Home School Services ECT Manager

Warning - This Vacancy is now Closed!

Administrative Assistant Administration - Full-time/Part-time

Five Acre Wood School, Maidstone

  • Ref:KCC886-7056-136S
  • Posted:14/07/2017
  • Pay:£21,510 - £28,047 FTE / £17,560 - £22,896 Pro Rata
  • Start Date:Sep 2017
  • App Close Date:27/08/2017 at 13:00
  • Interviews:September 2017

Advert

We require a Fundraiser to join our "Outstanding" school and are looking for a successful candidate with drive and enthusiasm to join our friendly, professional, positive and forward looking school.

The working hours are dependent on the candidate.  We can be flexible e.g. 35 hours per week Monday - Friday Term Time or Full year with part-time hours.

Reporting to the Assistant Head Teacher, the Fundraiser will play an integral part within the Friends of Five Acre Wood School Charity function, where a proactive nature, professional manner, and attention to detail are paramount. The successful candidate will need:

  • Confident communicator who has the ability to market the school to local and national businesses
  • Dynamic with the confidence and skills to network and build strong relationships
  • Drive and energy with creativity and a growth mindset
  • The ability to prioritise and organise workloads, working to specific deadlines
  • Work on their own initiative and be a team player
  • Demonstrate flexibility and the ability to multi-task
  • Demonstrate a good level of ICT, English and Numeracy Skills
  • Previous Fundraising experience or marketing/business graduate
  • The ability and / or experience of bid writing for grants
  • Experience and / or an interest in charitable organisations
  • A passion and understanding of special needs

If you are interested, please complete the application form and forward to us.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Peggy Murphy, Principal

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references.

Information about the school

Five Acre Wood is a successful outward looking and expanding Special School based over 4 sites in and around Maidstone, Kent. We are one of the largest special schools in the country with over 800 pupils on roll aged 2-19 years with profound, severe and complex needs.

Our ‘Outstanding’ school will continue to expand and we are looking for people with a positive approach to join us who share our vision of ‘Only the best will do’ for all our students and staff. We are a Teaching School and part of a collaborative alliance with other special schools. We have been awarded The Schools Wellbeing Award for pupils and staff which demonstrates we really value our people and want to work with them to fulfil their career ambitions.

In addition to your salary, FAW allowance and pension benefits, we have excellent additional staff benefits including:

Confidential staff counselling service A wellbeing app and platform A range of staff social and well-being events Annual flu vaccinations

Sometimes words cannot explain how something really is, we would encourage you to view the links below:

We hold an annual music festival for our pupils, it gives them the opportunity experience something they may not ordinarily be able to access. You can see it here.

Woodstock 2023 – Woodstock 2023 Festival at Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

Woodstock 2022 - Woodstock 2022 Festival at Five Acre Wood Schools - YouTube

Woodstock 2019 - Five Acre Wood School's "Woodstock 2019" - Amazing Festival in a Day! (Longer Film) - YouTube

We produced our own songs and music videos, you can watch them here: -

Beautiful – Five Acre Wood School featuring Taryn Charles - Youtube

Five Acre Wood School Featuring Jack Rose - Hall Of Fame - YouTube

Don’t Give Up – Nathan Grisdale and Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

We look forward to hearing from you.

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references. The school will also, as outlined in Keeping children Safe in Education 2022, complete an online search for shortlisted candidates.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Nicola Devereux
  • Address:Boughton Lane, Maidstone , Kent, ME15 9QF
  • Telephone: (01622) 743925
  • Email: hr@five-acre.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01622 744828

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.