Office Administrator

Contract type Permanent
Hours Full-time
Department Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Salary NJC point 7 - 11 Actual salary range £22,842 - £24,275
Contact Kerrie Margetts at fam@holycrossrcpri.iow.sch.uk or 01983 292885
Reference 2025_1210
Location Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
Closing date 17 January 2025

37 hours per week – Term time only plus 5 development days (8.15 am – 4.15 pm)

Are you a highly motivated team player? Committed to promoting high standards of attainment and behaviour for all children?

We are the school for you!

Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is looking to recruit an experienced Office Administrator to join our wonderful school. We seek to appoint a highly motivated and methodical candidate to support the administrative needs of our school. The successful candidate will be confident, proactive, understand conflicting demands and working to deadlines, and will complement the professional work of our dedicated staffing team.

Key skills will include effective and efficient communication, ability to maintain accurate records with financial processes and safeguarding, and ability to provide the utmost professionalism and confidentiality in all areas of your work.

Prior experience in working within education will be advantageous.

Please email Mrs Kerrie Margetts, School Business Manager fam@holycrossrcpri.iow.sch.uk for an application pack, or download from our school website https://holycrossrcpri.iow.sch.uk

Closing date for Applications is midday on Friday 17th January 2025
Interviews will be held the week beginning Monday 20th January 2025

Tours of our school are encouraged, and we would relish the opportunity to show you around our beautiful environment. Please call the school office to make an appointment 01983 292885. We can’t wait to meet you!

This School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Holy Cross is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. References will be taken prior to interview.

PLEASE NOTE: Not all school staff are employed directly by the Isle of Wight Council, you can ask on application who the employer for this role will be.

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour PolicyEmployee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via adverts@iow.gov.uk if you would like to receive a copy.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

The management reporting line for this role is ultimately through the Isle of Wight Council Children’s Services directorate.

This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

If you are unable to complete this application, email us at careers@iow.gov.uk or telephone us on 01983 823113