Administrative Assistant

36 hours per week (8.00am to 4.00pm)

Permanent

Paddock is a popular, outstanding split site school, known for our excellent internal training programme to develop all staff to be experts. Because of our substantial growth, an excellent opportunity has become available to join the Paddock Business & Operations team as an Admin Assistant.

You will be responsible under the instruction or guidance of senior staff to provide reception support and general administrative or financial support to the school, working across both sites.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the reception team
• Perform general clerical and administrative support for other areas of the business and operations department e.g. organise meetings, photocopying, filing, faxing, complete standard forms, respond to routine correspondence
• Maintain manual and computerised records and management information systems
• Produce lists, information and data as required e.g. pupils / staff data
• Undertake typing and word-processing and other IT based tasks
• Sort and distribute mail
• Undertake administrative procedures
• Maintain and collate pupil / staff reports

Required experience

• General reception, clerical, administrative and financial work as appropriate

The successful candidates will demonstrate excellent interpersonal relationships and be proud to work in a school that has the vision to Nurture, Inspire and Transform Lives. 

 You should be: -

• A team player;
• Keen to contribute to school life

We offer: -

• An outstanding training programme
• A variety of career pathways
• Opportunities for promotion within the school
• Opportunities to work with a multi-disciplinary team
• Access to employee wellbeing scheme

An Application Form, Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below or from the Wandsworth Council website https://jobs.richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk/

Alternatively, please contact the school for any further details on 020 8878 1521.

Completed application should be returned to the school either by email HR@paddock.wandsworth.sch.uk or post.

Closing Date: 6th February 2023 (at noon)

Interview dates: 10th February 2023

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to a DBS check.

CVs are not accepted. 

PADDOCK SCHOOL

Primary School

St Margaret’s Crescent, Putney, SW15 6HL

Tel: 020 8878 1521

Head of Lower School: Deborah Dockery

Head of Middle School: Lynette Martyn

Secondary School

Priory Lane, Roehampton, SW15 5RT

Tel: 020 8878 1521

Acting Head of Upper and 6th Form School: Nerys Evans / Frances Young

Executive Headteacher: Sarah Santos