Job Details
Grade 7 £14,936 pa - £15,333 pa
Fixed term position through until 31st August 2027
15 hours per week, Thursday and Friday 8:15 am – 4:15 pm
40 weeks (including training days)
Beaconsfield Primary School has a part‑time vacancy for an experienced senior school administrator to work within our admin team. We are seeking to appoint an experienced, focused and proactive person with proven school experience covering admin office systems, school communications and parental engagement responsibilities. You should be meticulous, focused and able to meet tight time deadlines while acting always with professionalism and high expectations.
You should have prior experience of working with senior staff in a school environment and ideally an excellent knowledge of school office systems (e.g. BROMCOM or SIMS) along with a wide range of IT office programmes. You must be able to prioritise your own work, work with a minimum of supervision, manage challenging and conflicting deadlines, and engage directly with parents/carers delivering tough messages regarding attendance issues while remaining an enthusiastic team player at all times. The work will be demanding but always interesting and varied.
Responsibilities
* Demonstrate excellent office and secretarial skills, preferably with customer‑facing experience in an office role
* Work with a minimum of supervision
* Set own priorities and meet all deadlines
* Liaise professionally with a wide range of people both face‑to‑face, on the telephone and via email
* Provide high‑quality administrative support services and manage on‑going projects
* Prepare written documents relating to projects, bids and government requirements with accuracy and attention to detail
* Complete general clerical and financial work
* Manage some budgets and use finance software for order management
Qualifications
* Experience as a senior within a busy, active administration office environment (ideally direct school experience) using, maintaining computerised systems/databases (e.g. BROMCOM) and other relevant programmes
* Excellent personal communication, both written and oral, along with interpersonal skills managing meetings, monitoring attendance and leading direct discussions
* Understanding of confidentiality, GDPR, safeguarding responsibilities along with statutory attendance requirements
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