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Administrative Assistant

TN United Kingdom

Nottingham

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

An established educational institution is seeking an Administrative Assistant to provide essential support services across the school. This role involves managing the student helpdesk and ensuring that pupils have access to vital support throughout the school day. The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment, demonstrating confidence and resilience while assisting students and staff alike. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to inspiring young minds and making a positive impact in their lives. If you are passionate about education and eager to contribute to a supportive community, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

High quality professional development
Regular training opportunities
Tailored induction programme
Employee benefits platform
Employee Assistance Scheme
Bike2Work Scheme

Qualifications

  • Experience in fast-paced customer-facing roles is preferred.
  • Ability to manage student helpdesk and support services.

Responsibilities

  • Provide administrative services and support across the school.
  • Manage student helpdesk and ensure access to support services.

Skills

Customer service experience
Ability to work under pressure
Confident communication
Resilience

Job description

Thank you for your interest in the vacancy for Administrative Assistant at the Ellis Guilford School.

This role is to provide administrative services and support across the school, ensuring operations are maintained in an effective and efficient manner. This will include helping to manage our student helpdesk, ensuring pupils gain access to support services throughout the school day including first aid.

We are looking for candidates with experience of working in a fast-paced customer-facing role, ideally within an educational setting although this is not essential. The ideal candidate will be confident, resilient, and able to respond calmly under pressure.

Ellis Guilford became part of the Creative Education Trust (CET) in November. CET has a strong record of educational improvement as well as providing a varied diet of curriculum and enrichment opportunities by introducing pupils to professionals who are the best in their specialist field whether it be composers, architects, designers, or singers. By seeing the best, pupils are inspired and become ambitious to follow careers they may not have considered before.

Our aim is to prepare our pupils to be good citizens of the future and to have the ambition and courage to exceed. If you share our desire to change the lives of young people, we would very much like to hear from you.

For more information about the role and how to apply please find the recruitment pack attached.

As an employee of the Creative Education Trust, you will benefit from a highly competitive career package which includes:

  1. High quality professional development
  2. Regular training to develop your skills and knowledge
  3. A tailored induction programme to meet your needs and ongoing support from an experienced and skilled team

In addition, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package. Our employees have access to:

  • The Vivup platform that brings employee benefits, discounts, wellbeing and staff recognition
  • Access to Employee Assistance Scheme provided by Health Assured.
  • Bike2Work Scheme - where you can save up to 42% on the cost of bicycles and/or equipment
  • And much more. Please find our Benefits Brochures attached for further details.

Closing date: Monday 26th August 9.00am

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The Creative Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks in line with Government Safer Recruitment guidelines.

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