Job Title
Administration Assistant
Job Start Date
As soon as possible
Salary Range
£22,737 to £24,702 pro rata. Subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review.
Hours Per Week
15 hours, 30 minutes
Working Pattern
Term-time only
School Address
World’s End Infant and Nursery School
World’s End Lane
Quinton
Birmingham
B32 2SA
Tel: 0121 422 0453
Contact Email
appointments@worldsendinfant.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
15 November 2024, midday
Job Information

We are looking to recruit an Administration Assistant for 15 hours 30 mins a week, term time only. The working week will be Thursday 8.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. and Friday 8.00 – 4.00 p.m.

This will be a busy and varied role and the successful applicant will have excellent communication skills, be enthusiastic, self-motivated, able to work using their own initiative and as part of a team.  You should be able to multitask and manage a varied workload. Experience of clerical work in a school setting including operating the school’s management information system (SIMS) would be an advantage. 

Essential duties include: general clerical tasks including photocopying, word processing and laminating, general typing and data entry, telephone and reception duties, dealing with deliveries and enquiries from staff, parents, trade people, pupil attendance, collection and banking of monies and helping with school admissions.

Visits are warmly welcomed, please contact Alison Salmon, Senior Office Manager, on 0121 422 0453, to arrange.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply:

A job description, person specification and application form are available from the school; please email appointments@worldsendinfant.bham.sch.uk.

References will be taken up at point of shortlisting

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and Conditions
BCC is a Living Wage employer.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.