Administrative Assistant

Job start date: 3 June 2024  

Hours per week: 15 hours per week over 5 days - 8.45am to 11.45am, term time only  

Deanery Church of England Primary School
Fox Hollies Road
Sutton New Hall
Sutton Coldfield
B76 2RD

Contact Email: enquiry@deanery.bham.sch.uk

Contract type: Permanent

Deanery CE Primary School is looking to recruit a highly personable, self-motivated, approachable and organised individual to be part of its administration team as an Administrative Assistant. The main duty of this role is to provide efficient and effective reception, administrative and clerical support, reporting to the Office Manager.

The successful applicant will have:

• excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office
• work efficiently to tight deadlines
• have excellent literacy and numeracy skills
• be an effective communicator, dealing with pupils, families, staff and members of the public

We are looking for someone with a positive cheerful “can-do” attitude who has the ability to multi-task and work as part of a team and is prepared to play a full and active part in the life of the school. Previous school experience is preferred but not essential.

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

For further details and an application form, please contact the school office or download from our website  and return your application via email to enquiry@deanery.bham.sch.uk

Interviews: Monday 29 April 2024 am

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: enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.  

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.  

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.  

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which 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 about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.