PA to the Headmistress
Terra Nova School
Cheshire East
- £32,000 - £35,000 per year
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2024
- Apply by:
- 1 July 2024
Job overview
Terra Nova Preparatory School, situated in the heart of Cheshire, is a renowned independent, co-educational, preparatory day school of around 280 pupils aged 2-13. Terra Nova School has a wonderfully happy, creative atmosphere where each individual is challenged, cherished and inspired to reach their potential. Every child is encouraged to do their best, resulting in outstanding results academically, on the sports field and in the creative and performing arts.
A fantastic opportunity for the right candidate, Terra Nova Prep is seeking to appoint a Personal Assistant to the Headmistress to join our team from August 2024. This is a permanent full time position.
The successful candidate will manage the Headmistress’s diary, provide a warm welcome to all visitors for the Headmistress and have experience with supporting management in a fast paced environment. We are seeking someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills, a strong eye for detail, plenty of initiative, along with a great sense of humour.
Hours of Work:
- 7:45am - 4:15pm (1hr lunch break) daily. There will be some occasions where attendance out of these out of hours is required, such as our annual Christmas Carol Service and end of year Prize Giving.
- 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays, pro-rata to reflect mid-year start date. Holidays to be taken during school holidays.
Package
- Salary Range: £32,000 to £35,000 based on skills and experience. The salary will be pro-rated according to the agreed hours.
- Pension: All eligible non-teaching employees will be automatically enrolled into the Now Pension Trust.
- For an outstanding candidate, consideration will be given to term time (+) hours.
Non-contractual Benefits
- Breakfast, Lunch, Drinks: Staff are provided, at no cost, with meals and hot drinks throughout the day (term time only).
- School Fee Reduction: 66%
- Parking
- Facilities Hire
- Employee Assistance Programme: One to one counselling, 24 hour legal helpline
Closing date for applicants is 12.00pm on Monday 1 July 2024. Earlier applications are welcomed.
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 3 July 2024.
Please send your completed application form and a cover letter for the attention of the Headmistress to emma.kidston@tnschool.co.uk
Terra Nova School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced CRB Check.
Charitable Trust Reg. No. 525919
Attached documents
About Terra Nova School
The School
Terra Nova is a leading Prep School for children age 2.5 to 13 years old. It is predominantly a day school, but offers an extended day in which children can stay for supervised Prep, tea, evening activities and overnight. There is, therefore, a thriving boarding community throughout the week.
From your very first visit, you will recognise that there is something special about Terra Nova School, with its successful blend of traditional values and fresh thinking and its wonderfully warm and welcoming atmosphere.
At Terra Nova we firmly believe that children who are happy and inspired succeed. Our broad curriculum, exceptional pastoral care and nurturing environment ensure that our children are both happy and inspired, and that they each develop their individual strengths.
For all at Terra Nova, academic success and good character are integral goals and in their attainment our children benefit from small classes, superb facilities and talented teachers. We are proud of the fact our children gain entrance to a wide range of the UK’s top independent schools and proud to say that their success thereafter is in no small part attributable to their fine start.
The children here take part in a wide variety of co-curricular activities and they each get the opportunity to participate in an array of sports, helping them to learn the importance of teamwork, build resilience and win and lose graciously. Throughout their time at the school, children are encouraged to try new experiences and take risks, which helps to build their self confidence, ignite passions and make lifelong friends.
We are fierce advocates of the traditional prep school model that allows our children to study with us until 13, preserving childhood until they reach their teens. However, whether leaving us at 13+ or at 11+, by the time our children move on to their senior school they are assured, motivated young people, well prepared to thrive and deal with the excitements and challenges that lie ahead.
I encourage you to come and visit us in our magnificent 35 acre rural setting, across from the awe-inspiring, internationally renowned Lovell Telescope, so that you can see for yourself what makes Terra Nova such an outstanding school.
For more information about Terra Nova and its successes please visit our web site at www.tnschool.co.uk
Christabel Westall
Headmistress
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