Executive Assistant Birmingham, England
Job description
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
36, Lichfield Road
Sutton Trinity
Sutton Coldfield
B74 2NH
Telephone number: 0121 250 5400
Email address: [email protected]
Required for September 2023
Senior Officer Scale SO1/SO2 points 23 to 28
We have an exciting key vacancy of Executive Assistant. The successful candidate will share our aspiration to excellence and will work closely with the Headteacher to manage communication between the Senior Leadership Team and colleagues, ensuring all relevant stakeholders and third parties are communicated with efficiently in line with the ethos of our school. We are a happy and thriving school committed to excellence, equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome colleagues from all backgrounds into our community. Academically, BVGS is one of the leading state schools in the country.
This is a full-time role during term time working from 8.00 am to 4.30 pm each day, There is an expectation to attend events outside of normal school hours at evenings and weekends, to include working up to 4 days during A’ level/GCSE results days in August.
Duties will include:
- managing and writing weekly (sometimes daily) updates on the school website and social media (Twitter, Instagram, Linked In)
- producing, collating, generating, and editing regular magazine style updates for our termly alumni community magazine and weekly school newsletters
- building relationships with our alumni community
- promoting key events
- liaising with the community and media and preparing regular press releases
- providing executive support for the Headteacher, including managing his diary and schedule, and providing them with admin support
Do you have:
- knowledge of developing and implementing a communications strategy
- experience of creating professional quality materials
- professional or volunteer experience or an understanding of creating and publishing public-facing digital content for a website and/or social media
- outstanding communication and team working skills
- excellent copywriting skills and tone adaption for varying channels
Are you:
- proactive, self-motivated, organised, and intuitive
- wanting to be part of a warm, outward-looking community, which celebrates diversity and is supportive and collaborative
- creative, enthusiastic, and flexible in your approach to work
- educated to degree level
- able to converse at ease with parents/carers/students and members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English
If so, we would encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Please apply online
Interview date: 7 July 2023
To arrange a pre-application, visit please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] or by telephone on (0121) 250 5400. Please note we do not accept applications by CV.
Candidates will need to meet the requirements of the person specification. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
