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Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust
Are seeking to appoint Support Assistant
Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2020
Based at Thameside Primary School, Manor Road, Grays Essex, RM17 6EF
Required: ASAP
Salary: Band 2
Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:00pm (1 hour unpaid lunch break) 32.5 hours per week, term time only
Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust wishes to appoint a Support Assistant to provide clerical, project management support and IT support to the school under the supervision of the Support Officer at Thameside Primary School. As a Support Assistant you will be responsible for a range of secretarial, IT and administrative tasks, as well as ensuring the IT equipment is checked, clean, functioning and in the right place at the right time.
Other duties include:
• Provide IT and clerical support ensuring accuracy and confidentiality at all times
• To answer and direct telephone enquiries
• Provide administrative support, e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, data input and data gathering
• To retrieve and update information on manual and computer based systems
• Attend meetings and training sessions as required
• Liaise with schools & staff to provide & gather information
• Ensure all IT equipment is clean and fit for purpose
Manage requests for IT equipment and resources to support learning
Collecting and storing IT equipment and materials safely
Maintain IT equipment; undertake basic repairs and basic modifications reporting all damage to the Network Manager
The successful candidate will be expected to have a good level of Maths and English
Application forms available from Miss Abbie Stonehouse- HR/Recruitment Assistant
Email: HR@osborne.coop Telephone: 01375 648905
Closing date: 24/01/2020 Interviews: 31/01/2020
Information about the School
At Thameside Primary School we provide first-class primary school education for the local community with an exciting curriculum based on raising aspirations, setting high ambition, and pursuing excellence. Our specialist PE department provides high quality sport and extra-curricular activities. Our pupils are confident young people with high self-esteem, grand expectations, and a clear sense of personal responsibility both for themselves and others. Our ethos, in common with the wider Osborne Trust, are based off our co-operative values and shared sense of collective responsibility for supporting each other.