Overdale Community Primary School
Administration Assistant
Salary: Grade CD, £12.00 - £12.38 per hour, £23,114 - £23,893 full time equivalent salary (pay award pending)
Hours: 20 hours a week, 8:30am -12:30pm, Monday – Friday, Term time only
Contract Term: Permanent
Closing Date: 11:59pm Sunday 6th October
Interviews: Shortly after the closing date
Start date: As soon as possible
About Overdale Community Primary School
‘Respect, Responsibility, Resilience’
Our new school opened in September 2021; it is an amazing purpose-built modern school for the children of Eastfield. The school offers state-of-the-art facilities, which will be a tremendous boost to children’s academic learning as well as enhancing the value of the local community where it sits.
Alongside this, we have spacious classrooms benefitting from natural light and ventilation, creating the best possible learning environment for our pupils and best possible working conditions for our staff. Outdoors, we have two football pitches, a rounders pitch and a one-mile running track, along with an environmental area and quiet place with logs and other features. We use our outdoor space for orienteering and problem-solving. We can teach numeracy and phonics outdoors, for example, and we also have two outdoor gyms.
We are proud to be a leading school in the area. Together we have built a school that has the highest aspirations for our children to shine, but also one that supports and celebrates our amazing community that we are proud to serve.
You will be working with a new headteacher who has high expectations and is driven to ensure that the school is a place for children to be safe, inspired and challenged to fulfil their potential. Staff wellbeing is high on the leadership’s list of priorities and it is ensured that all of our staff team work collaboratively to help get the best out of each other’s skills and expertise to help drive further improvement in school.
School Therapy Dog
At Overdale School we work hard to ensure that our children feel like school is a home from home. A place they can learn, thrive and be happy. That is why we now have our school therapy dog Buddy. Buddy has been a fantastic addition to our school for our children and our staff. Our pupils love to come and see Buddy and he has an immediate calming effect on our children who might be having a bad day or just need a cuddle. We are seeing lots of benefits already of having our school dog. Improving attendance, a calmer environment, support for our ASD children and much more. His hypoallergenic fur has given children the opportunity to be around a dog and not suffer from a reaction.
Having a dog in school has the potential to help young children to develop in a range of academic, personal and social areas.
He is very much a part of our Overdale family, and we love having him around school.
Our Opportunity
We are looking to appoint an Administrative Assistant to support our Administration Team. You will work closely with the Office Manager and the School Bursar to handle core duties such as email communications, letters to parents, and other tasks to aid the running of the school.
Our Administration Team are the heart of our school; greeting visitors, keeping staff and parents updated, and working behind the scenes to keep Overdale running smoothly.
This role is open to both entry level and more experienced administrators.
This opportunity is not exclusively for those who have worked administration duties for a school environment before, candidates who have worked in other sectors are welcome to apply.
You will need experience of:
- Working in an office environment
- Paperwork systems
- Strong communication skills – face to face, over the phone and via email
- Understanding and ability to follow confidentiality is essential
You will be joining an extremely friendly and supportive team, who are driven to achieve the highest possible standards. As a school, we all work together so everyone succeeds. The ability to collaborate and be open to personal and professional development is essential. If you are ambitious in your career, self-motivated and want to be the best that you can be, we would encourage you to apply.
Working in our school is incredibly rewarding as we all work together as part of ‘Team Overdale’ enriching the education of our pupils and the careers of our staff.
We encourage applications from candidates who have a passion for education and wish to work in a setting which offers reward and challenge and where no two days are the same.
We can offer you:
- A supportive, cohesive community – relationships throughout the school are welcoming, kind, inclusive and thoughtful
- A vibrant, happy school where we value everyone and have a philosophy of kindness and support for each other
- A leadership team who welcome fresh ideas, traditional values and a sense of teamwork
- Well supported staff who are committed to driving high standards
- An excellent working environment in a beautiful coastal setting
Queries / School Visits
Please contact Chloe Bullen on 01609 536 964 or via chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk
Chloe has been engaged to support us with recruiting to this exciting opportunity.
Application Process
Please contact us if you experience any difficulty with the application process.
Unfortunately, we do not accept CVs.
When applying please take into account the following:
Supporting Information
The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the job description & person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.
References
When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this is your current and most recent employer.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please note this post is in regulated activity and exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS criminal records and barred list check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
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