Personal Assistant To The Principal

What skills and experience we're looking for
We have an exciting opportunity for a full time, permanent Personal Assistant to join us at Arnold Hill Spencer Academy, we would also welcome applications from candidates seeking a Term Time position. The Personal Assistant to the Principal will support the Principal and Senior Team and will be pivotal in ensuring the smooth operation of the Academy which is always striving for improvement. The overarching purpose of this role is to provide a high-level of support to the Principal and to support other staff in a positive and proactive way demonstrating a high level of initiative, competence and confidentiality across a broad range of activities. The successful candidate must be able to work to a highly professional and organised standard and will be responsible for managing the office administration team.
The ideal candidate will be a highly organised, forward looking, flexible and provide a high standard of secretarial and administrative support. This is a busy role, and you will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs and priorities of the Principal. The role will suit someone with excellent time management, communication and IT skills and a proven track record of providing high level PA support at a senior level, preferably in a school.
Essential
• Fully competent in the use of Microsoft Office programs – Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher and Excel.
• Numerate and literate with a minimum of 2 years’ experience of working in a busy office
• Excellent Customer Service Skills; the ability to use discretion, patience, tact and respect for confidentiality in all circumstances; a good command of the English Language; an empathetic approach to different cultures
• A high level of computer skills. Familiarity with Microsoft applications, including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook, and have internet skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload, use initiative and be self-motivating
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, in person, telephone and written
Desirable
• Previous experience of working in a school, with knowledge of SIMS, education processes and procedures would be highly advantageous
What the school offers its staff
SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2500 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Ashley Brown on abrown@arnoldhillspencer.org.uk
How to Apply:
Please email your CV directly to Ashley Brown, HR Administrator at abrown@arnoldhillspencer.org.uk. Your submission should set out, in brief, the skills and relevant experience you have to meet the demands of the position of Personal Assistant to the Principal.
Upon shortlisting for interviews, you will be asked to complete an application form for this position. In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview, unless specifically requested not to at this stage.
Closing date for applications: 11:59pm Friday 12 July 2024
Interviews will take place on W/C 15 July 2024
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
You can also additionally submit an application form if you wish to do so by using our Every Candidate Portal.
Commitment to safeguarding
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.