Office Admin/HR & Finance Assistant

Lexden Springs Residential Special School, Colchester

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Job Ref No. ECC7069-415 Position Type: Administration Pay Range: Scale 4
Position Start Date: Immediate Contract Type: Full-time/Part-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 10/12/2023 Midnight Date of Interviews: 14/12/23  

Job Description

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Office Admin Assistant:

37 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8.00am - 4.00pm, with a 30 minute lunch break and a 3.30pm finish on 1 day)

5 full days a week is a requirement

41 weeks per year (Term time plus 2 weeks holiday working)

Scale 4: Points 7- 8

Actual Starting salary: £21,852.49 (£12.59 ph)

Start Date: ASAP

We are looking for an experienced, hard working and reliable individual to join our busy, efficient and friendly office team. The ideal candidate will have a sense of humour, be able to communicateeffectively, and maintain a calm and professional manner, under pressure. You will be methodical as well as fleixble. You will have excellent IT skills, including database experience, ideally in SIMS and excel. You will be able to work independently as well as part of a team.

Duties may include but not limited to:

-Updating the school's MIS and other databases

-Updating school policies

- Assisting with recording staff absences, pre-employment checks

- Analysing data and producing reports for the Head Teacher and Governors

- Supporting the finance department with orders/deliveries/invoices

- Liasing with parents/staff and outside agencies including the SEND Operations team

- Supporting our Senior Leadership Group with Admin tasks

Confidentiality is essential. We also regret that it is our school policy not to employee parents/carers of our pupils


Lexden Springs is an inspiring school where no two days are ever the same (but a smile is always guaranteed!) which caters for pupils aged 3 - 19 who have a variety of severe learning difficulties, including some with autism and/or challenging behaviour and some with serious medical conditions.

We pride ourselves in having high quality and enthusiastic staff that encourage our pupils to achieve their fullest potential academically, socially, emotionally, physically, morally, spiritually and aesthetically, enabling each pupil to grow in confidence, and able to participate in the wider community. We support our staff in doing this by offering a high level of training and development throughout their time at Lexden Springs and encouraging them too to also reach their fullest potential.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,age or disability status.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Contact Information

HR Department
Winstree Road, Colchester
Essex, CO3 0PZ
Telephone: 01206 563321
Email: recruitment@lexdensprings.essex.sch.uk

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