Administrative Assistant
Forest Hill School
Lewisham
- £26,193 - £26,625 pro rata
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale 3, point 5-6 £26,193 - £26,625 actual salary approx £22,628 - £23,001
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 2 October 2023
Job overview
FOREST HILL SCHOOL
Dacres Road, London SE23 2XN
Boys 11-16, Mixed 16-18
Tel. 020 8699 9343
www.foresthill.lewisham.sch.uk
Administrative Assistant
Start: As soon as possible
Salary range: Scale 3, point 5-6 £26,193 - £26,625 pro rata
Actual salary approximately £22,628 – £23,001
Term Time only (39 weeks), 35 hours per week
Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4pm
Forest Hill School is a thriving and aspirational comprehensive school in south-east London providing high-quality education to boys aged 11-18. We are a community which is wholly reflective of this district of London, teaching pupils from all backgrounds and of all abilities. We also have a highly successful joint Sixth Form provision with Sydenham School for male and female students.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Administrative Assistant to work in our main office. You will join an ambitious team whose aim is to support our students to get the best possible outcomes and opportunities to move forward with their lives. You will display a welcoming manner, excellent people skills and an efficient, organised approach to all tasks.
You will be required to:
· To use a range of ICT packages to provide effective, efficient and comprehensive administration services
· Administer first aid / supervise during the student lunch break
· Provide an excellent level of customer service to our staff, parents and pupils
· Work as part of a team
· Uphold the vision and ethos of the school at all times
Therefore, we are looking for someone who:
- Has excellent numeracy, literacy and IT skills
- Is a natural when it comes to customer care, articulate, good with people and always happy to help
- Can work independently but contribute to a strong team ethos
- Is able to work flexibly, solve problems and be proactive
- Has excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Has experience of working in a school an advantage but not essential
Please visit our website at www.foresthill.lewisham.sch.uk, to make direct online applications, which must be returned to vacancies@foresthillschool.co.uk,
Please note - we do not accept CVs, (no agencies) and applications must be submitted on the Lewisham Support Staff Application Form, available from our School Website.
Informal visits are welcome and should be arranged with the Office Manager, Caroline Calligy – please contact the school on 020 8699 9343.
Closing date for applications is 12 noon Monday 2nd October 2023 with interviews scheduled for the following week. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified and that the interview process will include lesson observation.
Safeguarding Statement
Forest Hill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to an Enhanced CRB Disclosure.
Equal Opportunities Statement
Forest Hill School is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, age, marital status, disability, ethnicity, religion, belief or sexual orientation.
Attached documents
About Forest Hill School
Forest Hill’s ethos is aptly summarised in our motto Aspiring to Excellence Together. We are a community in which mutual support and a spirit of relentless ambition drive a desire to ensure that we constantly strive to surpass previous achievements. All community members are encouraged and expected to contribute to this culture thus ensuring that the creativity and evolution of our student offer is maintained. We are a performing arts’ school, but creativity does not simply apply to our performing arts’ subjects; it also applies to the academic curriculum in which we promote engagement, enquiry and ingenuity. We want our students to emerge from Forest Hill School as engaged citizens and leaders of the future, fully equipped to confidently enter a competitive world.
We communicate and reinforce the vision and ethos of the school community through our Core Values (https://foresthill.lewisham.sch.uk/motto-and-values/), which were developed in consultation with all stakeholders:
• Hard Work
• Ambition
• Respect
• Kindness
All aspects of life at Forest Hill is underpinned by these values, and we promote them as the prerequisites of academic excellence and success. The values also encapsulate a sense of pride in belonging to Forest Hill, something which is shared by all students and staff.
Headteacher
Mike Sullivan
Ofsted report
Pupils study a broad and interesting curriculum. The school has carefully considered the important knowledge that they want pupils to study. In the sixth form, a wide range of A-level choices is supplemented by several different vocational qualifications. Within subjects, the chosen topics of study have been put together in a logical way. This helps pupils to build on their prior knowledge so they learn more and remember more over time. This means that, from the start, pupils are well prepared for the rigour of GCSEs and for sixth-form studies. Leaders also make sure that content is relevant and interesting for pupils.
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