Office Administrator - Whaddon C of E School

Location:

Whaddon

This is an opportunity for someone with the right ethos for education, pastoral care, and professional skills to be an integral part of our small school team.

Our aim is to be a school which provides an outstanding and meaningful education, a setting that is involved in our local community, a place where we can live our Christian vision; which is the foundation for all of our decisions and all that we do for our community - enabling all associated with our school to flourish.

Our school is based in the heart of Whaddon Village, on the border of Milton Keynes. Our school is very small and we strive to maximise on the carefully crafted relationships with our children and provide a relevant, inspirational and high quality, curriculum, which is appropriate for all our learners, enhances life-skills and a passion for learning for life! We pride ourselves on our inclusive ethos and welcome everyone;

irrespective of their ability, ethnicity, social background or faith.

The school opened as a first school, in 1811 and we have since grown to a primary school with mixed age classes up to year 6, since September 2023.

We are recruiting for an Office Administrator to join our school. We need an Administrator who will demonstrate initiative, common sense and have a sense of humour. The role is to support, our Headteacher, Class Teachers, Parents, Governors and external suppliers.

The role of the Administrator will be reviewed each year, in line with the needs of the growing school.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 08:15 – 16:00

Our aim is to be a school which provides an outstanding and meaningful education, a setting that is involved in our local community, a place where we can live our Christian vision; which is the foundation for all of our decisions and all that we do for our community - enabling all associated with our school to flourish.

Our school is based in the heart of Whaddon Village, on the border of Milton Keynes. Our school is very small and we strive to maximise on the carefully crafted relationships with our children and provide a relevant, inspirational and high quality, curriculum, which is appropriate for all our learners, enhances life-skills and a passion for learning for life! We pride ourselves on our inclusive ethos and welcome everyone;

irrespective of their ability, ethnicity, social background or faith.

The school opened as a first school, in 1811 and we have since grown to a primary school with mixed age classes up to year 6, since September 2023.

This role is a pivotal role in our small school and will require the successful candidate to work closely with the Headteacher and school team (including children and parents) on a daily basis. As well as being a team player, you will need common sense, initiative and a sense of humour.

As an Office Administrator, you will be required to work alongside the Headteacher in order to support the administrative function and smooth running of the school. This will include, but is not limited to providing a key point of safeguarding in our school with regards to visitors and contractors on site and the signing in and safeguarding processes involved, maintaining a welcoming reception point for staff, pupils and visitors, handling in bound and out bound phone calls and voicemail retrieval, and liaising with the external agencies that help our children access what they need to flourish and other admin duties: emails, photocopying, SIMS report running, organising lunches and completing the Census throughout the school year.

There will be requirements to support teaching staff in compiling reports and completing attendance reports throughout the school year and support with the efficient and timely appointments for parents’ evenings.

There is scope for the role to expand to include the bursar role, for the right candidate, with experience of finance, running financial reports for governors, budget setting and monitoring with the Headteacher, handling purchase orders, invoices and reconciliation of invoices and credit card, and monthly Nursery reporting and invoicing, and a willingness to undertake training for the Bucks systems and processes for FMS etc.

We are seeking a person who is willing to secure the best value for money to ensure a well-balanced budget and is familiar with securing grants, to enable the maintenance and safety of the site.

The Office Administrator will be required to deal with a range of tasks,…