Business Support Officer

Job title:            Business Support Officer

Salary:                Grade 5 (scp 6 – 11)

Contract:           Part time (Term time only)

Start:                  September 2024

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to join the administration team at Lathom High School. The post will involve working under the direction of the school operations manager.

The successful candidate will support with general clerical and administrative duties including welcoming students, parents and visitors, dealing with telephone enquiries, maintaining student records, using the school’s IT systems for maintaining school dinners, trips, income, online payments and communicating with parents.

Applicants will require a prior knowledge of SIMS a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and will be competent in a range of IT skills. 

The successful candidate must be able to work as part of a team but also able to prioritise their workload, using their own initiative to solve problems, be adaptable to any future changes necessary to meet the needs of the school. As first point of contact, you must have excellent communication skills, be smart and always have a professional and positive attitude. We are keen to appoint somebody who has high expectations of themselves, with the ability to work under pressure whilst ensuring accuracy is a priority in all work undertaken.

At Lathom we continually drive forward standards and are passionate about maximising the potential in all of our staff and young people. Our caring and nurturing approach to education within and beyond the classroom contributes to what makes our school a special place both to work and to learn. We place great value on the fulfilment and well-being of our colleagues; our successes to date are in no small part down to their hard work, commitment and determination, and our growing student roll enables us to provide opportunities for both personal and career development. The word PROUD is at the heart of everything we do at Lathom. Our school was inspected by Ofsted in June 2022 and is now judged to be GOOD in all areas. This is testament to the vision, dedication and commitment which has been shown by the staff team and governors and the hard work from the students themselves. We are so PROUD of this outcome and the comments made in the report:  

Please note the hours are negotiable and term-time, flexibility is essential including possibility of over time during the evening and school holidays.

Closing date: 12 noon Monday 19 August

Interview Date: Wednesday 21 August

To apply for this position please complete an application form and submit a letter of application describing in some detail your relevant experience and achievements relevant to this position. Please include any other information you feel would be helpful including all those related to the list of essential experiences, skills etc for the post set out in the Person Specification. Your letter of application should be no more than 2 sides of A4 and no smaller than font size 11.

Return your completed application form and letter of application to: c.brooke@lathom.lancs.sch.uk

This school is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request.