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Administrative Assistant - Highdown School

Job details
Posting date: 01 October 2024
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 17 October 2024
Location: Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: e891fd3f-35b8-4ed3-b25e-769736579937

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

25 Hours a week - 8.00am – 1.00pm -Term Time, plus 5 x staff training days and two weeks in the school holidays.

Highdown is looking to appoint a hardworking, enthusiastic, flexible and cheerful Administrative Assistant to join our friendly school office team. The successful applicant will have a positive and professional approach, be able to use their initiative and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

The role involves taking responsibility for the effective organisation of the school office, dealing with parental, staff, governor and student enquiries, providing a high level of customer care and general administration and reception duties.

The successful candidate will show a willingness to learn and undertake further professional development opportunities.

What the school offers its staff

For details and an application form visit our website: www.highdown.reading.sch.uk. Please return your completed application form to Miss Nicci Burns, Headteacher’s PA, in the post or by email to hnb@highdown.reading.sch.ukClosing date: 9.00am, Friday 18th October 2024

Highdown School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also trained in safer recruitment and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and a ‘Prohibition from Teaching’ check.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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