Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is looking to appoint a friendly, approachable, organised and committed admin assistant to join our administration team. The successful applicant will be the first point of contact for parents, pupils, staff and visitors, dealing with telephone, e-mail and personal enquiries in a polite and professional manner and will be responsible for supporting with the administrative, financial and organisational processes within the school.
You will be someone who has:
- excellent interpersonal skills
- good organisational skills and able to work flexibly
- excellent IT skills including the use of databases and the Microsoft office suite (word and excel)
- a keen eye for detail
- initiative, multi-tasks and works well under pressure
- strong telephone and communication skills
- a positive approach and tackles challenges
- a strong understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality
We can offer you:
- A happy, friendly working environment.
- Well established administration systems within the school.
- Training opportunities relevant to the post
Working under the direction of the school’s business manager, main duties will include:
- Front of house welcoming visitors, answering phone etc.
- Some day to day functions of the school including maintaining school email inbox
- Admissions
- Processing invoices
- Maintaining Arbor/pupils records
- Administration of After School Club and Enrichment Clubs including payment on ‘Teachers2Parents’ system
- Managing Access Finance
This is a very customer focused role and as such requires excellent verbal and strong organisational skills. Excellent ICT skills, including word-processing and data inputting and high levels of attention to detail are also essential.