Senior Administrative Officer
| Posting date: | 26 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 October 2025 |
| Location: | Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6BD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | d780a54a-2bdb-483b-a615-27a1e93cbee9 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
An extremely rare and exciting opportunity has arisen at St Wilfrid’s to join our team as the Senior Administration Officer.
The post holder will be responsible for supervising the main school office administration staff and overseeing procedures to ensure the operational needs of the school are met. They will provide a responsive and adaptable administrative support service across the school.
Key responsibilities include:
• Managing administrative tasks related to the hiring of school facilities, using the designated facility booking software, for both internal and external use.
• Coordinating the management, maintenance, collation, and distribution of school and BKCAT policies, ensuring they are regularly updated and submitted to the Headteacher and Academy Council for approval and adoption.
• Administering all aspects of Educational Visits, from the initial objective form onwards, under the direction of the Business Operations Manager.
• Designing and producing school publications such as posters, booklets, and leaflets to support school events and departmental needs.
What the school offers its staff
St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School & Sixth-Form College is a mixed voluntary Academy for 11-18 year olds, based in North Featherstone in West Yorkshire. There are currently 1,538 students in attendance. The school opened in 1963 and has a proud history. We were judged as Good by Ofsted in November 2021; we were also inspected by the Catholic Inspection Service (Sec 48) in April 2024, with 7 out of 9 areas graded Outstanding.
We are proudly part of the Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust which comprises of three Secondary Schools and twelve Primary Schools. We are a Catholic School that extols the teachings of Jesus Christ and the values of servant leadership in everything we do.
Further information about our School, along with an Open Day video, can be viewed HERE; our GCSE Options Information can be viewed HERE; Subject Information can be viewed HERE and our Sixth-Form prospectus can be viewed HERE.
We can offer you:
• a welcoming and supportive staff team
• support and collaboration from a strong partnership of 15 schools within the Trust
• a commitment to your professional development
• friendly and caring school and parish community
• a passionate and forward thinking Senior Leadership Team and Academy Council
• an excellent pension package
• health and wellbeing support
• opportunity to apply for a blue light card to save money on 15,000 retailers
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.
An extremely rare and exciting opportunity has arisen at St Wilfrid’s to join our team as the Senior Administration Officer.
The post holder will be responsible for supervising the main school office administration staff and overseeing procedures to ensure the operational needs of the school are met. They will provide a responsive and adaptable administrative support service across the school.
Key responsibilities include:
• Managing administrative tasks related to the hiring of school facilities, using the designated facility booking software, for both internal and external use.
• Coordinating the management, maintenance, collation, and distribution of school and BKCAT policies, ensuring they are regularly updated and submitted to the Headteacher and Academy Council for approval and adoption.
• Administering all aspects of Educational Visits, from the initial objective form onwards, under the direction of the Business Operations Manager.
• Designing and producing school publications such as posters, booklets, and leaflets to support school events and departmental needs.
What the school offers its staff
St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School & Sixth-Form College is a mixed voluntary Academy for 11-18 year olds, based in North Featherstone in West Yorkshire. There are currently 1,538 students in attendance. The school opened in 1963 and has a proud history. We were judged as Good by Ofsted in November 2021; we were also inspected by the Catholic Inspection Service (Sec 48) in April 2024, with 7 out of 9 areas graded Outstanding.
We are proudly part of the Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust which comprises of three Secondary Schools and twelve Primary Schools. We are a Catholic School that extols the teachings of Jesus Christ and the values of servant leadership in everything we do.
Further information about our School, along with an Open Day video, can be viewed HERE; our GCSE Options Information can be viewed HERE; Subject Information can be viewed HERE and our Sixth-Form prospectus can be viewed HERE.
We can offer you:
• a welcoming and supportive staff team
• support and collaboration from a strong partnership of 15 schools within the Trust
• a commitment to your professional development
• friendly and caring school and parish community
• a passionate and forward thinking Senior Leadership Team and Academy Council
• an excellent pension package
• health and wellbeing support
• opportunity to apply for a blue light card to save money on 15,000 retailers
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.