Office, Finance and Premises Administrator
| Posting date: | 22 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 December 2025 |
| Location: | Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5QG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 695b1a46-464e-4048-9ad7-3b7b1b34da57 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The school office is the heart of the school. Petersfield is seeking a well organised, enthusiastic and motivated Office, Finance and Premises Administrator to join our staff team.
The school office is a very busy and fast-paced environment, where the requirements and needs of the staff and children regularly change with short notice, so the successful candidate will need the ability to be flexible and have strong multi-tasking skills.
We are looking for someone who:
• is welcoming, caring, patient and enthusiastic, with excellent communication skills
• has high expectations
• is skilled in ICT use
• demonstrates attention to detail, problem solving and accurate record keeping skills
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• Happy, enthusiastic, keen and well-behaved pupils
• A friendly school community with a distinctive ethos
• An attractive learning environment indoors and outside
• A Cambridgeshire school
• An encouraging staff team who offer collaboration and celebrate effort and excellence
• An opportunity to make a difference to children’s learning and development
• A tailored range of professional development opportunities
• A fully funded Level 3 Paediatric First Aid Qualification
• A supportive work environment based on our values of trust, friendship, peace, creativity and love
• A school that understands the importance of enhancing health and wellbeing at work with 24hour access to our Employee Assistant Programme
• Inclusive policies and practices
• Free on-site parking
• A company pension
• Sick pay
Further details about the role
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. Please call or email - office@petersfield.cambs.sch.uk - the school to book an appointment, arrange an informal discussion or to find out more information about the role or request an application pack.
Closing date for applications: 9am, 5th December 2025
Interview date: from 8th December 2025.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a suitable number of internal or external applications.
We actively promote equality of opportunity in employment to reflect the communities we serve. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria will be offered an interview. This school is committed to safeguarding including the Prevent agenda and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this. Giving false information is an offence and could result in the application being rejected and referred to the police. Any appointment made will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, right to work in the UK and qualifications check, satisfactory references and medical clearance. The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice and information in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
Please be advised as an employer we do not hold a Sponsorship license so are unable to support overseas applicants obtain right to work in the UK.
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.
The school office is the heart of the school. Petersfield is seeking a well organised, enthusiastic and motivated Office, Finance and Premises Administrator to join our staff team.
The school office is a very busy and fast-paced environment, where the requirements and needs of the staff and children regularly change with short notice, so the successful candidate will need the ability to be flexible and have strong multi-tasking skills.
We are looking for someone who:
• is welcoming, caring, patient and enthusiastic, with excellent communication skills
• has high expectations
• is skilled in ICT use
• demonstrates attention to detail, problem solving and accurate record keeping skills
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• Happy, enthusiastic, keen and well-behaved pupils
• A friendly school community with a distinctive ethos
• An attractive learning environment indoors and outside
• A Cambridgeshire school
• An encouraging staff team who offer collaboration and celebrate effort and excellence
• An opportunity to make a difference to children’s learning and development
• A tailored range of professional development opportunities
• A fully funded Level 3 Paediatric First Aid Qualification
• A supportive work environment based on our values of trust, friendship, peace, creativity and love
• A school that understands the importance of enhancing health and wellbeing at work with 24hour access to our Employee Assistant Programme
• Inclusive policies and practices
• Free on-site parking
• A company pension
• Sick pay
Further details about the role
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. Please call or email - office@petersfield.cambs.sch.uk - the school to book an appointment, arrange an informal discussion or to find out more information about the role or request an application pack.
Closing date for applications: 9am, 5th December 2025
Interview date: from 8th December 2025.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a suitable number of internal or external applications.
We actively promote equality of opportunity in employment to reflect the communities we serve. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria will be offered an interview. This school is committed to safeguarding including the Prevent agenda and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this. Giving false information is an offence and could result in the application being rejected and referred to the police. Any appointment made will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, right to work in the UK and qualifications check, satisfactory references and medical clearance. The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice and information in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
Please be advised as an employer we do not hold a Sponsorship license so are unable to support overseas applicants obtain right to work in the UK.
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.