Personal Assistant to Headteacher
Park High School
Lancashire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 6 - SCP 11 (£22,129) - 19 (£25,927) pro-rata
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 1 June 2022
Job overview
Personal Assistant to Headteacher
Department: School admin and finance
Reporting To: Operations Manager and Headteacher
Salary: Grade 6 - SCP 11 (£22,129 - 19 (£25,927) pro-rata
Contract type: Support staff, permanent, term time plus four weeks
Hours: Full time 37 hours per week
Start Date: As soon as possible
Closing Date: Noon on: Wednesday 25 May 2022
Core Purpose:
To provide and coordinate a comprehensive and professional administrative service for the Headteacher and Senior Leadership team. Owing to the type of role and varied day to day events, it is not possible to set out a full range of duties. The following is an indicative list and is not structured in an order of importance:
Complete all admin tasks for the Head teacher and SLT .
Maintain Headteacher and SLT calendar / diary.
To maintain the Enquiries and Headteacher mailbox.
Preparation each term for the Head teacher’s Report to Governors document.
Communicate the School Calendar to students/parents, staff, governors and related external agencies.
Plan and prepare Pupil Planners for printing in time for distribution at the beginning of the Academic Year.
Plan and prepare staff planners for printing and distribution at the beginning of the Academic year.
Working with SLT and ICT support to Maintain the school website ensuring that the statutory information is kept up to date.
Maintain and store electronic and paper files for Headteacher and regularly liaise with Technicians to maintain security within the areas.
Liaise with external agencies on behalf of Headteacher and SLT.
Organise refreshments and meeting space for Headteacher and SLT as required and provide refreshments where necessary.
Cover Management
Responsible for organising the daily cover arrangements for those teachers/teaching assistants who are not available for their normal teaching commitment.
To take all calls from absent staff each morning and report to Headteacher.
To assist in ensuring the daily cover system operates equitably and fairly and to keep records for staff inspection of the cover done.
To engage supply teachers/teaching assistants for the purpose of covering unavailable staff.
To update Staff Absence system, monitor staff absence and inform Headteacher when issues arise.
To liaise and co-ordinate with the Examinations Officer regarding room and cover requirements during assessment / Exam periods.
To treat information relating to absence of staff in strictest confidence.
Undertake back to work interviews and liaise with the Head of HR on any issues arising.
School Trips
To be the Educational Visits Co-ordinator.
Work with trip leaders on risk assessment, logistics and communication with parents.
Additional Duties
To actively model and promote the values and ethos of the school and Trust.
To comply with all relevant Trust policies and procedures.
To maintain confidentiality in all matters.
To identify opportunities to introduce new technologies and processes to improve systems and ways of working.
To actively participate in relevant Trust processes including performance management.
To undertake relevant CPD as agreed with line manager and to attend relevant meetings.
To work collaboratively across the Trust.
Postholders are expected to be flexible and to operate in different areas of work/carry out different duties as required. This job description sets out the main duties and responsibilities of the post and each individual task may not be identified. The post holder will be expected to undertake such other duties as reasonably correspond with the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.
Equal opportunities
We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in the way we deliver services to the community and in our employment arrangements. We expect all employees to understand and promote this policy in their work.
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About Park High School
Park High School is a successful 11-16 comprehensive school situated on the edge of Colne and close to the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
There are over 1091 students on roll and we are pleased to be oversubscribed. Our mission is to develop young people with active and creative minds, a sense of understanding and compassion for others, and the courage to act on their beliefs. We are a school committed to raising aspirations and bringing out the best in all students. We stress the total development of each young person and are driven by an unswerving determination that no pupil in our school will be left behind.
Park High School will provide:
- Staff who will unfailingly reassure students that by working together there are no barriers that they cannot overcome to achieve their full potential.
- Students who strive to attain exceptionally high levels of academic achievement and personal development.
- Excellent opportunities for your professional development Friendly and supportive colleagues, who go the extra mile.
Strengths of our school highlighted in our recent Ofsted report include:
- There is a nurturing ethos in the school that creates an environment in which pupils can thrive.
- Pupils are polite and friendly, take pride in their school community, behave extremely well around school.
- Leaders are not afraid to take bold strategic and radical decisions to bring about long-term sustained improvement through visionary leadership.
- The school is driven by an unassuming yet unswerving determination that no pupil will be left behind.
- The work the school does to keep its pupils safe is exemplary.
- The school curriculum is organized into personalised learning pathways in both key stages, enabling pupils to be appropriately supported and challenged.
- The governance of the school is of a very high quality.
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