- Vacancy Reference
- JOB002997
- Job Title
- Administration Assistant
- Job Start Date
- 3 March 2025
- Salary Range
- £24,027 to £25,992
- Hours Per Week
- 20
- Working Pattern
- All year round
- School Address
-
Dorrington Junior And Infant School
Dorrington Road
Birmingham
B42 1QR
Telephone number: 0121 464 5330
- Contact Email
- enquiry@dorrington.bham.sch.uk
- Contract Type
- Fixed term
- Period of Fixed Term Contract
- 31 August 2025
- Closing Date
- 3 February 2025, 4:00pm
- Job Information
-
The governors wish to appoint an administration assistant to join the Academy, to help continue working together to drive standards and support our already well-established office team in all aspects of administration. Dorrington Academy is an exciting, inclusive community school. We work hard but at the same time ensure the wellbeing of everyone is a priority.
The successful candidate should have experience in a general administration environment and have the ability to use database applications. The ability to communicate effectively is key as the role involves being the first point of contact to all parents and visitors to the school. Additionally, the candidate should be able to extend this communication when dealing with people over the telephone. Being organised and the ability to work on your own initiative is essential to maintain the running of our busy office. - 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
For a job description, person specification and application form, please email enquiry@dorrington.bham.sch.uk to request an application pack.
We encourage you to organise an informal visit prior to completion of an application so please contact the school office on 0121 464 5330 for suitable dates.
Interviews will take place week commencing 10 February 2025 . - 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
- This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
- 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.