Administrative Assistant

Are you an experienced and dynamic individual with a passion for supporting the smooth operation of educational environments? We are seeking a highly motivated and organised Administrative Assistant to join our dedicated team at Wrockwardine Wood Infant School and Nursery. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient running of our school, contributing to various key functions, including finance, procurement, human resources, and marketing.,

• Administrative Support: Assist the School Business Manager in managing support services, finance, procurement, infrastructure, human resources, and marketing functions.


• Complex Handling: Manage complex reception matters, complete and submit detailed forms and returns, and provide guidance to staff, pupils, and external agencies.


• Creativity & Organisation: Contribute to planning and developing support service systems, support the organisation of school trips/events, manage records, and assist with marketing and promotion of the school.


• Decision-Making: Ensure compliance with policies and procedures related to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality, and equal opportunities.
  
  Experience: Proven experience in administrative roles, ideally within an educational setting.


• Skills: Good organisational, communication, and IT skills, including experience with complex financial administration and data management.


• Attributes: Ability to manage multiple complex tasks efficiently, maintain high standards of confidentiality, and handle challenging situations with professionalism., Emotional Resilience: Ability to handle sensitive information and complex matters with support from senior leadership.


• Commitment: A commitment to uphold school policies, including those on Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, and Child Protection.
  
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At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our 'guaranteed interview scheme' here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here and the Transgender & Non-Binary Inclusion Policy commitments here