administrative assistant

administrative assistant Birmingham, England

TMPW (HP) for Birmingham City Council
Full Time Birmingham, England 20374 - 18198 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Salary range
Grade 2 Actual Salary approximately £18,198 to £20,374 per year (depending on service)
Closing Date
8 September 2023, midday
Occupation
Education Non-Teaching
Full / Part time
Full time
Job Hours
36.50 per week, term time only
Contract Type
Permanent
Enhanced DBS Check Required
Yes
Job Information

New Horizons - 6th Form centre and Queensbury School

Wood End Road

Birmingham

B24 8BL

Telephone number: 0121 373 5731

Email address: [email protected]

Required for September 2023

Due to our school expansion and the opening of our satellite 6th Form centre, we have an exciting opportunity for experienced Administrative Assistants to join our team. The successful candidates will be responsible for providing effective administrative and organisational processes within the Academy and to provide and effective clerical and reception service to Academy staff, students, and visitors.

Responsibilities include:

  • delivering an effective reception service including answering routine telephone and face to face enquiries; signing in visitors and sorting and distributing internal and external mail
  • undertaking administrative duties related to the post such as production of letters, reports and other documents as requested using relevant ICT packages
  • providing administrative support for example, photocopying, filing, emailing, completing routine forms and responding to routine correspondence
  • maintaining manual and computerised records/returns/management information systems
  • maintaining stock and supplies and distributing as required or as directed
  • undertaking other duties appropriate to the grade and role of the post as requested by the line manager
  • You may be required to work across either site

Experience of working in a school environment is desirable. Applicants must be computer literate with excellent organisational skills.

Please note that only school application forms will be accepted, we will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitae (CV) or accept them instead of an application form.

Interview to be held week commencing 18 September 2023.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Ac (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification and complete the online application and monitoring forms.

Please return completed application forms to Mrs Jackie Keach at the above address or email to [email protected] Please note, if you have not had a reply to your application by two weeks after the closing date, please assume you have not been selected for an interview on this occasion.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
Support Staff
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Rehabilitation of offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

administrative assistant
TMPW (HP) for Birmingham City Council

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