The Administrative Assistant is responsible for providing full administrative and organizational support to the Middle School Assistant Principal and Middle School Director of Student Life, and general support to middle school employees. As Attendance Officer, the role holder will also log student attendance across middle school, keeping up-to-date records of absences and monitoring/reporting trends in attendance and student behavior. This is a term-time only role.
Summary of duties
1. Schedule appointments and produce itineraries and reports for the supervisors to optimize use of their time
2. Monitor and maintain records of student attendance on a daily basis; prepare monthly attendance report and report trends and/or concerns to the relevant administrator
3. Oversee the administrative aspects of greeting, coordinating and paying substitutes to assist in ensuring that appropriate teaching cover is available when required
4. Overseeing certain student-travel opportunities in the middle school, which includes processing field trip requests, trip packs, organizing risk assessments, and collecting medical consent forms
5. Maintain an accurate and up-to-date archive of student files to ensure that the appropriate information is available whenever it is required; prepare packages of student transcripts and reports for applications to other schools
6. Collect, collate and distribute repor...