Administrative Assistant

Two posts, one permanent 35 hours per week and one fixed term maternity cover 17.5 hours per week

We are advertising for two Administrative Assistants at Northolt High School. One of the posts is a permanent role (35 hours per week) and the other is a fixed-term part-time position (17.5 hours per week) as a maternity leave cover. The permanent role is based in our school office and involves the post holder staffing our main reception desk, meeting and greeting visitors, as well as undertaking a range of other office administration duties. The maternity cover position is also based in our school office, where the post holder will provide administrative support to the Office Manager undertaking a variety of administrative duties.

At Northolt High School, our vision, mission and values underpin everything that we do. Our aim is to enable our students to develop strength of character, to be articulate and confident and to secure the best academic outcomes possible. Our school vision is "committed to excellence". Our mission statement describes how we work to achieve this core aim - through "seizing opportunity, instilling ambition, realising potential". Join us and you will be welcomed by a hard-working, dedicated staff and subject team who are united in their focus on student achievement and continuous school improvement.

We work in partnership with an organisation called Sycol which supports us in ensuring that we have clear systems in place, which are developed and agreed by staff collectively. Termly innovation projects involve every member of staff, helping us to quickly and effectively share ideas whilst forging strong partnerships across the staff team. These projects ensure that systemic school improvement is embedded in everything we do whilst at the same time providing all staff members with a high-quality leadership development programme.

Northolt High School is a Foundation School in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing schools have traditionally worked very collaboratively and it is no coincidence that Ealing’s performance in national league tables is strong. Schools in Ealing have come together to form the Ealing Learning Partnership (ELP) in conjunction with the Council. This partnership provides us with a range of networks so that Northolt High School staff are able to share and develop ideas and practice with Ealing colleagues across a range of schools.

We are a relatively small school at the moment with just under 1,000 students on roll, but this number is gradually increasing. We also have a new building project on the horizon which we expect to make our school even more popular.

We will be the right school for you if you are committed to:

• Working collaboratively within a team to provide high-quality administrative support for our school community.
• Play a full part in termly innovation projects to contribute to the development of school-wide continuous improvement.
• Undertaking safeguarding training as required and fulfilling all safeguarding responsibilities as outlined in the job description.

We can offer you:

• Great support and training as you develop your career.
• The opportunity to innovate and bring in new ideas to contribute towards improving our school.
• A caring and supportive professional environment.
• A thoughtful and well-structured school calendar with careful attention paid to balancing workload.
• A commitment to providing high-quality opportunities for you to continue your professional learning.
• A flexible approach to your career, with increasing numbers of our teachers working on part-time contracts.

Our recruitment process

One of the Ealing Learning Partnership projects we have been engaged with in the last two years is a ‘No Learner Left Behind’ project to improve the outcomes of our Black Caribbean students. Informed by our work on this project, we conduct an annual analysis of the ethnicity profile of our student body. Our long term aim is to ensure that the profile of our staff group matches that of our students. At the moment, we are underrepresented in the following ethnicity groups: Arab, Asian, Black Caribbean, Black African and Traveller of Irish Heritage. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates who would classify themselves as belonging to these groups.

We are introducing a ‘blind’ selection process this year which we also hope will support us in reducing the risk of any unintended bias during our recruitment process. You will see that our application form is in two parts. Part one, which contains details about candidates’ gender, ethnicity and age, is not shared with the staff who select candidates to bring them forward to the interview stage.

A Job Description & Person Specification plus an application form can be found on our website: www.northolthigh.org.uk

If you would like to find out more about the school prior to your application, please contact Carol Gleeson, the Headteacher’s PA at cgleeson@northolthigh.org.uk

Please email your application to: recruitment@northolthigh.org.uk

Interviews to be held as applications are received.

The school is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment processes are always robustly followed. Successful candidates’ appointment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check. Further information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about