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The Sweyne Park School is the lead school in the Rayleigh Schools Trust and works with a local primary school, providing a 0 - 19 educational experience for the local community. The successful applicant will have excellent administrative experience, the ability to manage their time effectively, an eye for detail and enjoy working as part of a team.

Particular duties are likely to include:

Providing administrative support to our SEND Teams, including, but not limited to, our Resource Base for Hearing Impaired Pupils and Learning Development Team, as well as general pupil administration, and other administrative services as required to support the school operation. The duties outlined may be varied to meet the changing demands of the school at the reasonable direction of the Headteacher.

Skills include:

• Experience of working in a busy and, at times, pressured, environment.
• The ability to work collaboratively with a range of staff
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office/Excel and Outlook.
• The ability to work accurately, with integrity, and to meet deadlines.
• Effective communication skills, both written and orally.

Personal skills include:

• The ability to work both independently, and as part of a team.
• The ability to work with all stakeholders in a professional manner.
• The ability to adapt to change, respond positively to challenges, and a willingness to learn.
• An understanding of the need for sensitivity, discretion and confidentiality at all times.
• A willingness to be flexible with all reasonable requests relating to administrative support
• Able to respond appropriately to vulnerable pupils as their alternative first point of contact
• Resilience and a sense of humour

Responsibilities include:

• Greeting and assisting visitors in a welcoming and professional manner, with counter duties as required
• Undertake training to become a First Aider
• Undertake introductory British Sign Language Skills (BSL)
• Assisting in the medical area, logging medication, and liaising with Heads of Year

Working Hours

37 hours per week, Monday to Friday for 39 weeks of the year, with 30 minutes for lunch. These are normal school days (term time) and training days. Holidays would be expected to be taken during school holidays. There is a smart dress code for staff.

Salary

£21,933.35 - £22,283.13 per annum

If you are an experienced administrator who fits our criteria, we would look forward to receiving your application. To obtain further information please contact Stella Read on 01268 784253 or via email at hr@rayleighschoolstrust.com. To download an application form, please click on the link below.

The Sweyne Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced clearance by the Disclosure & Barring Service.

Closing date: 2nd December 2024

We reserve the right to withdraw this advert prior to the closing date for applications in the event that a suitable candidate is identified and appointed before that date.

Information about the School

Welcome to The Sweyne Park School, we are a larger than average mixed, 11-18 comprehensive school. The School became an academy on 1st April 2013 and opened its Sixth Form in September 2014.

Our school is a safe and happy environment and central to our school is a belief in respect - respect for yourself, respect for others and respect for the environment. We believe that our focus on respect leads to high expectations and excellent discipline, and this in turn leads to the highest possible achievement for each individual pupil. In December 2018 we were the first Secondary School in the East of England to achieve the prestigious Rights Respecting Gold Award.

At Sweyne Park we are determined to provide first class teaching and learning for all our pupils. This aim is supported by our commitment to recruiting and retaining the very best staff, and our nationally recognised programme of staff training. We do our utmost to ensure our pupils achieve strong examination results and progress on to high quality destinations. We provide a broad and balanced academic curriculum with a wide range of cultural, artistic, sporting and social opportunities. We are committed to very strong partnerships between home, school and community members. We believe that the whole community can contribute to motivating and supporting pupils’ progress. In October 2017, the Sweyne Park School and Glebe Primary formed a Multi-Academy Trust, the Rayleigh Schools Trust (“The RST”).