Senior Administrator (Lower School)

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking school with a proven reputation for innovation and excellence. We are looking for a dynamic and highly capable Senior Administrator, to lead our Lower School administration team and ensure the successful running of a busy school office. This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably experienced candidate to provide an excellent level of PA support to the Head of Lower School, and utilise high level administrative skills across the wider school.

As part of a team with a supportive and collaborative approach, the Senior Administrator will communicate effectively and professionally with pupils, staff and parents. They will take personal responsibility for managing their workload, being flexible in the face of changing demands within the role, and have an outstanding “can do” attitude. With responsibilities for preparing formal documents, handling confidential information and First Aid for pupils, the successful candidate will have a strong understanding and working knowledge of Confidentiality, GDPR and Safeguarding. Experience of working within a school is not essential, although any experience with young children would be an advantage.

Colston’s is a thriving co-educational day school on the outskirts of Bristol, easily accessible from the motorway network and with approximately 800 students aged from 3 to 18. The Upper School occupies a glorious thirty acre campus and has all of its facilities on-site. Colston’s Lower School, specialising in the care of our younger students, enjoys its own dedicated campus a short walk from the Upper School. The Lower School has undergone considerable investment in recent years; most recently a new EYFS Centre, costing £1.2 million and opened by HRH Princess Anne.

We are proud of our high academic standards and our innovative approach to the development of teaching and learning across the school and we value the range of opportunities we provide for our pupils outside the classroom. In our latest ISI report the school was judged excellent in all areas; raw examination results are consistently good, value-add scores are high and we have waiting lists in most year groups.

The hours for this role will be 37.5 hours per week, working 9:30am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday, including half an hour unpaid lunch break, during school term time (35 weeks including INSET) plus 2 additional weeks worked flexibly during the school holidays. 

You will receive a salary of between £20,360 to £23,367 per annum, (NJC pay scale point 18 to 24, £24,982 to £28,672 FTE), depending on skills, experience and qualifications, and including a holiday allowance based on 25 days per year plus 8 bank holidays. Other benefits include lunch during term time, free parking on site, a defined contribution pension scheme and discount on school fees in accordance with the staff remission policy.

To discuss the role, please direct your enquiries to PA for the Headmaster, Miss Michelle Bailey at mbailey@colstons.bristol.sch.uk

For further details and to download an application form, please click on the 'quick apply' button below. 

Closing date for applications: midday, Monday 6th December 2021.

Interviews will take place during soon afterwards.

Colston’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include: 

- To promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young persons for whom they are responsible or come into contact with; 

- To be supportive of and committed to the School’s policies on Child Protection; 

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.