Admin Officer

The Opportunity

Brunel Academies Trust are a proud, growing educational community with a vision to be an exceptional creative education family opening doors, opening minds and changing lives. We strive to significantly improve the life chances and outcomes for our children and young people (CYP) whether they are within our SEND provisions or mainstream schools.

As a growing Multi Academy Trust, now is a fantastic time to join our community of school administration professionals. Churchward is a special school for young people aged 11-19 with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and/or Social Communication Interaction Disorders (SCID).

Churchward is an inclusive and aspirational community where, built on absolute integrity, learning for life is holistic and specifically tailored to the needs of young people with social and communication challenges.

We are seeking a Admin Officer to support the student admin team and carry out administrative duties.

Your Role

The attached job description will detail your role in full. But at a glance, some of the key fields you will be responsible for include:

• Support with recording of student data
• Undertake routine administrative tasks in support of the school admin function
• Support the process of new students entering and exiting the school and ensuring all paperwork is completed
• Attend annual reviews and other high profile student meetings as necessary to provide admin assistance and record notes and actions
• Complete and submit complex forms, returns and ensure records are maintained etc.
• Assist with the planning, monitoring and administration of exams
• Support with ad hoc administrative tasks or ad hoc projects linked to Churchward School
• Provide a confidential secretarial, clerical and administrative service to the Headteacher, members of SLT and Office Manager when required
• Be a key contact when liaising with other agencies and organisations
• Provide cover for the reception desk during opening hours as required

Your Experience

Our person specification attached will contain the full areas of skills and experience, but it is really important to us that you feel comfortable and confident in your role, so although you may not have everything desirable, there are some essential features our appointee will need to have and these include:

• GCSE qualifications at grades A - C in Maths and English or equivalent
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Be organised, able to follow instruction and work independently
• Effective communicator with good inter-personal skills
• Be able to work collaboratively as part of a team
• Ability to effectively use ICT for a variety of purposes
• Be aware of time pressures and the need for effective time management

Benefits

Brunel Academies Trust is a rapidly developing Multi Academy Trust. We value our colleagues and the effort they put into our children and young people day in and out. Whether through continuous professional development (CPD) to feed your ambitions, personal and impartial support through challenging days or exciting and easy to use discounts to enjoy with friends and family, we have a package of excellent benefits which are available to all staff including:

• Support on continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities
• Brunel Perks – exclusive discounts on a range of products and retailers from cinema tickets, food shopping and holidays
• Discounts with Swindon Designer Outlet Village
• Carefirst – impartial counselling service in person, by video call or phone as well as a citizen’s advice function for advice and support on personal or professional queries
• Excellent pension scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Annual pay progression opportunities

Most importantly, we can promise that you will achieve a high level of job satisfaction through the professional family community our colleagues represent; and the positive impact your role will have on supporting and developing our children and young people’s futures. Your role matters.

Hours: 30hr per week, Term Time only

Location: Churchward School, Bagbury

Start Date: 17th April 2023

Potential talent for this exciting opportunity are warmly invited and encouraged to visit our setting to explore how unique and inspirational our children and team really are. In addition to exploring our school’s journey to success via our website, please contact the school office to arrange a visit to tour the site or/and have an informal conversation with the Head Teacher via 1793 209198.

To learn more about our Trust and our mission, please do visit our website at www. brunel.org.uk or for more information on this exciting opportunity please write to resourcing @brunel.org.uk

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £11.66-£13.25 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Swindon: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Administration: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 17/04/2023