Governors' Administrator

We are looking for a well organised, efficient and professional person to provide administrative support to our Governing Body. The successful candidate will have experience of providing secretarial or clerical services and must be fully conversant with the requirements for confidentiality and discretion.

Start date: As soon as possible (subject to pre-employment checks)

Contract type: Casual, hours required as per the Governors' meeting schedule

Salary: £15 per hour

The Governing Body meets 18 times across the school year, either in the afternoon or early evening. Remuneration will cover attendance at meetings as well as time to write up the minutes.

More information about our school can be found on our website.

Experience and skills 

• Experience of minuting meetings is essential
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Proficient IT literacy (Microsoft) 

Knowledge 

• Sound understanding of confidentiality and cyber security
• Good understanding of safeguarding principles 

Personal attributes 

• Ability to form and maintain positive relationships and to work co-operatively 
• Strong organisational and administrative skills 
• Ability to think creatively to anticipate and solve problems 
• Ability to manage own time effectively and work under pressure to deadlines
• Naturally demonstrate a ‘can do’ helpful attitude 
• Reliability, integrity, discretion and flexibility
• Wholehearted commitment to the life of a vibrant school community, sharing the School’s values and vision 

All members of staff are required to promote and safeguard the welfare of children they are responsible for, or come into contact with, and to adhere to, and ensure compliance with, the School’s child protection procedures and staff guidance at all times. 

Applications, addressed to Mrs Clare Macro (Headmistress), should include a completed school application form and a covering letter of not more than 2 pages summarising your suitability for the role as outlined in the information pack.

Please submit these to the HR & Compliance Officer, Ms Corinna Gregory: recruitment@edgbastonhigh.co.uk

To comply with KCSIE, Edgbaston High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including online checks and checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Services.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Edgbaston High School is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain a diverse workforce. 

Please note, we reserve the right to close posts and commence interviews at any time, once we have received sufficient applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.