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Departmental Assistant

Departmental Assistant

King Edward VII School

Sheffield

  • £16,207 - £16,502 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
30 November 2022

Job overview

Department Assistant

Grade 3 pts 5 – 6 £21,575 – £21,968 per annum (£16,207 to £16,502 actual salary)

Term time: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Hours: Monday and Tuesday – 8.30am to 4pm

Wednesday to Friday, 18.5 hours flexible working

Required to start ASAP

 

King Edward VII School is a thriving, over-subscribed School with a diverse intake. It is a stimulating place in which to work, offering many opportunities to students and staff alike. The School enjoys an excellent reputation and sees the calibre of its staff as a key strength. King Edward VII School has two sites within the S10 area, approximately 1.5 miles apart. At King Edward VII School we offer an excellent benefits package, including a pension, a cycle to work scheme, eye test vouchers and a cash plan including therapy benefits. We also offer a full employee assistance programme (EAP). 

We have an exciting opportunity for a strongly-motivated person to provide an administrative support service to our maths and language department at both our Lower School and Upper School Sites. You will also cover the reception at Upper School on Monday and Tuesday 2pm to 4pm. 

The successful candidate will be required to provide a full administrative service to the departments, including dealing with written and verbal enquiries, updating of manual and computerised records, assisting with the organisation of School trips and events and the preparation and distribution of resources to support departmental staff. You will provide an efficient reception service for the School and be the first point of contact for students, parents and visitors at designated times. 

The successful candidate will:  

•          be dynamic, dedicated and enthusiastic

•          be very well organised and efficient

•          have a confident and professional manner

•          be a skilled ICT practitioner, with excellent Microsoft Excel skills

•          have very good interpersonal skills

•          have a strong organisational ability 

Applicants must have a good working knowledge of the whole suite of Microsoft Office software and be comfortable using Word, Excel and our School management information system (SIMS).  

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expect all staff to show this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete Disclosure and Barring Service declarations in line with Section 115 of the Police Act 1997. All applicants are required to read the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy incorporating Self-Harm and Online Safety, this can be found here.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to apply for an enhanced DBS certificate. As the post will involve regulated activity with children, it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are included on the children’s barred list held by the DBS. 

Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are “protected”. These are not subject to the disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the ministry of justice website or see here.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment in confirmed.

Please note: Only applications on the standard Sheffield LA application form will be accepted.

CVs will not be considered

For further details please contact Mr T Hall – HR & Cover Manager at recruitment@kes.sheffield.sch.uk or visit www.kes.sheffield.sch.uk/recruitment                                           

Closing date: Wednesday 30th November 2022 – 12 noon

Interview date: Friday 9th December 2022 

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About King Edward VII School

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+44 114 266 2518

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King Edward VII School is a mainstream, state-community, co-educational, non-denominational, secondary school for children aged 11-18. It is situated in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and it has over 1700 pupils on its roll, including over 600 in Sixth Form.

Headteacher

Linda Gooden

Values and vision

The school aspires to create an excitement within its learning community, where each individual strives for excellence to enable to achieve personal fulfilment.

King Edward VII School seeks to promote the values of equality amongst its pupils, the desire to learn and achieve, the pursuit of excellence and a culture of heritage within the rich diversity of the school community. It also places great emphasis on care and respect for people and environment.

Ofsted

Outstanding leadership and management at all levels, including the contribution of the governing body, have driven the school forward very strongly and successfully since the previous inspection. This includes rapid improvement to the quality of teaching and students’ achievement. Students have positive and mature attitudes to learning. They are eager to give of their best. Students say they feel safe in school and behaviour is good; inspection findings confirm this. The vast majority are proud of their school. Attendance has improved and is now above average.

View King Edward VII School’s Ofsted report

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