AddressExecutive Assistant to the Head, Poole
Job Summary
PA/EA to Head Teacher
Location: Broadstone
Salary: to £35k pro rata
Hours: Either 8am – 4.30pm or 8.30am – 5pm Monday – Friday, 40 weeks per annum (school holidays off), office based
Benefits: Beautiful grounds and location, free parking, free cooked lunch daily, pension, free tea/coffee
Aspire Jobs are delighted to be working exclusively with our client Castle Court School who are now looking for an exceptional PA/EA to the Head Teacher to start work at the end of August 24.
Castle Court is a co-educational, prep school for children aged 2 to 13 based in over 50 acres of beautiful Dorset countryside. They pride themselves on their academic success. Their pupils are award winners who go onto a number of destinations.
Castle Court is a very special place; they are a close-knit community where everybody is known and valued as an individual. When people first walk into Castle Court, they are struck by the genuine warmth of everyone they meet, but also by their passion and energy. Their 7Cs values of being compassionate, curious, creative, courteous, courageous, committed and collaborative are lived out week in and week out by both their staff and pupils.
The role of PA/EA to the Head Teacher is a key role and as such needs someone with previous PA or EA experience at the highest level. The role directly works for the Head but also has a lot of interaction with the Senior leadership team, the staffing team and with parents as well as external suppliers.
The PA/EA role will see you being an extension of the Head, proactively managing their diary, drafting and producing accurate correspondence and documentation in a timely manner. This role will not suit someone who has a 9-5 mentality. Some flexibility is required and in return you will be offered a degree of flexibility back. The willingness to undertake any duty asked of you is key – this can include event planning etc. You must be willing to go the extra mile for the school.
This is a really important and busy role. You will be charismatic with the ability to charm parents and colleagues in the right way. It is very detail orientated so the ability to think ahead and protect the Head’s time in her diary is vitally important. No two days are the same and that shouldn’t phase you.
To be the PA/EA at the school you will be a real people person who can bring the team together and be confident at saying no to appointments for the Head in the right way but recognising when an issue is important and booking time in her diary accordingly.
The successful PA/EA will:-
- Have 5 years min previous PA or EA experience
- Be of the highest integrity with high levels of honesty
- Be able to work in a strictly private and confidential manner
- Be the Heads right hand person
- Have excellent IT skills inc MS Office, Word, Excel and Powerpoint as well as the ability to mail merge
- Have superb written and verbal communication skills with English as a first language
- Be tactful, discreet and diplomatic
- Be able to demonstrate the ability to build strong relationships and be a real “people person” even when providing a “gate keeping” service to the Head
- Be able to multi task and juggle multiple tasks at any one time
- Working to tight deadlines
