Are you an experienced Office Administrator looking for a new challenge? This is a wonderful opportunity to join a fantastic two-form entry Catholic Primary School administration team.
St. Edward’s Catholic Primary School is a vibrant, inclusive and forward-thinking school, with a reputation of high academic standards; a strong ethos and an enriched curriculum that pupils enjoy. Our Governing Body are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly skilled administrator to join our team.
Due to the upcoming retirement of our current School Administrator we are currently looking to appoint a Senior School Administrator to join our administration team. The successful candidate will be required to undertake reception duties and provide clerical support to the Head Teacher, Business Manager and Senior School Staff. The main duties will include forming an integral part of the Attendance Team to ensure processes and procedures are followed effectively, meeting and greeting visitors, answering incoming phone calls, handling incoming and outgoing mail, dealing with and reporting any issues that arise, clerical duties such as word processing. General financial administration will also be a requirement of the role, including banking procedures, cash management, chasing debt and to have a knowledge of inputting orders and invoices.
To be successful in this role, you will need excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and be able to work in a busy and varied environment. You will be efficient and highly competent in using ICT packages, inc. Publisher, Word and Excel and have the ability to work on your own initiative. Prior experience of working in office administration is essential. Experience of working in a school setting and a good knowledge of SIMs is also desirable but not essential as intensive training will be provided.
The ideal candidate must show a willingness to fully embrace the Catholic ethos of the school.
We Can Offer
* A supportive and forward thinking Leadership Team who prioritise staff wellbeing Opportunities for CPD and possible career progression opportunities A hardworking dedicated staff who are a great team A diverse, caring and nurturing Catholic community
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.
The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks,
including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References - All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references
Short-listed candidates - An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of students.
Application packs can be obtained by emailing our School Business Manager, Miss K Sankey at k.sankey@stedward.bham.sch.uk or https://www.stedward.bham.sch.uk/vacancies/. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement to this role.
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE CES APPLICATION FORM – APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ON BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL FORMS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.