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Personal Assistant to the Headteacher
| Posting date: | 25 March 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 April 2025 |
| Location: | Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 6JJ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ff91f7c4-3fe2-4d87-a323-a25a79427b1e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you want to be part of ‘an inclusive school community’ where students have excellent academic outcomes and where all staff ‘have high expectations’ of themselves and our students? [Ofsted 2023]
Then our Headteacher needs your professional support as her Personal Assistant.
The successful candidate will:
• Be the principal contact between the Headteacher and all stakeholders, both within and outside the school, with responsibility for line managing the reception area.
• Support the Headteacher with marketing the school focusing on open school events and the promotion of the school through our social media platforms.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, approachable professional to join our team. You will need to be able to think strategically, working alongside the Headteacher to prioritise and manage workload to successfully deliver to deadline.
Essential skills:
• Good GCSE grades (including English and Mathematics at grade C/4 or above)
• The ability to be flexible on occasions with the hours worked.
• To have excellent administrative and organisational skills
• To have excellent ICT skills
• To have a working knowledge of press releases and the power of social media for marketing
• An ability to use initiative, be self-motivated and work under pressure
• Experience of working in high pressured situations sometimes dealing with complex personnel issues
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• A good sense of humour and the ability to work as part of a team
• The ability to successfully manage internal and external partners and their expectations
• The skills set of punctuality, reliability and loyalty
The postholder will require discretion, diplomacy and be able to uphold confidentiality in all matters.
Desirable skills:
• Experience of working in a fast-paced education setting
• Experience of line management
• Advanced Microsoft Word skills and knowledge of management information systems and databases
This is an excellent opportunity to join a very successful secondary school where students thrive academically and culturally.
Benefits
• On site nursery available
• Free on-site parking
• Local Government pension scheme
• Become part of a supportive and sociable team
• We provide staff with a range of free access to Education Mutual benefits to support well being
Please visit our website www.beaufort.hants.sch.uk for further details and an application form. If you wish to make an informal enquiry or arrange a visit, please ring Andrea Williams on 01962 880073.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
• On site nursery available
• Free on-site parking
• Local Government pension scheme
• Become part of a supportive and sociable team
• We provide staff with a range of free access to Education Mutual benefits to support well being
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. All successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant pre-employment checks. Including an online search for all shortlisted candidates. All Candidates shortlisted for interview will be subject to an online profile search in line with keeping children safe in education.
Do you want to be part of ‘an inclusive school community’ where students have excellent academic outcomes and where all staff ‘have high expectations’ of themselves and our students? [Ofsted 2023]
Then our Headteacher needs your professional support as her Personal Assistant.
The successful candidate will:
• Be the principal contact between the Headteacher and all stakeholders, both within and outside the school, with responsibility for line managing the reception area.
• Support the Headteacher with marketing the school focusing on open school events and the promotion of the school through our social media platforms.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, approachable professional to join our team. You will need to be able to think strategically, working alongside the Headteacher to prioritise and manage workload to successfully deliver to deadline.
Essential skills:
• Good GCSE grades (including English and Mathematics at grade C/4 or above)
• The ability to be flexible on occasions with the hours worked.
• To have excellent administrative and organisational skills
• To have excellent ICT skills
• To have a working knowledge of press releases and the power of social media for marketing
• An ability to use initiative, be self-motivated and work under pressure
• Experience of working in high pressured situations sometimes dealing with complex personnel issues
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• A good sense of humour and the ability to work as part of a team
• The ability to successfully manage internal and external partners and their expectations
• The skills set of punctuality, reliability and loyalty
The postholder will require discretion, diplomacy and be able to uphold confidentiality in all matters.
Desirable skills:
• Experience of working in a fast-paced education setting
• Experience of line management
• Advanced Microsoft Word skills and knowledge of management information systems and databases
This is an excellent opportunity to join a very successful secondary school where students thrive academically and culturally.
Benefits
• On site nursery available
• Free on-site parking
• Local Government pension scheme
• Become part of a supportive and sociable team
• We provide staff with a range of free access to Education Mutual benefits to support well being
Please visit our website www.beaufort.hants.sch.uk for further details and an application form. If you wish to make an informal enquiry or arrange a visit, please ring Andrea Williams on 01962 880073.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
• On site nursery available
• Free on-site parking
• Local Government pension scheme
• Become part of a supportive and sociable team
• We provide staff with a range of free access to Education Mutual benefits to support well being
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. All successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant pre-employment checks. Including an online search for all shortlisted candidates. All Candidates shortlisted for interview will be subject to an online profile search in line with keeping children safe in education.