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Apprentice Administration Assistant - Full-time

St Nicholas CE Primary Academy, New Romney

  • Ref:KCC886-2078-186S
  • Posted:02/07/2019
  • Pay:£3.90 p/h
  • Start Date:Sep 2019
  • App Close Date:02/07/2019 at 15:00
  • Interviews:tbc

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We are seeking to appoint a confident, motivated and enthusiastic Apprentice Administration Assistant to work in our busy and friendly school office.

Working as an administration assistant you will be the welcoming face of St Nicholas CE Primary Academy, and as such will help create that all important first impression.

Your role will include general administrative tasks such as filing, photocopying and sending and delivering messages. You will also need excellent communication skills to enable you to regularly answer the telephone in a polite and efficient manner, and liaise with visitors and parents face to face in order to answer school related enquiries.

You will need:

  • A good level of English and maths (grade 4-9 (A*-C) GCSE) and attention to detail to ensure your work is accurate.
  • The ability to work with initiative and to tight deadlines
  • To show resilience under pressure
  • Great organisational skills, and be able to work tidily in a shared office
  • To recognise the need for confidentiality
  • To be committed to working as part of a team to support the vision and aims of the Academy

At the end of your apprenticeship you will achieve a nationally recognised qualification in Business Administration as well as valuable work experience. To enable you to achieve this you will have 7 hours per week study time and 6 days of training in college.

The post is for 37 hours per week (including study time) for 40 weeks of the year; term time plus inset days and the first full week of the school summer holidays. You will also receive 4 weeks paid holiday.

If you are interested in applying for this position please contact KT&A direct.

Information about the school

St Nicholas CE Primary Academy, as part of Aquila, The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust, is situated in the heart of New Romney, set in beautiful surroundings, and is well-resourced to meet the needs of its 15 classes and 400+ children, in this over-subscribed and well-maintained school judged Good with Outstanding features by OFSTED (May 2019).

We have a committed and enthusiastic staff who are determined to enable every child to reach their potential by providing them with a stable, caring environment where children are happy to attend and are stimulated and keen to learn while developing their potential. We cater to a wide range of abilities encouraging all children to achieve at their highest level.

Our church school status means we have a strong Christian ethos and links to St Nicholas Church in New Romney which enriches both our collective worship and school values.

We are fortunate to have on-site an outstanding private nursery, which provides breakfast and an after-school club within the school, and a Children's Centre.

The academy also has a Specialist Resource Provision (SRP). The SRP is a 14-place specialist provision sited within the mainstream academy for children with an Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) designation.

New Romney is an ancient Cinque Port situated in rural Kent, with excellent road links to Ashford (20 minutes), Canterbury (45 minutes) and Folkestone (30 minutes), or if you live in East Sussex only 45 minutes from Hastings!

We invite you to visit our school and discover for yourself the unique benefits of St Nicholas.

St Nicholas CE Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other relevant employment checks, online recruitment checks and overseas criminal background checks, where applicable. All new trustees, employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01797 363118

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.