ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
37 HOURS PER WEEK, TERM TIME ONLY WITH 6 ON-CALL DAYS
£21,575 - £22,777 PER ANNUM, PRO RATA
(ACTUAL SALARY £18,588 - £19,623PA)
FLEXIBLE WORKING OPTIONS MAY BE CONSIDERED
You will be employed by the Gosforth Group and may need to work across all locations within the Multi Academy Trust as required.
Jesmond Park Academy is a large, thriving and fully subscribed comprehensive school, which is rapidly making progress towards our vision of being outstanding. As a member of the Gosforth Group we are working in partnership to lay the foundations for what promises to be an exciting and rapid period of change and development in the school’s history. Our academy offers a positive working experience, with an enthusiastic staff firmly focused on us becoming a leading academy in the city. If you want to be part of realising our vision, play your part in helping us to build on our already significant progress and development, and have a genuine desire to do the best for our students, then come and join us on our journey to being outstanding.
We are seeking to appoint from September 2023, an Administrative Assistant to work in our busy mail office, reception and reprographics areas. Main duties will involve general admin tasks to support the Office Manager. These will include (but not limited to)
- filing
- assisting with school correspondence via post (mail merge) and email
- responding to queries via email and telephone
- ensuring the smooth running of the school’s main reception, greeting visitors and answering telephones
- supporting our reprographics department with small print jobs
- arranging hospitality for meetings/events
The successful candidate should possess good IT and typing skills.
Following the shortlisting process, where applicable, candidates who attend interview will be reimbursed reasonable expenses for travel and accommodation.
The school is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and a range of other recruitment checks.
Closing date for applications is 10am on Thursday 11th May 2023
Interviews will take place shortly thereafter