Administration Assistant

Job Description

LGS Band 2 to midpoint

25 hours per week (8.30 am to 1.30 pm)

39 working weeks (44.3 paid weeks)

Actual annual salary from £9,074 at Band 2 point 11

Starting date: 16 April 2018

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an efficient and enthusiastic Administration Assistant to join the team at The Thomas Lord Audley School. This is a new role and will involve responsibility for acting as a link with the Sigma Trust central HR and Finance teams. There may be opportunities for career development for the right candidate and could be some flexibility with the start and finish times.

The principle duties will include:

· Providing information to and liaising with Sigma HR and Finance teams

· Checking deliveries and organising returns

· Counting and banking cash

· Assisting with organising interviews and checking candidates' ID etc.

· Receiving telephone calls, dealing with queries from parents, taking messages etc. and assisting with Reception duties as required

· Liaising with teaching staff, non-teaching staff and students

The successful candidate will have:

· A good standard of education;

· Good literacy and numeracy skills;

· A commitment to high standards of achievement;

· Excellent organisational skills and competence in common IT applications;

· Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to act on your own initiative;

· An enthusiastic, can-do attitude with a good sense of humour.

We welcome visits to the school, so please come and see us in action! The full job description is attached, together with application forms and more information can be found on the school's website. www.tla.essex.sch.uk

Please email the completed application form, recruitment monitoring information and SD2 form to: christine.freshwater@tla.essex.sch.uk or post to Christine Freshwater, Personnel Officer at The Thomas Lord Audley School. Please do not hesitate to contact Christine by email or on 01206 244116 should you require any further information regarding this position.

Information about the School

The Thomas Lord Audley School is a high performing, over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school with just under 800 students (capacity 840), situated to the south of Colchester. It is the "most improved school in Essex" (Essex LA September 2016). It serves a diverse catchment area including Old Heath, Monkwick, Shrub End and the villages to the south of Colchester including the community of Mersea Island.

Categorised as good and rapidly improving in its recent Ofsted inspection, it has been commended for the quality of its leadership, the standard of its teaching, and the welfare, behaviour and achievement of its pupils.

On 1 September 2016, the school joined The Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools with The Stanway School, St Helena School, Clacton County High School, Monkwick Junior School and Monkwick Infants School and Nursery. In the past, the school has benefited from the Stanway Federation’s programme of seconding high quality staff between schools and the development of wide-ranging in-service training which has led to on-going school improvement. Working in collaboration with all the schools within The Sigma Trust can only enhance this development.

Safeguarding The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.