PA to Head of Post 16 and Pastoral Support

PA to the Head of Post 16 and Pastoral Support

• Reference: SCH/26/340739

APTC 5, Point 12-15

Closing on 15/07/2026 at 00:00

Enhanced DBS Check

Permanent | Full Time

35 hours per week. 8:00am to 4:00pm plus 1 lunch.

Harwood Hall Lane

Telephone:

Corbets Tey @ The Avelon

Telephone:

PA to the Head of Post 16 and Pastoral Support (subject to interview and relevant checks)

Hours: 35 hours per week, 41 weeks per year, 8:00am - 4:00pm with 1 hour lunch

Grade: APTC 5 Point 12-15

Contract: Permanent

We are a successful Special School and Post 16 with amazing students with a diverse range of learning difficulties aged between 16 and 19 years of age. We have supportive governors and strong relationships with the Local Authority and across our community. We have a new opportunity for a highly organised, confident and creative individual who can demonstrate strong people skills alongside facilitating communication and collaboration across the provision.

Our Post 16 provision is ambitious, inclusive and we work as a team to provide the best foundations and opportunities as we prepare our students to enter the adult world.

We are seeking to appoint a Personal Assistant to support the Provision Lead including family and transition support for students.

The successful candidate will have a strong administrative background in either educational support or a PA role. You will have exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills and will need to communicate confidently with a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally, face to face, over the phone and in written correspondence.

The main responsibilities for the role:

• PA to the Head of Post 16, providing full administrative support where needed
• Liaison with parents, carers, further education providers and adult social care to support transition.
• Liaising with family practitioners to refer safeguarding and wellbeing concerns around Post 16 learners
• Supporting communication with teachers, parents, students and multiagency professionals
• Coordinate with members of the admin team to ensure efficiency and consistency of service to stakeholders at the Post 16 site
• Administrative support for meetings, events and communications to parents and carers
• Support teaching staff where appropriate with Post 16 activities and events
• Carrying out inductions for new agency staff allocated to support at Post 16 classes

Benefits offered:

• Access to Havering Pension scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• High quality professional training and career development opportunities
• Supportive and friendly work environment

Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.

It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self‑declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.

Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.

Havering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.