Admin Assistant
Position Start Date: 05/01/2026
Contract Type: Part-time
Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 03/12/2025 Midnight
Date of Interviews: week commencing 8 December 2025
Treetops Learning Community
Buxton Road, Grays, Essex, RM16 2WU
Tel.: 01375 372723
Email: klambie@treetops.thurrock.sch.uk
Pay: £12,956
Working Hours: 20 per week, term time only.
Required: January 2026
We are excited to offer an opportunity for an Admin Assistant to join our busy team. The successful candidate will be part of the existing Admin team, working across both schools in the Trust, handling communication, maintaining records, assisting staff and students, and supporting the overall daily functions of the school.
In March 2025 Treetops School was judged by Ofsted to have maintained the standards identified at the previous inspection. The previous inspection was in February 2020, at which time Treetops was judged as Outstanding. Treetops Free School, which officially opened in September 2022, was judged Good in its first Ofsted inspection in March 2024.
Students throughout Treetops Learning Community have complex needs varying from moderate to severe learning difficulties, which may include: speech and communication difficulties, autism and global developmental delay.
Qualifications
* Experience of working in a school environment (desirable, not essential)
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Ability to work under pressure
* Ability to prioritise own workload
* Experience using Word and ExcelExperience of business letter writing
* Experience of cloud based infrastructure (desirable)
What we offer
* Opportunity to work in a successful and supportive environment
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Mrs K Lambie on 01375 372723 or email klambie@treetops.thurrock.sch.uk.
An application form can be downloaded from our website, www.treetopsschool.org under About Us and Job Opportunities and submitted either by hand, post or email marked for the attention of the HR Manager Kay Lambie along with a letter of application.
Closing date for applications: 3 December 2025
Interviews: week commencing 8 December 2025
All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check, satisfactory references and the successful completion of a 6‑month probationary period.
Information about the School
The governing body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check, satisfactory references and the successful completion of a 6‑month probationary period.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
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