Administrative Assistant - Fixed Term

The Royal Hospital School is an independent co-educational boarding and day school for 11-18 year olds, providing an outstanding, full and broad education enriched by a unique naval heritage and fit for the modern world. 

Founded in 1712 in Greenwich, London, it moved to its spectacular site, set in 200 acres of Suffolk countryside overlooking the River Stour, in 1933.

The School has continued to develop its spectacular purpose-built site and grow in size and reputation to become one of East Anglia's leading independent schools.

The Royal Hospital School has the following vacancy:

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (FIXED TERM)

The Administrative Assistant will be a key member of the team reporting to the Lead Academic Administrator and supporting a busy office, helping with tasks such as staff rotas, arranging cover for lessons and helping with the smooth running of exams. The successful candidate will also provide administrative support to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) including diary management, minutes of meetings and collating reports.

Working 37 hours per week (term time plus 3 weeks) the successful candidates will have a keen eye for detail, the ability to problem solve and show initiative, and will be able to multi-task and prioritise effectively.

This is a fixed term role starting as soon as possible and ending on 18 July 2025.

Closing date for applications: 09:00 on Monday 17 February 2025

* please note that the closing date may be brought forward *

Interviews will be held on Monday 3 March 2025

Applications should be made online via TES following the ‘apply’ link. To see

details of other vacancies please visit our website

www.royalhospitalschool.org/vacancies . 

Please also send a covering letter to recruitment@royalhospitalschool.org

If you have any queries, please contact the HR Department on recruitment@royalhospitalschool.org or 01473 326200.

For more information about the Royal Hospital School, please visit www.royalhospitalschool.org

The Royal Hospital School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share our commitment. Employment is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.