About the role
Vacancy Description
After many happy Fridays at Pixies Hill School, one of our Office staff is moving into a
different career. This presents a rare opportunity for someone to step into a role
working with a wide range of children, staff and parents. If you are able to undertake
varied roles and responsibilities then we would like to hear from you.
We wish to appoint an enthusiastic person who shares our values to work as part of the
office team as an Administration Assistant. You will undertake a variety of jobs
including reception duties, answering and dealing with telephone calls, general typing,
filing and photocopying. The ability to manage attendance at both a daily and statistical
level will be key. You will also assist with pupil first aid/welfare duties, looking after sick
pupils, liaising with staff and parents.
The ideal candidate should be well organised, be able to maintain confidentiality, work on
their own initiative and be able to cope with a reasonable level of interruptions. A key
part of this role will be to provide a first point of contact for the school and so we will
require candidates to have excellent interpersonal skills to deal sympathetically with
parents, pupils, governors and staff.
Previous experience of working in a school environment and well developed IT skills
(including a basic use of Arbor) preferential.
This post requires an enhanced CRB check.
The successful candidate will be:
• Warm in character with excellent communication skills and committed to a team
work ethos (please see our Values Education Policy)
• Experienced in general office work
• Able to maintain written and computerised records in an effective and
organised way
• Committed to appropriate levels of confidentiality
• A competent user of ICT software and Management Systems (including high
competence in using Arbor and Microsoft Word/Excel)• Able to demonstrate high standards in Maths and English
• Positive under pressure, meeting deadlines, showing initiative and maintaining a
sense of perspective and humour at all times
We offer the opportunity to:
• Enhance a Values-based school environment
• Forge strong symbiotic working relationships with members of staff
• Support well-motivated, caring children.
• Join a friendly, highly professional staff and a strong and supportive Governing
body
• Partner with positive, collegiate parents and the community.
• A supportive induction process.
Visits to the school are most welcome and strongly encouraged.
At Pixies Hill Primary School we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced
disclosure and barring check.
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