Administration Assistant
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 26 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | FTE £32,068 – £33,985 (pro rata £28,539 – £30,245) |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 03 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1BQ |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | eTeach UK Limited |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 1510965 |
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Saffron Valley Collegiate
Croydon’s Secondary Pupil Referral Unit
Administration Assistant
Salary: Grade 5, Scp 11-15: FTE £32,068 – £33,985 (pro rata salary £28,539 – £30,245)
Term-time plus INSET days, Full time – 36 hours per week
Job Overview
We are looking for a dedicated and efficient Administration Assistant to support the day-to-day administrative operations of the school. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring smooth communication between staff, students, parents, and external agencies, while maintaining accurate records and supporting key school functions such as admissions, safeguarding, and general office duties.
This is a varied role that requires excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities. The ideal candidate will be confident using systems such as SIMS, CPOMS, Microsoft Office, e-mai.
What we’re Looking For:
The ideal candidate will have:
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently and respectfully with students, parents/carers, colleagues, and external agencies.
• Strong administrative and organisational abilities, with experience in managing paperwork, maintaining records, and handling day-to-day office tasks.
• Proficiency in using IT systems including SIMS (or a willingness to learn), Microsoft Office, and email communications.
• A meticulous approach to data entry and record-keeping, particularly in maintaining accurate student and safeguarding records.
• The ability to manage sensitive information with discretion, and in line with safeguarding and data protection requirements.
• A flexible and collaborative attitude, with the willingness to support colleagues and provide cover across the administrative team when needed.
• A commitment to the Trust’s values and its work with vulnerable young people.
• The ability to adapt to working in different school settings within the Trust as required.
• Experience in a school or education setting is desirable, but not essential for candidates with the right skills and a positive, can-do attitude.
Please write your application in direct reference to the person specification. This advert may be closed early for the right candidate.
Closing date for applications: Friday 3rd October 2025 9:00 am
Interviews: w/c 6th October 2025
Why join us?
• This is an opportunity to join a team committed to working with some of the most vulnerable school children in Croydon. You could make a life-changing difference to a young person.
• The staff at Saffron Valley are dedicated to removing the barriers to learning for our vulnerable children. This is an opportunity to join our team.
• If you are ready to translate high expectations and quality support for learning for some of the most vulnerable schoolchildren in Croydon into daily practice, this could be your next career move.
This role is based at SVC, 45 Coombe Rd, Croydon CR0 1BQ. Please note that all SVC staff can be deployed across the collegiate to meet the needs of our pupils.
Benefits
• A welcoming and supportive school community focused on inclusion and making a difference
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Employee assistance programme
• Eye care vouchers
• Continuous professional development
The Collegiate is committed to the safeguarding of young people. References will be sought for all shortlisted candidates. The Collegiate will require a successful candidate to have an enhanced DBS check.
Part of Alternative Learning Trust, company number 11788031. The Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales.
Registered office: Sutton West Centre, Robin Hood Lane, Sutton SM1 2SD
All who work within Saffron Valley Collegiate are committed to the celebration of diversity, and the challenging of disadvantage and discrimination, in all its forms.
Croydon’s Secondary Pupil Referral Unit
Administration Assistant
Salary: Grade 5, Scp 11-15: FTE £32,068 – £33,985 (pro rata salary £28,539 – £30,245)
Term-time plus INSET days, Full time – 36 hours per week
Job Overview
We are looking for a dedicated and efficient Administration Assistant to support the day-to-day administrative operations of the school. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring smooth communication between staff, students, parents, and external agencies, while maintaining accurate records and supporting key school functions such as admissions, safeguarding, and general office duties.
This is a varied role that requires excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities. The ideal candidate will be confident using systems such as SIMS, CPOMS, Microsoft Office, e-mai.
What we’re Looking For:
The ideal candidate will have:
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently and respectfully with students, parents/carers, colleagues, and external agencies.
• Strong administrative and organisational abilities, with experience in managing paperwork, maintaining records, and handling day-to-day office tasks.
• Proficiency in using IT systems including SIMS (or a willingness to learn), Microsoft Office, and email communications.
• A meticulous approach to data entry and record-keeping, particularly in maintaining accurate student and safeguarding records.
• The ability to manage sensitive information with discretion, and in line with safeguarding and data protection requirements.
• A flexible and collaborative attitude, with the willingness to support colleagues and provide cover across the administrative team when needed.
• A commitment to the Trust’s values and its work with vulnerable young people.
• The ability to adapt to working in different school settings within the Trust as required.
• Experience in a school or education setting is desirable, but not essential for candidates with the right skills and a positive, can-do attitude.
Please write your application in direct reference to the person specification. This advert may be closed early for the right candidate.
Closing date for applications: Friday 3rd October 2025 9:00 am
Interviews: w/c 6th October 2025
Why join us?
• This is an opportunity to join a team committed to working with some of the most vulnerable school children in Croydon. You could make a life-changing difference to a young person.
• The staff at Saffron Valley are dedicated to removing the barriers to learning for our vulnerable children. This is an opportunity to join our team.
• If you are ready to translate high expectations and quality support for learning for some of the most vulnerable schoolchildren in Croydon into daily practice, this could be your next career move.
This role is based at SVC, 45 Coombe Rd, Croydon CR0 1BQ. Please note that all SVC staff can be deployed across the collegiate to meet the needs of our pupils.
Benefits
• A welcoming and supportive school community focused on inclusion and making a difference
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Employee assistance programme
• Eye care vouchers
• Continuous professional development
The Collegiate is committed to the safeguarding of young people. References will be sought for all shortlisted candidates. The Collegiate will require a successful candidate to have an enhanced DBS check.
Part of Alternative Learning Trust, company number 11788031. The Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales.
Registered office: Sutton West Centre, Robin Hood Lane, Sutton SM1 2SD
All who work within Saffron Valley Collegiate are committed to the celebration of diversity, and the challenging of disadvantage and discrimination, in all its forms.