School Administrator, 28 hours per week (8.30am-4.00pm over 4 days)
Salary: £15,890.29-£16,999.87 actual for 28 hours per week term-time only (£25,119-£26,873 full time equivalent)
Vacancy Hours: 27 hours per week (8.30am-4.00pm over 7 days)
Contract Type: Established, term time only
Long Marston CE Primary School is part of the TIG Federation (Togetherness Inspires Growth), with Staveley Community Primary and Kirk Hammerton CE Primary. All three schools are passionate about nurturing and inspiring their children so that they can meet their full potential. For more information about the school and our federation, please visit our websites:
www.longmarston.n-yorks.sch.uk
We provide an induction process when staff join our federation and contracts are to the federation, providing greater opportunities for continuing professional development for all staff.
Our opportunity
We are looking for an organised, proactive and friendly Administrator, who will be the first point of contact in our lovely village school and will be responsible for managing the many varied aspects of the school office. No two days are ever the same!
This role will be a job-share with our other School Administrator who currently works 1 day per week. You will also work closely with the Administrators in the other two schools in our federation.
We are looking for someone who…
● is organised and efficient, with previous administration experience;
● has excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to interact with a wide range of people in a supportive and professional manner;
● can work on their own initiative, with good problem solving skills;
● has good levels of literacy, numeracy and IT skills;
● is adaptable, willing to learn, and able to work well within a team;
● can prioritise their own work, meet deadlines and maintain attention to detail;
● is warm and welcoming, with a good sense of humour.
We can offer you:
● a friendly staff team, who will help you feel passionate about your role in our school community;
● opportunities for training and development, including an induction programme when you start in your role;
● support from the wider Admin team across the federation;
● enthusiastic and creative school communities, who put pastoral provision at their heart and nurture a love of learning.
For further details about the role, please see the job description and person specification below.
We welcome informal conversations to discuss the role and/or visits to our school. Please contact Lauren Evans (Executive Headteacher) on 01904 738352 to arrange this, or email admin@longmarston.n-yorks.sch.uk
All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Key documents:
Application forms should be returned to Carrie Drewer, either by email to admin@longmarston.n-yorks.sch.uk , or by post to: Long Marston CE Primary School, Angram Road, Long Marston, York, YO26 7LR, by 12 noon on Wednesday 13th November.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a robust Child Protection Policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children. Contracts for all new staff are to the federation, providing greater opportunities for continuing professional development for all staff. An online search may also be undertaken as part of the recruitment process for shortlisted candidates, on information available in the public domain.
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