Administrative Assistant, Level 3

ABOUT THE ACADEMY

Jesmond Park Academy is a thriving and fully subscribed comprehensive school servicing around 2,100 students from Year 7 to Sixth Form. Our academy has a real sense of community, occupying an iconic site and building equipped with exceptional resources. Our staff have a real passion for education in its broadest sense and we are committed to achieving the best for all of the students in our care, enabling them to make excellent progress and achieve their goals and dreams. Part of Gosforth Group, our academy has undergone a rapid period of change and improvement and continues striving to become one of Newcastle’s leading academies. We offer a positive working experience with an enthusiastic staff team focused on delivering our goals. If you genuinely desire to do the best for our students, want to be part of an already successful team and support us on our journey to becoming an outstanding academy - we want to hear from you.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking to appoint as soon as possible, an Administrative Assistant to work within our attendance team in our busy student reception. Main duties include; updating student attendance data, checking class registers, performing first day response calls/text and responding to student and parent queries throughout the day. A knowledge of SIMS.net would be an advantage.

 At times you may be deployed in the main office of school. Main duties for the main office include; general admin tasks to support the Office Manager. These will include (but not limited to)

• filing
• assisting with school correspondence via post (mail merge) and email
• responding to queries via email and telephone
• ensuring the smooth running of the school’s main reception, greeting visitors and answering telephones
• supporting our reprographics department with small print jobs
• supporting school meals administration

The successful candidate should possess good IT and typing skills.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• A competitive salary 
• Generous annual leave 
• Benefits including; excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking
• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals 
• Enthusiastic and motivated students 
• An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development 
• A school with its community at heart 
• An exciting programme of staff well-being activities 
• Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group
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If you would like to discuss this vacancy further or would like an informal visit of the school, please contact Lauren Anderson Student Welfare and Attendance Officer, email landerson@jesmondparkacademy.org.uk or telephone 0191 2818486. 

TO APPLY

A full information pack which includes the job description and person specification is on the our vacancy website Vacancies - FaceEd (face-ed.co.uk) 

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date. 

Following the shortlisting process, where applicable, candidates who attend interview will be reimbursed reasonable expenses for travel and accommodation. 

The Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide and you can view our Policy on the Employment of Ex-offenders here.    

Gosforth Group are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. References will be requested prior to interview for those candidates shortlisted. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, along with other relevant pre-employment checks.