Administrative Assistant

We are seeking to appoint a full time Administrative Assistant to work within a busy team at Abbeywood Community School, starting as soon as possible, on a 3 month fixed term contract (which may be extended).

The successful candidate will possess excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to work with Databases, Excel and Word.

The successful candidate will:

• be educated to a good standard, evidenced by 5 or more GCSE's (including Mathematics and English) at grade C or above (or equivalent qualifications)



• have recent and relevant school based admin/reception experience



• Willing to obtain a First Aid qualification.



• be competent in the use of MS Office.



• have a good telephone manner and have excellent customer service skills



• be a confident communicator building professional relationships with stakeholders.



• have high standards and attention to detail.



• have the ability to work independently or in a team.



• have the ability to remain calm and professional working under pressure.
  
  Our overarching aim and vision is for our schools to deliver an exceptional education for children and young people, ensuring that students have access to the highest standards of teaching, resources and learning opportunities.


We are ambitious for our academies. We live in a demanding educational landscape that brings with it challenges, but also opportunities. We are excited by the opportunities for talented and inspirational educators to make an impact and create a powerful legacy.

We seek applicants for our roles who can align with our vision and have the talent, drive and determination to deliver that vision successfully. We support all our schools with our leadership and management, school improvement, legal, financial, administrative, admissions, marketing, premises, safeguarding and HR expertise.

We think our roles are tremendously exciting ones to perform supported by the expert Olympus team. We are inspired by our academies' journey and consider it a great privilege to design and develop a 21st century school education. We will be very interested to hear your ideas and aspirations too. We are looking for staff who will deliver an exceptional education for the young people in our care.


• Pension Scheme, We offer the opportunity of flexible working patterns where possible to assist with a work/life balance and welcome applications from people wishing to work on a part-time or job share basis for all roles including full time. We are happy to discuss flexible working from day one.