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Administrative Assistant (External Procedures Such As Admissions, Attendance) - Full-time/Part-time

Oaklands School, Chatham

  • Ref:KCC887-2433-121S
  • Posted:18/01/2022
  • Pay:D2 4(£18933) -11(£21748) 37h/wk Term time + 5 days
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:31/01/2022 at 12:00
  • Interviews:W/C 31 January 2022

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Due to our current post holder moving into our Finance Assistant role, we are looking to appoint an Admin Assistant to join our strong team of dedicated staff.  The position is for 37 hours per week, Term Time only (38 weeks per year) plus 5 inset days.

The role focuses on all the pupils, families and staff within our school helping to make our school run effectively.  You will work as part of a team of four in warm and supportive work place.  

The successful candidate will will have day-to-day responsibility for the management of all the External systems of the school including:

  • The front of house, including being a warm and welcoming representative of Oaklands school
  • Attendance, including working with parents who find this tricky
  • Admissions, inclduing working with the headteacher on all new families joing the Oaklands TEAM
  • Communications, inlcluding being a positive point of contact for families. 

The person appointed should be experienced, enthusiastic and hardworking with working in an office environment, preferrably a school.. The successful candidate will need to be positive, highly confidential with all matters, have a professional attitude, highly flexible and have excellent inter-personal skills, especially working with families.  A key skill will need to be organisation as there is a lot of information and data to collect and process.  

The person appointed will work within the school administration team in a very busy school office. They will work day to day with the Office Manager and the Finance & HR assisstant.  They also will work with the School Business Manager and Deputy Headteacher.  We are in a lucky position where the successful candidate will be working alongside the exsiting post holder and so training and induction will be very supportive.  

Information about the school

Oaklands School is a Good school ( July 2023 report ) with results which are at or above national averages. We are a two form entry primary school situated in Walderslade.

The school is set in extensive grounds and is well resourced, including our own swimming pool offering swimming from Year R through to Year 6, a Forest School, our very own Farm, training kitchen, Art & Design Room, Radio Station, Running Track other superb opportunities for outside learning.

We offer wrap around care including breakfast and after school facilities to support working families. At Oaklands there is a very strong sense of being a team with dedicated staff whose aim is to offer our children a first class education.

At Oaklands we are committed to safeguarding and so there will be a range of checks which we will carry out with you including taking two professional references before interview; requesting a self-disclosure criminal record history and then several pre-employment checks for the successful candidate.

We are part of the Westbrook Trust and enjoy the support and freedoms of being in a family of supportive schools who all share common values and ethos.

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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.