Administrative Assistant

St Mary’s C of E Primary School

A PDET Academy

‘Everything is possible for one who believes’.

Administrative Assistant

30 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Permanent

Required from 2nd June 2025

Pay Grade E4-5 (£24,404 FTE) This will be £17,130.47 actual per annum

39 weeks per year

What impact could your organisational and administrative skills have on the success of our students and staff?

If you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced setting, where every day brings a new challenge – then we have a wonderful opportunity for you at St Mary’s.

St Mary’s is a very special school that has served the town of Burton Latimer since 1581, which places the Christian values at the heart of everything we do. We aim to offer a well-balanced, engaging and relevant curriculum, to allow our children to dream, believe, and achieve.

Central to this provision is our school community, which is wide and varied. From our Staff, Governors and Parents, our shared goal throughout our family, is to support our children and develop their physical, emotional, social and intellectual skills, in a happy, safe and vibrant school environment. Ensuring our children feel valued and respected, and maintain an enthusiastic attitude for learning, equips them with the confidence and skills they need to be happy and successful.

To join St Mary’s, is to join a community that is passionate about ensuring our children feel valued and respected, and maintain an enthusiastic attitude for learning, which equips them with the confidence and skills they need to be happy and successful. As a church school, we place Christian values at the heart of everything we do, to inspire our children to strive for excellence in all that they do, knowing that they are valued, respected and can make a real difference.

Following a successful Ofsted inspection in March 2023 inspectors reported that St Mary's is a welcoming and inclusive school, where leaders have secured a calm learning environment. 'Staff are happy at this school, they work well as a team and support each other well. Staff appreciate the training that leaders organise for them...and they are mindful of the wellbeing of staff.'

At St Mary’s, we are currently seeking an efficient, professional, and organised Administrative Assistant, to provide a clerical, financial and executive service to the school. This is a role where no two days are the same and hence time management, prioritisation and multi-tasking is essential.

By working with wider stakeholders, from Direct Colleagues, Children, Staff, Parents, Governors and Trust members, the role of the administrator will be involved in all aspects of school life, and will work with a focused and conscientious attitude, committed to providing an effective service that prioritises communication, management, and confidentiality. The role of an administrator is an essential and valued position, to ensure local, Trust and statutory deadlines are met, facilitating the management of key processes, that support our children.

We are seeking someone who:

• Can maintain a courteous, professional and welcoming manner, in person, writing and on the telephone, with key stakeholders, to reflect our key values.
• Can provide effective secretarial support to meet the school’s administrative daily requirements.
• Can work efficiently to maintain record keeping, maintaining compliance with data protection requirement.
• Takes accountability for the organisation and management of key school procedures, including, but not limited to, submission of relevant data to HR, Finance and Health and Safety teams, Admission procedures, Pupil Attendance, Pupil census submission, organisation of school trips and risk assessments, website maintenance and safeguarding protocol.
• Can make special contribution to our school community, as a Admin Assistant and a Team Member.
• Is supportive of the ethos of a Church and Trust school.
• Understands the importance of Child Protection and is committed to the safeguarding of children’s welfare- both at home and in school.

In return, we can offer you:

• A welcoming and caring school, that encourages everyone to give their best at all times, that aims to contribute all they can to our life as a school community.
• A collaborative and supportive school community that is underpinned by the Christian ethos, driven by a shared passion of children’s welfare and education.
• A rewarding and exciting working environment, that inspires and challenges within a supportive and welcoming atmosphere.

St Mary’s is a proud member of the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust and has been since 2018. We are a family of 35 schools across the Peterborough Diocese, and these strong links make special contribution to our children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and learning. PDET is responsible for employing all staff and managing finances and other central services for the academies within the Trust.

If this sounds like the perfect job opportunity and you’d like to join our family, St Mary’s C of E Primary School would like to hear from you!

The school is committed to the protection and safety of all its pupils and staff. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please email head@stmarys.pdet.org.uk to arrange.