Cover and Activities Administrator
St John's College School
Cambridgeshire
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- Expired
- Salary:
- £21,797
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 11th March 2019
- Apply by:
- 24 February 2019
Job overview
St John’s College School is seeking to appoint a full time Cover and Activities Administrator from March 2019. The role covers a wide range of activities, but focuses mainly on supporting the Administration Manager in the planning of cover for absent colleagues or changes to routines and special events, as well as providing administrative support for after school care and activities and scheduling and staffing of our Thursday afternoon programme for Years 5-8.
St John’s College School has long enjoyed and deserved a national reputation for the exceptional quality of education and care it provides, which focuses on fostering the aptitudes and nurturing the growth of each child. The School operates across two sites (150m apart) which are home to approximately 470 children and over 120 staff. The two sites run independent timetables, with their own patterns of the day and certain degree of crossover in staffing.
While specific experience of timetabling is desirable, it is not essential if candidates are able to demonstrate the appropriate skills in timetabling, scheduling, planning, logistics, organisation and problem-solving. A personable and confident communicator, with a high attention to detail, excellent numeracy, literacy and IT skills, the successful candidate will share the School’s commitment to finding the best administrative outcomes to support the welfare of the children and the staff and promote the ethos of the School.
Given the need for the Cover and Activities Administrator to be on site from 4:30-6pm while after school clubs are running, the working hours are 10am-6pm, Monday to Friday during term time. Outside of term when after school clubs are not running, the working hours revert to 8:30-4:30pm, Monday to Friday. The role is both term time (approximately 34 weeks per year) and an additional 4 weeks to be worked outside of term.
A full description of the school and the role can be found in the application pack using the link below. Completed application forms should reach the Director of Operations, Mr Alex Loria, by 10am on Monday 25th February though early applications are welcomed.
St John’s College School in committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
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About St John's College School
Set in the heart of Cambridge, St John’s College School has long enjoyed and deserved a national reputation for the exceptional quality of education and care it provides, which focuses on fostering the aptitudes and nurturing the growth of each child. St John’s has been awarded national Best Prep School and national Best Prep School Head awards in the Tatler Schools Awards. Its teaching has been rated ‘inspirational’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate and it is the first of the very few to have achieved the coveted ‘exceptional’ grade for children’s attainment. At St John’s, we believe in a childhood filled with affection, in which children know that they are known and valued, in which they learn to trust themselves and each other, in which they find and express their voice, discover the difference they can make for themselves and others, learn to think for themselves, to question, to collaborate, to be independent, to own and take charge of their learning and their lives.
A curriculum that believes in children draws from them the highest and the deepest levels of attainment. Though we are not selective in our Kindergarten, our children are on average at the 85th centile on national tests or ability before they leave. Our exam results are outstanding and our 60 leavers gain on average around 25 scholarships to the strongest schools. Up to one-third of our past pupils in due course gain Oxbridge places each year, more than in the most academically selective of schools: our children continue to be exceptional learners.
The School is located in leafy Grange Road, a short walk across the playing fields from the centre of town and the College, at the heart of which sits the Chapel, home to the internationally renowned College Chapel Choir. The School site has undergone significant rebuilding or redevelopment in the last five years to ensure the facilities, layout and fabric of the buildings fully support the delivery of the School’s ethos.
The majority of children proceed at 13+ to day schools in Cambridge, each of which sets its own Entrance exams, predominantly in English and Maths. About one-third of the children proceed at 13+ to boarding schools via Common Entrance while others will proceed via Academic Scholarship examinations.
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