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Administrator with Personnel and Training responsibilities
35 hours per week (Preferred hours Monday to Friday 7.40am - 3.20pm, with a 40 minute lunch break).
39 weeks per year (Term time plus non pupil days)
Scale 4: Points 8-9
Actual Starting salary: £21753.36
Start Date: 01/09/2026
We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and diligent individual to join our friendly, experienced and busy school office team and to help support HR admin
The ideal candidate will have a sense of humour, be able to communicate effectively, and maintain a calm and professional manner, under pressure. You will be methodical as well as flexible. You will have excellent IT skills, including database experience, ideally in EveryHR, 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 system and HR systems
- Assisting with recording staff absences, pre-employment checks
- Assisting with staff induction
- Analysing data and producing reports for the Head Teacher and Governors
- Supporting the finance department with orders/deliveries/invoices
- Supporting our Senior Leadership Group with Admin tasks
- Telephone and reception duties
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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.