Administrative Assistant – Exeter

About us and the role

We are looking to appoint a School Administrative Assistant to join Avanti Hall School. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing MAT with schools based in London, the Midlands and the South West of England

As a School Administrative Assistant, you’ll be expected to:

• Organise and supervise administrative systems within the school.
• Contribute to the planning, development and monitoring of administrative support services and/or management of support staff, including co-ordination and delegation of relevant activities.
• To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school.

Avanti Hall is a school that is committed to giving all children an engaging and enriching educational experience. We provide a richly diverse and connected school environment, representative of the world that our pupils will enter. Our pupils mature into individuals who are ambitious, open-minded and confident. Along with our academic pathway, we also take care to support individual character formation and spiritual insight through the Avanti Way.

The Avanti Hall grounds on the outskirts of Exeter offer a site of inspiring natural beauty. Our main building, Thomas Hall, was built in the 1600s, with established woodland surrounding the main campus area. The building was part of Exeter University’s Duryard Halls of Residence for nearly 100 years before becoming a school.

Why should you apply

You will be working in a fantastic environment.

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

What will you do?

• Assisting with planning, development, design, organisation and monitoring of support systems / procedures / policies
• Undertake line management responsibilities including performance management as appropriate for administrative and support staff
• Provide detailed analysis and evaluation of data and produce detailed reports as required
• Produce and respond to complex correspondence
• Provide advice and guidance to staff and others on complex issues

For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description

What are we looking for?

• Significant experience of developing and maintaining administrative systems and procedures
• High level of competence using the internet, websites, word processing, data bases and other specialist resources/equipment etc
• Excellent ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing
• Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and pay attention to detail
• Commitment to professional development, learning and development

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks
Avanti Services Limited is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.