Administration Assistant

Employer: Bellevue Place Education Trust, Rutherford House School

Salary: £27,971 - £31,608 per annum (Scale 2, Spine Point 3 – Scale 4, Spine Point 11) FTE 0.87

Contract type: Term Time only (39 weeks per year)

Contract term: Permanent (Fixed term contract)

Start date: Monday 3rd June 2024

Closing date: Thursday 16th May 2024 Midday

Interview date: Monday 20th May 2024 & Tuesday 21st May 2024

Opened in 2013 Rutherford House School was the first free school established by Bellevue Place

Education Trust, to provide a broad, exciting education in a happy environment with a commitment to ensuring pupils achieve their full potential. The children are encouraged to learn independently, and are treated as individuals celebrating their unique set of talents.

At Rutherford House School our philosophy is to promote excellence and outstanding progress in the basics - literacy and numeracy, as well as sparking curiosity and instilling a lifelong love of learning and curiosity.

The successful candidate needs to have exceptional organisational skills, strong interpersonal skills to foster links between the school, home and wider community and be able to liaise with the senior leadership team to monitor and improve attendance. We pride ourselves on exceptional pupil attendance which reflects excellent pupil and parent engagement. Therefore, we need a candidate who can assist with maintaining this attendance. 

The successful candidate will also be responsible for creating our weekly newsletter, assisting with attendance and admissions. We are looking for someone who can:

·      Work under pressure.

·      Have excellent interpersonal skills

·      Be able to work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders

·      Work effectively as part of the office team

·      Able to complete receptionist duties.

·      Communicate with parents and the Education Welfare Officer regularly

·      Contribute to our weekly newsletter to promote attendance

·      And create attendance reports to present to the Headteacher

·      Effectively use Arbor to monitor attendance

If you are ready for a new and exciting challenge we will offer you:

●     A strong commitment to the innovative use of technology to ensure efficient ways of working

●     Excellent peer support from our outstanding, supportive and friendly team

●     A positive and innovative working environment

●     Professional development

●     A strong and growing network of partner free schools, driving up standards and providing valuable support to staff

●     Opportunities for career progression and wider professional experiences in a Trust with a range of schools serving a variety of different communities

If you have the skills, experience and drive to be successful in this role, please download and complete the attached documents. 

Visits to the school are highly recommended. We have two open events, where you will have the opportunities to meet with Mrs Mallett (Headteacher) and have a tour of our wonderful school.

Open events dates: Wednesday 1st May 9am

Please contact Miss Shafiq (Admin Lead) to book a place on our virtual tour on either

0208672 5901 or info@rutherfordhouseschool.co.uk 

As part of BPET and Rutherford House’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, all employees employed within schools are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.  Further details can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Services website https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Rutherford House School welcomes a diverse population of both children and staff and committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its functions.