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Administration Assistant
Band: Scale 4 Point Range 6 -7 £17,106 - £17,448 (actual)
Hours/Weeks: 37 hrs/wk for 39 weeks per year (term-time + inset days)
8:30 - 16:25 with 30 minute unpaid break
The Trinity School is a new school with exciting opportunities for both staff and students. We wish to appoint an experienced individual to provide administrative support within our new school, to help establish and uphold our high standards and achieve the aims of the school.
We are looking for a 1 September 2022 start.
The successful candidate will need to:
· Demonstrate that they are proactive and able to use their own initiative to make decisions within the scope of their role
· Undertake general administrative duties as required
· Evidence a clear and fluent written style for effective communication with parents and professionals
· Demonstrate the resilience to handle sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy but also to follow up with tenacity when upholding school policies
· Provide first aid as required
· Have a "can do" attitude to join our efficient, friendly team and able to effectively work under pressure.
Information about The Trinity School:
This is an exciting time to join The Trinity School, as we enter our second year. The Trinity School will be part of The Alpha Trust and for the forthcoming year will continue to be based on the site of our parent school, The Gilberd. The Trinity School will be a new school with an established heritage.
At both The Trinity School and The Gilberd Schools you will find:
· Exceptionally welcoming schools
· Enthusiastic, polite and well-behaved students, who are eager to learn
· Hardworking, positive and motivated colleagues who support each other
· Superb classrooms and resources to support teaching and learning
· Excellent CPD and career development opportunities
· As a consequence, outcomes across the curriculum are outstanding
"We will be a community school at the heart of our local neighbourhood and we aim to provide a place where our students feel safe and valued, where they are known and feel happy. The mission for the school is to prepare resilient and responsible citizens, who are able to thrive in a modern society and compete in a global economy. We promote aspiration and excellence and are unashamedly ambitious for the future success of our students. We look forward to welcoming staff who will share and develop this vision" Mark Orrin, Head of School.
We may choose to close the advert early if we fill the vacancy before this date. Early application is therefore recommended.
Information about the School
The Gilberd School is an extremely popular, oversubscribed mixed 11-16 comprehensive school, in North Colchester with a reputation for creating an ethos of high aspirations for all 1570 students. The school is on a large site. There has been considerable expansion and modernisation in recent years. Classroom accommodation is generally modern and spacious. We have excellent sports and performing arts facilities.
We are a large and successful 11 to 16 comprehensive school in Colchester and as such we offer a diverse range of posts. Staff working at The Gilberd are able to join a happy, positive and busy school. Our students appreciate the excellent education on offer and are positive and motivated. Our staff are our most valuable resource. There are 200 staff currently working on The Gilberd Site, the teaching staff are ably assisted by a team of talented support staff.
The touchstone to our values and beliefs is The Gilberd Way this informs all we do.
The Gilberd Way
As a School Community,
We show ambition and commitment
We act with integrity and compassion
We learn with creativity and resilience
In many respects these apply just as much to staff as to students. One of the strengths of the school is the quality of relationships, amongst all staff and between staff and students. We work together within an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust which supports our aims.
The results of our work can be seen in the things we can measure like our exam results, which are consistently very good. Our many successes have been recognised in our most recent Ofsted report of November 2018. This report judged us to be Outstanding in every category. Our examination successes are due to the skill and commitment of all of our hard-working staff who do all they can to ensure all students achieve their best.
We also pride ourselves on the successes that cannot be measured, the positive atmosphere in school, the pride that we have in the many successes of our staff and students and the genuine warmth of our community. We believe in educating the whole person and have worked to create a school where sporting, artistic and performing events are fully integrated into our lives; hopefully this is reflected in the myriad of activities you can see on our website.
We are a friendly and supportive staff and regularly join together for social activities and outings.
Appointment of the right candidate is also offered with priority admission for your child (subject to other criteria being met)
Both The Gilberd School and The Trinity School are part of Alpha Academy Trust along with Colchester County High School for Girls, Manningtree High School and Home Farm Primary School.
There are exciting opportunities for collaboration across the trust.