Administration Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Salary range

£20,904 to £22,879 FTE - (pro
- rota) Actual Salary £17,980 to £19,679

Closing Date

6 November 2023, 9:00am

Occupation

Education Non-Teaching

Full / Part time

Full time

Job Hours

36.5 per week, term time only

Contract Type

Permanent

Enhanced DBS Check Required

Yes

Job Information

Forward Education Trust - The Bridge School

Coppice View Road

Sutton Coldfield

Birmingham

B73 6UE

Telephone number:
Required as soon as possible

An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to recruit an Administrative Assistant to play a key role at The Bridge School.

The Bridge School is part of Forward Education Trust, a growing Multi Academy Trust established in 2017 serving special schools across the West Midlands area.

The Bridge educates children with complex and multiple needs.

Children may have Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) or a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Some children have additional needs including visual impairment and hearing impairment and behaviour difficulties. We currently have 90 children in school, but this may grow over the coming few years.

Working with our small friendly school office team offers an exciting range of challenges, you are at the centre of the efficient working of our school working directly with our most important stakeholders - our children, their families and our staff.

You will have a direct impact on helping to ensure our school remains successful in the care and education of our children.

Key responsibilities will include:
- providing an efficient and effective administrative service to the school
- providing excellent reception and switchboard support to the school
- administration of pupil records including pupil attendance and dinners
- supporting with financial administration including raising purchase orders and administering online parent payments

The Trust is committed to providing continuous professional development for all staff and will endeavour to offer a supportive, motivating, and engaging working environment.

We also offer sector competitive pay, a 24/7 employee support helpline, access to FET HUB - our rewards and wellbeing platform, as well as working with a supportive team in a friendly and inclusive working environment.

Forward Education Trust is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest quality staff.

To do this, we have an Employee Value Proposition offering a range of benefits to help our staff on a personal and professional level, which includes:

Teacher Pension or Support Staff Local Government Pension - Employer Contribution

FET HUB - information all in one place, access to a range of benefits

Paid for Health Cash Plan - employee and dependent children benefit - option to add partner

Employee Questionnaire - Consultation with staff on a range of issues and ideas

Salary sacrifice scheme - Cycle to Work Scheme

Access to the NHS approved Thrive App - to support mental health & well-being

Comprehensive induction and probation support and an ongoing performance management and appraisal system

Easy purchase scheme (salary deduction) - Smart Tech in association with Currys

Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme - free, totally confidential advice, with face-to-face consultations

Personal and professional learning & development - including FLICK online learning and other resources

Access to discounts and offers from Reward Gateway and MyPerks

Occupational Health Service - accessible to support the needs of individual staff

Staff recognition - e-cards to celebrate success among colleagues

Mental Health First Aiders

Policies being developed to support positive health & well-being:Family Friendly Working, Special Leave of Absence, Flexible Working, Menopause

Staff recognition - awards throughout the year, in line with Trust behaviours and values

A commitment to develop new ideas to show we really value what you do for our children

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply

Interview date: 26 October 2023

Forward Education Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding

Support Staff

enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Terms and conditions

Rehabilitation of offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Further information

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.