Administrative Assistant

Krishna Avanti Primary School is an inclusive Hindu faith school that provides a warm, friendly and engaging learning environment for children from all backgrounds and walks of live. Staff and students at the school do not originate from any specific faith background. Applications are welcome from practitioners of any faith and from those of none.

We wish to recruit an Administrator Assistant. The successful candidate will be responsible for administrative and reception support to the school.

He/ she will be a key element into ensuring Avanti House School provides an outstanding education for all pupils, rooted in the inclusive and distinctive Avanti Schools ethos of educational excellence, character development and spiritual insight. 

This is a unique opportunity to help develop a new and innovative school, which will be shaped by three key elements for both students and staff:

• Educational excellence

• Character formation

• Spiritual insight

Your Key Responsibilities:

• to provide clerical, administrative and secretarial support, through undertaking tasks which require some generalist skills and knowledge.  

• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, security, confidentiality and data protection. Reporting all concerns to the appropriate person.  

• Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school. 

For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please download the Job Description.

Skills required:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills based on effective communication

• Has a passion to ensure every child succeeds and reaches their full potential

• Ensures the health and safety of all pupils

• Will show commitment to enhancing the school’s spiritual ethos

• Is committed to their own professional development

• Will inspire, challenge, motivate and support the whole school community

• Has a good knowledge of the National Curriculum

• Has excellent knowledge of how young children learn and develop

Please see the Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for the role.

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.

• LGPS pension scheme

• Development opportunities

• A strong vision of Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight;

• Enthusiastic, motivated and friendly children;

• A committed and motivated staff team;

• An attractive working environment;

• Supportive parents;

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust 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.