assistant

About the role

Little Chalfont Primary School in the Chiltern district of Buckinghamshire, bordering Hertfordshire near Chorleywood & Rickmansworth is recruiting an admin support role.

Little Chalfont Primary School wishes to appoint an efficient and friendly Admin Assistant. This post starts as soon as possible following the necessary pre-employment checks.

Salary: Band 2 SCP 2 (Full time equivalent £23656) pro-rata 20 hours per week (£12.26 per hour). Working pattern is flexible but ideally 9am-1pm each day.

You must have:

• excellent people skills,
• experience of clerical and administrative work (school office experience desirable),
• high level of computer literacy,
• the ability to use online web-based programs and databases,
• a caring and nurturing approach to understanding the needs of children,
• an awareness of the importance of confidentiality,
• a flexible nature and be able to respond quickly to situations using your own initiative.
• Be competent at booking coaches for school trips
• Assisting with the administration of Breakfast Club
• Assisting with Nursery admissions and associated paperwork.

Recent and up to date experience of working in a busy admin office is preferable. On-going training will be provided on school-based computer programs to enable the school to operate effectively using Arbor MIS to its fullest potential.

All interested applicants must be able to demonstrate they will support the values and ethos of our school.

This job is for a fixed period in the first instance before becoming permanent subject to a successful probation.

If you think you have the necessary skills and attributes for this post & would like to work in a caring, nurturing & friendly school environment, we would love to hear from you. Visits to the school before applying are positively encouraged.

Little Chalfont Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and all candidates invited to interview will need to undergo rigorous child protection checks including a DBS application. The Child Protection policy should be read on the school website to understand how we approach Safeguarding.