Administrator; Part-time

Haydon is a large, friendly and creative school in North West London. We have been judged as good by OFSTED. We are looking for a passionate Administrator to join our friendly Admin & Operations Team. We are an energetic and passionate department that is dedicated to cultivating a love of collaborative and inclusive working environment.

• Perform reception duties and ensure the reception areas present a smart and professional image to all stakeholders
• Deal with a diverse range of individuals in a variety of situations in a tactful, congenial and personal manner in order to resolve issues positively and calmly
• General administration tasks; word processing, photocopying, scanning, mail merge, spreadsheets, input in MIS or any other databases
• Using school’s MIS and creating reports using these systems
• Organising parent evenings, option evenings, etc.; sending letters or messages to parents, liaising with the Site Team for room allocations, etc
• Organising with school events, open evenings, parent evenings, etc
• Communicate with outside agencies to arrange appointments for students and staff as needed
• Communicate with parents and students to arrange appointments
• Processing and distribution of all post
• Archive documents and keep all archives spaces tidy
• Arrange the school photographer and perform all activities necessary for smooth running of the day
• Be professional in all communications
• Take part in job rotation and shadowing to enable each member to perform all tasks across all activities of the team
• Assist in the school library, first aid room and reprographics
• Attend meetings, take minutes and produce minutes of meetings as needed
• Always maintain confidentiality
• An effective, efficient and professional performance delivered across all activities of the Administration Services
• Supporting the aims and objectives of the School

• All teaching staff get a laptop
• Two-week October half-term holiday
• More generous upper pay scale
• Automatic pay progression up the main teaching pay scale
• High potential for career progression
• Department offices
• Only one directed meeting per week
• Meeting free weeks spaced out throughout the year and an encouragement to leave work early
• Flexible personalised CPD programme
• Subsidies for appropriate academic studies
• Discounted on site nursery places
• Staff social events
• Free on site flu vaccinations
• Long service award – enjoy a well deserved day off with full pay during term time
• Free subscription to the Employee Assistance Programme for individual advice/counselling
• Free access to the Education Support Partnership for advice on work and personal matters
• Flexible working opportunities – approx. 20% of teachers are part-time
• Family friendly Leave of Absence policy
• Balanced and well planned calendar – deadlines and parents evenings are well spaced out
• Only three data drops per year group per year and no written reports
• Email curfew (no evening, weekend and holiday emails)
• Wide variety of extracurricular activities
• Opportunity to accompany students on trips in UK and abroad
• Working area in staff room with computers and printers
• Ample car parking on site
• Free tea and coffee
• Photocopiers in all subject areas
• Use of apps to reduce workload and increase collaborative sharing e.g. Satchel, SAMpeople, Google Drive
• Centralised data analysis department
• Support with exams – the school will pay exam fees and allow the exam to be taken at the school
• Receipt of personal deliveries to school
• Wellbeing awareness days
• Induction days for all teaching staff before starting work
• ECTs all have a subject specialist mentor and a teacher buddy
• Annual staff survey
• Sabbatical and career break leave policy
• Staff garden
• Access to a well-equipped gym
• Non graded lesson observations
• Discounted membership at nearby Gym and Leisure Centre
• Opportunity to lead whole school projects
• Governor afternoon tea events for staff feedback

Haydon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers must share this commitment.

To promote a safe environment for students, Haydon School employs a strict selection and recruitment policy which includes all statutory checks on staff and regular volunteers including Enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service) checks.