About The Role
The Role
As a Business Support Administrator, you will provide comprehensive administrative support to the school and act as a central supporting role for staff, students and parents. You will work with other members of the Business Support Team to uphold the vision and ethos of the school at all times, representing the academy in a welcoming, personable, helpful, and professional manner. You will work across the academy as required, providing excellent administrative and customer services to a variety of stakeholders, establishing and maintaining efficient administrative systems and processes to support the effective running of the school with a focus on operational excellence. It is essential that the person for this role is organised, able to multitask, work flexibly and have a 'can do' approach. You will require a good level of IT skills.
Key Responsibilities
* Work collaboratively with the admin team to provide comprehensive administrative support for the primary, secondary and sixth form.
* Adopt a business-like office environment, ensuring excellent, consistent administration support and customer service is provided, 'Our Promise' is met, good relationships with staff are promoted, and you are consistently role modelling professional behaviour.
* Attend to all incoming calls and messages in a professional, friendly and efficient manner, using the corporate greeting, ensuring all relevant messages are passed on in a timely manner and dealt with effectively, sensitively, and confidentially, taking the initiative to identify and handle issues that arise on behalf of the leadership team and others.
* Be one of the academy main first aiders, assisting with student welfare and first aid and ensuring accurate and prompt records and reporting, paying due diligence to Health & Safety and academy protocol.
* Support with daily attendance ensuring protocol is followed and ongoing efforts are made to ensure a child regularly attends school.
* Acknowledge and action all admin requests to a high standard and in a timely manner, prioritising and communicating effectively with relevant colleagues and stakeholders.
* Maintain and distribute stock for the offices, reception areas and reprographics.
Other
• Carry out other reasonable tasks as directed by the Vice Principal – Business and Community and the School Business Manager.
• Share best practice with the wider team and approach all tasks with a growth mindset.
* Ensure the working environment is to a professional standard e.g. clear desk policy
* Contribute towards the wider academy objectives and improvements.
* Undertake various ad hoc duties, when required, including exam invigilation, playground duties, first aid, cashless till operation, first aid, fire marshal.
* Cater and set up for meetings and events, if and when required.
* Be willing to undertake appropriate training in line with contractual duties.
* Attend and support out of hours' academy events e.g. summer fair, parents' evenings, open morning and evenings, admin evening, academy performances, competitions, summer school, results days etc and be flexible in regards to working hours.
Benefits
* Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
* Twice as many training days as standard.
* Generous pension scheme.
* Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
* Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
* Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
* Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.
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About Us
We are a mixed all-through school that caters for children from nursery age through to sixth form. We have the highest aspirations for all our children to ensure they are prepared for university and inspired to be leaders in their community. We offer our students a first-class education based on high quality teaching and experiences outside of the classroom.
Our school was recognised by the Government in its Parliamentary Review as an example of good practice in education and we are ranked in the top 10% of schools nationally. All of our sixth form students received a university offer with 73% of those being a top 3rd university.
We pride ourselves on the relationships our staff have with our students, caring for them throughout their education. We also work closely with families to ensure that all our students are committed to learning and develop the character necessary to take advantage of all the opportunities we provide.
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Diversity and inclusion:
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark's diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.
Safeguarding statement:
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark's safer recruitment process, please click this link.
Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.