Overview and ResponsibilitiesSenior School AdministratorLocation: Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent Salary: £13.67 to £15.27 per hour depe.....
Overview and Responsibilities
Senior School Administrator
Location: Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent
Salary: £13.67 to £15.27 per hour depending on skills and experience
Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only plus 3 weeks (42 weeks per year worked)
The Aurora Group
The Aurora Hanley School is an 'Outstanding' rated innovative provider of education and care, supporting young people aged 6 - 19 with complex needs typically related to Asperger’s Syndrome, Autism and other conditions.
We’re currently looking for an experienced School Administrator.
The Role:
In this post you will support the Senior Leadership Team in the efficient and effective administration for the School site.
Key duties include:
Ownership and administrative and monitoring tasks for a number of MIS systems linked to School, staff and students, to include but not limited to, training, set up, assigning permissions, updating, auditing and archiving data and general frontline support.
Maintaining, updating, sorting and retrieving a range of records/statistical data, including attendance, company devices, practical resources and equipment
To support with the efficient and effective running of the administration of all internal and external examinations within the school, including liaising with Exams Officer, staff, students, invigilators and examination boards, as required.
Supporting co-ordination off-site trips and activities in line with policy and internal process
Supporting in the arrangement and co-ordination of events to include Careers Day, School concerts, parents evenings, open events and associated marketing initiatives
Arrange provision, analysis and evaluation of data and detailed reports and information to the senior leadership team, the Governing Body and outside agencies, as requested, to include supporting Key Performance Management (KPI) reporting.
General administration includes reception cover and telephone duties, as well as, but not limited to, general typing of letters / documents, monitoring emails and taking appropriate action, and receiving visitors and deliveries.
Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required. Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
High levels of interpersonal skills with excellent written and verbal communication.
Demonstrable experience of working in an administrative role for at least a year.
Good level of literacy and numeracy, computer literacy – Excel, Word, Outlook, Access, Powerpoint (desirable) and ability to use range of databases and bespoke systems
High level of organisation and good time management.
Ability to manage own time to deal with multiple tasks.
Able to work as part of a team.
Ability to be discreet, confidential and reliable.
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on offer?
Training and Development
Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.
Save money on your bills!!
With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.
Competitive Pay and Reward
Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension (from October) and Life Assurance.
UK Health Cash Plan
This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
Employee Assistance Programme
Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.
Refer a friend for £1,000
We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)
How to apply?
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group 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.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
