Administration Assistant

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham City Council Full time

Job start date: 22 April 2024

Hours per week: 36.5 term time only + 2 weeks

Kingsbury Academy

Kingsbury Road

Coventry

CV6 1PJ

Telephone number:

Contact Email:

Contract type: Permanent

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Administration Assistant to join our school.

You'll be in charge of a variety of administrative duties, ranging from meeting and diary management and providing support to the Office Manager, Head Teacher, HR administration, Trust and maintaining attendance records. You'll be involved in running the reception and responsibility for accurate files. With your efficient, professional approach and ability to set up processes and systems, you'll keep the cogs of the school turning.

The role encompasses all aspects of office administration and requires a close working relationship with the Office Manager that is built upon absolute trust. Often the first point of contact for a diverse community of pupils, parents, staff, governors and visitors, the successful post holder will be an outstanding ambassador for both the school and the wider Trust, demonstrating exceptional people skills, a commitment to providing a high level of customer service and showing absolute professionalism at all times. Proactive and highly efficient, you will be called upon to use ingenuity to resolve challenging situations and the ability to remain calm under pressure is vital.

Kingsbury Academy, part of the Thrive Education Partnership, is an educational SEN provision in Coventry. The school currently has approx. 100 young people between the ages of 4 and 11, in the primary provision.

Rewards

We know you're going to do great things as part of our brilliant team. In return for your hard work, you'll enjoy a competitive salary and contributory pension scheme.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Application forms and details can be obtained from the Thrive Education Partnership website and Kingsbury Academy website

Completed forms should be sent by email to:

For an informal chat about the role please contact Tanya Williams on

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; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.

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.



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