Administration Officer (term-time working)
Calderstones School
Liverpool
- £16,243 - £17,462 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC JE Grade 3 (salary is actual for pro-rata for 30 hours, term-time working)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Immediate start available/negotiable
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2022
Job overview
Calderstones School has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Administration Officer to join an established Administration and HR Team. One of four Administration Officers, the successful candidate will work with our Administration Team Leader & HR Assistant to provide an excellent administrative support service to our students, staff, parents, and visitors.
The Administration Officers work to support the day-to-day attendance and behaviour systems in the school, ensuring our students’ attendance is recorded and monitored in an accurate and timely fashion. Co-ordinating the communication home to parents and liaising with organisations to ensure the smooth operating of the school is critical and therefore, excellent organisational and administrative skills are required. The main responsibilities of the role are:
- To provide an excellent quality administrative service, processing accurate, timely information, preparing documents including letters, reports and emails, filing and protecting information, managing telephone calls, visitors, communicating with parents, providing basic first aid, and other administrative tasks, which support the aims and objectives of the school.
- To be responsible for the administration and analysis of attendance and behaviour data
- To be responsible for first day response with parents/carers.
- To provide general clerical and administrative support to the school under the direction or instruction of senior staff.
Although not essential, experience of working in an education setting is highly desirable, along with experience of using SIMS. A qualification or equivalent experience in Business Administration or OCR/RSA is also highly desirous. The successful candidate will hold a minimum of a grade C/grade 5 in both Maths and English and have relevant office experience.
All applications and further information can be found on our school website.
The school is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and positively welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of their sex, gender identity, creed, marital status, race, age, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Calderstones School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check before taking up the post.
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About Calderstones School
Calderstones School is an 11-18 co-educational comprehensive school serving a culturally diverse community. It is situated in South Liverpool on the edge of Calderstones Park.
The school, which is popular and over subscribed, is proud of its tradition of caring for students as individuals. A large proportion of students stay on into the Sixth Form with the majority going on to higher education.
A PFI scheme in 2002 resulted in some £12 million being spent on upgrading all of the school’s facilities. The specialist status capital grant and sponsorship allowed a further sum of £150,000 to be used to enhance the site’s buildings.
The school now operates within a mix of traditional and modern facilities. Two of the buildings are Grade II listed buildings: one of these is the main reception area, the other the Sixth Form Centre. Amongst other facilities the school has:
- a purpose built science block with 15 laboratories;
- Student Wellbeing Centre
- an arts wing containing 21 classrooms, four art rooms, three music rooms, a drama facility and a multipurpose cafeteria;
- a design & technology wing with eight workshops and two classrooms;
- a resource centre which houses Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 library and internet facilities;
- a separate ICT area consisting of five ICT suites plus dedicated ICT rooms in every wing;
- a sports hall, swimming pool, two gymnasia and changing facilities, all of which were completely refurbished in the 2002 development;
- a very well equipped facility including an ICT room, a dance room and a sports science room that provide an excellent learning environment during the school day and that is used extensively during most evenings to meet the needs of our local community.
School Aims
The aim of the school is to educate students of all abilities, each to a maximum of his/her potential, so that every boy and girl can enjoy a high quality of life and contribute responsibly and fully to the life of the community. To achieve this general aim we are concerned:
to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, the quality of teaching and the climate for learning necessary for the individual to develop skills, abilities, interests and potential to the full
- to foster good relationships between parents, teachers and students;
- to enhance the students' learning and development through the provision of a wide range of extra-curricular activities;
- to provide the staff with the support and training to achieve the aims of the school;
- to promote an orderly, caring community in which truth, integrity, courtesy and respect for the needs of others are valued.
The Students
Currently, there are 1540 students on roll including 240 in the Sixth Form. The school’s overall admission limit for each year group is 265 and the school is always oversubscribed.
The Student Council is a forum in which students can voice their opinions and suggestions for developments to the school.
The Staff
The establishment of the school is 116 teaching staff and 38 non teaching staff.
The Governing Body
The experienced, active and supportive governing body is comprised of 17 governors – 4 parent governors, 1 staff governor, 10 Co-opted governors and 1 LA governor and 1 Headteacher.
The governing body operates through three committees
- Quality of Education Committee
- Resources Committee
- Pay Committee
School Organisation: Leadership and Management
The Leadership Group comprises:
- Head Teacher
- Deputy Head Teacher (Quality of Education)
- Deputy Head Teacher (Behaviour, Attitudes and Personal Development)
- Director of People and Culture
- Director of Business, Finance and Facilities
- Two Senior Assistant Head Teachers
- Three Assistant Head Teachers
- One Acting Assistant Head Teacher (rolling basis)
The non teaching staff structure is led by the Director of People and Culture and the Director of Business, Finance and Facilities who report directly to the Head Teacher.
Completed application forms together with any supporting letter should be e-mailed to recruitment@calderstones.co.uk .
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