About the role
About this Role
We are currently seeking to recruit an hardworking and enthusiastic individual to join our administration team. The Business Admin Apprentice will carry out a range of administrative tasks to support the SLT, Office Manager, Attendance Manager and staff to ensure the smooth running of the school office and departments.
Key Details
Salary: National Living Wage - £6.40 U18, £8.60 18-20, £11.44 21 and over
Working hours: 37 hours per week. Monday – Friday (term time only 38-40 weeks)
Location: Katherine Warington School, AL5 5FH
Apprenticeship Details – 16 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 Business Administration Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote).
Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 8th best UK training provider)
During your role as a Business Administration Apprentice you will provide general administrative support to the Attendance Manager by updating the daily registers with absence reports. Your day to day duties will include:
- To update registers from voicemail messages, emails and telephone calls reporting students absent and to check for missing students before texting home so that the school meets its safeguarding needs.
- To liaise with parents by text and call if no information is received by parent / guardian regarding a student's absence.
- To monitor and oversee the absence email inbox, forwarding requests for leave to the Headteacher and responding to parents where appropriate and inputting planned medical appointments and requests for leave absences in the registers
- To check student's marks for every lesson, cross referencing with PL who locate missing students and ensure the registers are correct
- To ensure all afternoon registration marks are recorded correctly and all students are accounted for.
- To monitor the incoming and outgoing of students from school and to check the registers reflect this using Inventory.
- To chase up teachers for unopened / incomplete registers
- To assist with general admin / filing relating to attendance and any other task appropriate to attendance.
Desired skills & Personal qualities:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Working in a team & show initiative
- Able to manage own time effectively and demonstrate initiative including establishing priorities
- Prioritise and manage workflow whilst maintaining a flexible approach to respond to urgent requests
- Able to adhere to the school’s policies and procedures and most importantly the equal opportunities policy, child protection policy and all health & safety related policies
- Able to maintain confidentiality Able to work with minimum supervision
Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
Desired qualifications:
- Grade 4 or above in Maths & English
- Experience in an office/admin role
- Experience of Microsoft Office and Google suite
- Enhanced DBS (we expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks)
About the Employer
Katherine Warington School is a modern school, using contemporary teaching methods supported by robust academic research allied with traditional core values. Central to our vision for the school is the shared belief that young people have the right to a transformational educational experience that will enable them to fulfil their potential and realise their ambitions. Talent is evenly distributed, opportunity isn’t. They provide the highest quality teaching and learning to meet the needs and expectations of the Harpenden community. All students are natured to be fully fledged members and leaders of our democratic society, ready when they leave us as young adults to make a positive impact on the world.
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