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Receptionist/Admin Assistant
Permanent Contract
Start date: 4th March 2024
Pay scale 3 - £23500 FTE
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Interview date: Friday 16th February 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Receptionist/ Admin Assistant to join our team at Newport Primary School. The position is 25 hours per week, working term time plus 5 INSET days.
We are looking for a capable, enthusiastic, energetic person with a can-do attitude to join our team. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:
Experience in an office administration position in the public or private sector is essential
Good communication skills
Good organisation skills
Excellent ICT skills with experience of using Microsoft Office packages
Flexibility in adapting to the changing needs of the school
Experience in a School Office is desirable
In return our school offers a strong community, where pupil voice, building relationships with parents and the wider community, and working in partnership with governors ensures the very best outcomes for our children.
Candidates are welcome to discuss the position with us, please email in the first instance to charlotte@newport.essex.sch.uk
Newport Primary School reserve the right to appoint prior to the closing date.
When completing the application form, please take care to include all employment history and breaks from employment. We are unable to move forward with an incomplete employment history.
Please note that we are unable to accept C.V.s.
Newport Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
Further details of the post:
Monday to Friday: 8.30 - 13.30
Start Date: 4th March 2024
Information about the School
Growing together at Newport Primary School
Newport Primary School seeks to serve the children in our community, recognising that we are all unique individuals. We want all to flourish and to foster a lifelong love of learning; by providing a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum that allows the children to live out our values 'we are kind, we are resilient, we can communicate, we are creative.'
At the end of their time at Newport Primary School children will have had an education that has been inspiring and has united their academic development with their spiritual, moral and cultural development. The broad and rich curriculum they have been taught will be exciting, creative and relevant to today’s society allowing them to flourish in knowledge, skills and wisdom. Our children will be equipped with the essential skills for modern life and will have an understanding of how to look after their own and others wellbeing and mental health; their confidence and independence will be nurtured.