Administrative Assistant

Required as soon as possible

This is a part-time role – ONE DAY PER WEEK (FRIDAY)

Hours of work: 8.30am – 3.30pm term-time only (with one training day per year)

Salary: Support Staff Grade 4, Point 3 (Meridian Trust)

£20,812 (FTE per year); £3126.72 (Actual per year)

We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic and well organised administrative assistant. You will be part of a small and friendly office team and your role will be busy and varied. Your work will include reception duties, greeting visitors, answering emails and telephone calls, inputting attendance and school lunch orders, managing pupil records including admissions data, overseeing arrangements for school trips and after school clubs plus general office duties. The role will also include midday supervision of pupils and a willingness to undergo first-aid training would be desirable. 

The opportunity:

• A fulfilling and rewarding role where you will be making a difference and valued as part of a team
• An opportunity to use a range of administrative skills
• Outstanding professional development opportunities for all our staff
• A part-time, term-time only position which offers more flexibility around other commitments

The ideal candidate:

• A good educational background - GCSE qualifications or above
• Experience of working in a school or office environment
• Possess outstanding communication skills and can work well in a team
• An understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues

Benefits of working for us include:

• Free on-site parking       
• Eyecare vouchers       
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme       
• Free tea and coffee making facilities       
• Generous sick pay and annual leave

Downham Feoffees Primary Academy is part of the Meridian family of academies and is proud to have recently achieved ‘Good’ in all areas in its recent Ofsted inspection. Ofsted stated: ‘…pupils feel listened to, safe and cared for in an environment that supports them to have aspiration for their futures.’

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 28 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.ukThe Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks. 

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

 Visits are warmly welcomed – please contact the school office on 01353 699325 or email office@downhamfeoffees.org to make an appointment.