Administrative Support Officer

Required: September 2023

Contract Type: Full time, Permanent

Salary: Scale 3.5 - 3.9 - £24,804 to £26,472 FTE (including OuterLondon Allowance)

Actual Pro Rata Salary: £21,804 - £22,472

Hours: 36 hrs per week, 39 weeks peryear (term time plus 1 week)

FTE: 85.92%

Application Deadline: 06/06/2023

Building Great Learning Communities

Our Mission is 'To build great learning communities'. To accomplish our mission, we keep our 3 core beliefs at the heart of everything we do: Courageous Optimism, Boundless Creativity and Heartfelt Compassion. We support our schools to deliver excellent pupil outcomes, create vibrant, exciting environments and offer rewarding careers for employees. To help us with this, we are looking to appoint an Administrative Support Office at Dame Tipping C of E Primary School to assist and support Teaching and Support colleagues and pupils on a daily basis. Working in collaboration with the whole school team, under the overall direction of the Head of School and Executive Headteacher. The successful candidate will:

• Share our passion and commitment to building great learning communities for our pupils
• Work as part of a team and have excellent communication skills
• Be professional, approachable and caring
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint
• Be able to plan effectively to enable multi-taking
• Enjoy working with children (experience preferred but not essential)
• Ability to be flexible to suit the needs of the school

The successful candidate will become part of a small, friendly village school with an ethos rooted in Christianity. The school is committed to providing the very best learning opportunities for the pupils in a safe, secure and friendly environment.

In return we can offer you:

• Supportive and friendly colleagues
• Happy, friendly and well-behaved pupils
• A stimulating and welcoming learning environment in a fantastic school community with a family feel
• High quality continuous professional development
• An all-inclusive and supportive Senior Leadership Team and Multi-Academy Trust
• Free flu vaccinations
• Access to the Schools Advisory Service (SAS) the Trust’s employee well-being support and medical programme. This includes 24hour a day access to a GP helpline for you and those within your household, a counselling service, stress management, weight loss programme, physiotherapy, menopause support and much more
• A colleague Support Pack regularly updated with local financial guidance, schemes and support
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to TES Development
• Links with the local community, including our charity partner, The Trussell Trust Food Bank
• Retail discounts

Applications:

Please forward your completed application form, together with a letter of application and supporting paperwork to recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com by 9am on Tuesday 6th June 2023. A copy of the school’s Support Colleague Application Form can be found on the school website www.dametipping.com. Shortlisting and interviews will take place shortly after. The school reserves the right to interview prior to the deadline date. For further information about this role, please contact Vicky Smith, Head of HR via email at recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com .Visits to the school are welcomed.