Website Administrator & School Communications

Job Title: Website Administrator & School Communications

Salary range: Scale SO2 and spinal point 26 £37,009 to Scale PO1 point 31 £41,361 Inc. London weighting (Pro rata £34,542 - £38,604)

Contract: Permanent

Hours of work: 36 hours per week  

Working weeks: 42 weeks 

Location: Alperton, London 

We are a large, mixed, 11-18 academy with over 350 students in our sixth form. Due to our increased popularity as a school, we expanded our roll in 2018. Alperton Community School is an inclusive school with a student intake that reflects a wonderfully diverse and vibrant local community. Our students are very well behaved, work hard and are ambitious to succeed. Our most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2021 graded our school as Good "Pupils like coming to school and they enjoy their lessons"; "Pupils can focus because they feel safe"; "Leaders’ expectations of all pupils are high"; "Pupils behave well in school. They focus on their learning in lessons. Pupils follow teachers’ instructions and listen to one another". 

Student progress at GCSE and A Level has been above national averages for many years with disadvantaged students performing well above national averages. Our progress 8 score has been consistently “above average”. We also see high numbers of our students’ progress to Oxbridge and Russell Group Universities. Student attendance and the percentage of students who remain in education, employment or training are also well above national averages.

Recent awards include the 2022 Pearson “Making a Difference” Award; the school was recently shortlisted for the TES School of the Year and won the TES Maths Team of the Year. We are also one of only four schools in the country to hold the Platinum Professional Development Mark. 

This is an exceptional opportunity. It will offer the successful candidate a friendly, highly supportive and committed working environment within a culture of success and professional growth. The school offers excellent support for ECTs in their induction year.

The Role  

As Website Administrator & School Communications you will be responsible for all aspects of the schools website, social media and communications. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that, not only is this maintained, but have the creativity and expertise to further develop our digital presence.

You will work with a range of staff and young people in creating digital media content. This includes being in classrooms with teachers to managing the media around school events and everything in-between. Building and maintaining professional relationships is key to this role. The role requires someone who is a team player. Our Website Administrator & School Communications role will be at the forefront of implementing new ways to deliver information and messages.

Incorporated in the role is maintaining our “house style” for any documentation, publications, press advertising or anything that goes to print. So a good understanding of print media is also a key aspect to the role.

The Person

The successful candidate will need to have excellent skills in building and maintaining websites, a good understanding of HTML and CSS is essential. Experience using the Adobe Suite of applications for photography and design projects is also essential. Experience of working within a cloud environment would also be useful but not essential.

You will need to be able to work with a range of people - from our youngest students all the way to the senior leadership. This will require you to have patience and the ability to communicate effectively with all these audiences. As the sole person in charge of our communications you will need to be able to prioritise work and manage your own workflows in order to ensure that we have a smooth running communication strategy. You will be working in a friendly school where we place staff wellbeing at the top of our agenda.

The Benefits 

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Employee assistance programme

Ride to work scheme

Pension scheme

Wellbeing 

Health insurance

Closing Date: 25 February 2024

Assessment & Interview Date: 29 February and 1 March 2024 

To apply, please visit our vacancies page . Completed application forms may be emailed to; . 

Supplementary Information 

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an inclusive community school and encourage applications from all sections of the community.  

Successful candidate(s) will be required to undertake an Enhanced and Barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note CVs will not be considered as part of your application for this position.

Only successful candidates will be notified. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.