Administrative Assistant - Paddock School
About Us
36 hours per week (8am to 4pm)
Term Time Only (39 weeks)
Permanent
Paddock is a popular, outstanding split site school, known for our excellent internal training programme to develop all staff to be experts. Because of our substantial growth, an excellent opportunity has become available to join the Paddock Business & Operations team as an Admin Assistant.
You will be responsible under the instruction or guidance of senior staff to provide reception support and general administrative or financial support to the school, working across both sites.
Responsibilities
• Work as part of the reception team
• Perform general clerical and administrative support for other areas of the business and operations department e.g. organise meetings, photocopying, filing, faxing, complete standard forms, respond to routine correspondence
• Maintain manual and computerised records and management information systems
• Produce lists, information and data as required e.g. pupils / staff data
• Undertake typing and word-processing and other IT based tasks
• Sort and distribute mail
• Undertake administrative procedures
• Maintain and collate pupil / staff reports
Required experience
• General reception, clerical, administrative and financial work as appropriate
The successful candidates will demonstrate excellent interpersonal relationships and be proud to work in a school that has the vision to Nurture, Inspire and Transform Lives.
You should be: -
• A team player;
• Keen to contribute to school life
We offer: -
• An outstanding training programme
• A variety of career pathways
• Opportunities for promotion within the school
• Opportunities to work with a multi-disciplinary team
• Access to employee wellbeing scheme
An Application Form, Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below.
Alternatively please contact the school for any further details on 020 8878 1521.
Completed applications should be returned to the school either by email recruitment@paddock.wandsworth.sch.uk or posted to the Secondary School addressed for the attention of the HR Advisor.
Closing Date: 27 November 2023 (at noon)
Interview date: TBC
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to a DBS check.
CVs are not accepted.
PADDOCK SCHOOL
Paddock Lower and Middle School
St Margaret’s Crescent
Putney
SW15 6HL
Tel: 020 8878 1521
Head of Lower School: Deborah Dockery
Head of Middle School: Lynette Martyn
Paddock Upper School & Sixth Form
Priory Lane
Roehampton
SW15 5RT
Tel: 020 8878 1521
Head of School: Robert Pearce
Executive Headteacher: Sarah Santos
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils