Administrative Assistant

Grade 4 £21,968 - £25,409 pro rata per annum

37 hours per week – Term time plus 4 weeks

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our administration team.

The governors of this popular, over-subscribed, Catholic school are seeking to appoint a reliable hardworking and organised Administrative Assistant to join our team. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, dynamic and able to support the schools Leadership Team.

We can offer:

• A happy school with a committed team and a strong Catholic ethos;
• A warm and welcoming atmosphere;
• Enthusiastic, well-motivated and excellently behaved children;
• Supportive parents and Local Academy Committee Members;
• Excellent professional development opportunities within our Academy of schools

The successful candidate will:

• Lead on the overview of all school polices; making sure the most up to date versions are on the school website.
• Lead on the Recruitment and Selection process for Teaching Staff including, advertisement of job vacancies, processing applications and collecting references in line with the Safer Recruitment process.
• Support with the co-ordination of interview and selection processes, preparing the associated paperwork and passing follow-up recruitment documentation to Assistant School Business Manager for completion.
• Responsibility for webpage compliance, reporting updates to the Leadership team on a termly basis..
• Be able to use a variety of IT & Microsoft applications to support the Leadership Team such as completing reports, maintaining statistical records and assisting with presentations and other communications.
• Have due regard to confidentiality, child protection procedures, health and safety and other statutory requirements in line with the school’s policies.
• Follow GDPR guidelines at all times.
• Be an effective role model for the standards of behaviour expected of pupils.

All duties and responsibilities must be carried out with due regard to the schools Health and Safety Policy.

Post holders will be accountable for carrying out all duties and responsibilities with due regard.

Duties which include processing of any personal data, must be undertaken within the corporate Data Protection Guidelines (Data Protection Act 2018)

Cardinal Newman is a highly successful 11-18 Catholic comprehensive school set in the pleasant outskirts of Coventry.

Only CES application forms will be accepted. All sections of the CES application form and supplementary must be completed and are available to download on our website

at www.cncs.school and should be submitted to [email protected]

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

Closing Date: 9am Monday 3rd July 2023