Administrative Assistant
Dollar Academy
Clackmannanshire
- £23,400 - £23,401 per year
- New
- Salary:
- LGPS, Fee Remission, EAP and Retail Discounts
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 20 September 2024
Job overview
Dollar Academy has been a co-educational day and boarding school since its foundation in 1818. Today, it provides an exceptional all-round education to around 1,350 pupils aged 5-18. Our focus is on encouraging the individual talents and ambitions of every young person, in a positive and supportive environment that fosters the development of transferable skills, self-confidence and strong personal values. A belief in developing the whole person is central to the Dollar ethos.
We have recently been named as the Sunday Times Scottish Independent School of the Year 2024.
The school’s location is undoubtedly one of the most scenic in the country, set against the Ochil Hills and the historic Castle Campbell, but within easy reach of the major towns of the Central Belt and just 40 minutes from Edinburgh Airport. The Dollar community is welcoming and vibrant. The whole school sits within a single, stunning 70-acre campus.
A fixed term vacancy has arisen within the School Office at Dollar Academy for an Administrative Assistant.
Reporting to the School Office Manager the successful candidate will join a highly professional and supportive team in a department that is crucial to the success and smooth running of the Academy.
Duties are varied and alongside the general admin duties expected within a busy school office may include areas such as morning registration, dedicated admin support to various departments, school communications and parents evening support.
This post requires a hard-working individual who is dedicated, diligent and flexible with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office. The ability to relate to a wide variety of people during the course of the day and handle changing needs and priorities whilst meeting deadlines in an accurate and effective manner is essential.
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About Dollar Academy
Dollar Academy was founded in 1818 as the UK’s first co-educational day and boarding school and has been at the heart of Scotland’s educational development for 200 years. The school is the Sunday Times Scottish Independent School of the Year 2018.
Dollar has over 1250 pupils aged 5-18, of whom approximately 75 are boarders. The school’s extensive 70 acre campus is set in a landscape of extraordinary natural beauty at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Central Scotland and is within easy reach of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Edinburgh airport is conveniently situated and can be reached in 45 minutes.
Dollar is distinguished by its excellence in pastoral care, co-curricular provision and classroom teaching.
Enjoyment of learning lies at the heart of this school and the aim is for all pupils to gain satisfaction from a real commitment to study and participation in the great range of sporting, art and cultural activities on offer.
Dollar pupils undertake internationally recognised SQA examination courses and, in a typical year, over 65% of exam results are at Grade A. Although firmly grounded in the values of Scottish education, Dollar takes a deliberately international approach and the diverse boarding community is at the heart of school life.
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