Cover Coordinator & Admin Assistant
Kings' School
Hampshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £21190.00 - £22215.00
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 June 2023
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable Cover Co-ordinator & Admin Assistant to join our excellent Admin team from July 2023. You will assist the Office Manager with ensuring that daily cover requirements are met, staff duties are prioritised, and staff induction is processed effectively, ensuring that the appropriate deployment of staff is arranged.
Kings’ is an exciting and rewarding place to work: our pupils are keen to learn and succeed; they appreciate the support and dedication of the whole school. You will have a passion for supporting our teachers and in turn the learning of our pupils, and a desire to play a central role in our school mission: inspiring futures, exceptional character, and academic excellence.
This is an exciting opportunity for motivated and highly organised individual wishing to join an extremely effective and supportive department; and to contribute to the ongoing growth of Kings’ as the school continues to flourish.
Staff can undertake additional paid morning, lunch and after school duties. We offer 24 days annual leave + bank holidays during first 5 years service, increasing to 27 days + bank holidays after 5 years service.
Job purpose, including main duties and responsibilities:
SIMS (School Information Management System)
Cover
- Setting up daily cover requirements and room changes for absences and special events e.g., exams.
- Allocating cover supervisors, supply staff and teachers to cover staff absence.
- Producing cover and absence statistics as required by the Senior Leadership Team
- Keeping school diary up to date with approved absences.
- Record staff absence/email absence forms to staff where applicable.
- To enter information relating to staff in the school to ensure the effective deployment of staff and the maintenance and production of appropriate records.
- Co-ordinate staff duties including lunchtime and bus duties ensuring any absences are covered daily.
New Starters
- Set up all new starters on SIMS and allocate access rights, school email and logins. To include arranging an induction with key members of staff and organising welcome pack, staff badge etc.
Record Keeping
- Update staff and pupil records as required. Including inputting Data Collection forms for incoming Year 7 pupils.
School Census
- Complete termly school census and upload to the government portal.
Admin
To provide general administrative support within the school office as directed.
For further information and to apply for this position, please visit our website.
Please submit your application to, recruit@kings-winchester.hants.sch.uk
Closing Date: 12:00 Wednesday 21st June 2023
Interview Date: To be confirmed
We reserve the right to close this advert and/or interview at any time
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About Kings' School
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Kings’ is an oversubscribed, happy, and successful school, offering exceptional, well rounded, and individualised education for 1800 11–16-year-olds.
Our vision is clear, Working Together to Achieve Inspiring Futures, Exceptional Character, and Academic Excellence, and this is evidenced every day. Our positive ethos is evident from the first few minutes in school and is seen in the quality of relationships between all members of our school community.
We recognise the importance of staff wellbeing and voice. Our staff are at the forefront of every decision and are encouraged and supported in voicing their opinions through various forums and channels. Having adopted the DFE Wellbeing Charter, we are committed to protecting, improving, and promoting mental health and wellbeing at Kings’, we have a dedicated Committee, who meet regularly to discuss and implement “Kings’ Wellbeing” initiatives and a “Kings’ Portal” for staff to access all things wellbeing.
Throughout their time at Kings’, we support each of our pupils in their unique passions and talents, providing a wide arrange of diverse subjects and opportunities, and helping our ambitious, determined children to find confidence and joy in their work – now and in the future.
We are reminded of our vision by our motto, Una Laborantes (Working Together). Our values act as our inspiration and navigation in our learning, our work, and our life at school as we work together for our pupil’s personal growth and future academic success.
The care provided by our pastoral staff is outstanding and, through a focus on high expectations and positive relationships and with support from our Kings’ community, exemplary behaviour is the norm among pupils. At our recent Ofsted visit in January 2024 we were awarded a “Good” classification with 21 out of 22 areas graded outstanding, read the full report here.
As evidenced by our Ofsted report, staff and pupils feel great privilege to be part of the Kings’ community, at a school renowned for our academic excellence. Year on year, our pupils attain at the very highest level and together we celebrate our position alongside the very best state secondary schools in the country. Our aspirations go beyond our consistently high results, and we work together as a supportive school family to inspire each person to find their spark and forge their own path to personal fulfilment.
Situated in Winchester, Hampshire, Kings’ is large, vibrant campus surrounded by greenery and the hills of the South Downs. Onsite facilities include of a state-of the art floodlit AstroTurf, multiple games pitches & courts, a heated indoor swimming pool, a rock-climbing wall, music, and film recording studios, science labs and staff training suite.
Kings’ is within 5 minutes’ drive from the M3 and a short walk from Winchester bus & rail stations, ideally located with connections to the New Forrest, Bournemouth Beach, Portsmouth Harbour, Southampton City and London Waterloo. Learn more about life in Winchester and the surrounding areas, at visit Hampshire.
Formed when two schools on the site merged in 1985, Kings' has an extensive, rich history tracing back to 1889. To learn more about working at Kings’, our impressive curriculum and view out school prospectus, visit our School Website.
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