Job description
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Monday – Friday
Hours: 37 hours per week to be worked during the term time, plus an additional two weeks during the school holidays
Salary: £28,371 - £31,099 pro
rata to hours and weeks worked, actual salary £25,643 - £28,109 plus attractive
benefits package including free private medical care, on-site car parking,
discounted high street shopping and holidays and an excellent pension scheme.
Closing Date: 05/06/2023
Interview Date: 12/06/2023
Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across
North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school
across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and
engaging education in our diverse communities.
Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors
for their very best futures.
We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence,
Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we
relate to each other. We have high
ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture
of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people
first.
About the role
Hob Moor Community Primary and Hob Moor Oaks Academies have
an exciting opportunity for a conscientious and committed School Business
Partner to join our team. The two
federated schools share their extensive grounds within the city of York. We pride ourselves in creating a happy,
caring and inclusive environment for our children to thrive in.
This a permanent position and is to work 37 hours per week,
Monday – Friday, these hours will be worked during the school term time plus an
additional two weeks during the school holidays.
As the School’s Business Partner you will use a variety of
computerised systems to enable the smooth and compliant running of the school,
including Finance, Human Resources, Health and Safety and IT management.
You will be well supported within this role through the
school’s Senior Leadership Team; in addition support and advice is available
from the Trust’s Central Support Team.
You will line manage a capable, friendly and experienced administrative
team as well as the schools’ midday supervisory team.
Ensuring our children are safe at all times is of paramount
importance and you will undertake a range of duties to ensure this is the case.
The job requirements
We are looking for an experienced administrator who is able to manage the systems and processes in our busy school effectively. As well as being a confident and capable user of various IT systems, you will also be willing to learn how to operate our various software packages to generate reports and other
information as required.
With experience of successfully line managing colleagues,
candidates will also have knowledge of general office management and reception
and a commitment to providing high levels of customer service at all times.
Whilst experience of working in an education setting is
highly desirable it is not essential.
However you will have an understanding of Special Educational Needs,
child protection and safeguarding issues, as well as excellent organisational
and time management skills.
Working with us
Although our administrative staff work in small school-based teams, the systems used are the same across Ebor Academy Trust, meaning help and support is never far away. We ensure full training is provided, whether it’s through courses, apprenticeships or coaching and mentoring.
All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as personal counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.
The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check.
Enquiries about the advert to [email protected]
Link to vacancies website https://eboracademytrust.co.uk/vacancies/
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