Senior Business Support Officer - St Aidan’s CE Academy

Schools
Primary Schools
St Aidan's C of E Academy
37 Hours per week (Term Time plus 2 days)
1
Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9DQ
Temporary
Fixed Term post to commence 1st September 2023 until 31st August 2024
Grade 6
£19,099 - £20,538

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and committed individual to join our office team in the important role of Senior Business Support Officer.

About St Aidan’s CE Academy

St Aidan’s Academy is a warm and welcoming church school that is committed to ensuring that the children are at the heart of everything we do.

You will work as part of a team including teachers and other support staff to support the learning and welfare of all pupils.

Providing practical support for learning, educational activities, developing social skills, integration and for securing pupils’ physical and emotional wellbeing.

We are part of the Learning Accord Multi-Academy Trust.

We pride ourselves in providing a safe, happy and caring environment, where all pupils are nurtured and valued. We also hold our staff well-being of paramount importance and the successful candidate will have access to our enhanced well-being package.

About Learning Accord Multi Academy Trust

The Learning Accord Multi Academy Trust is an inclusive trust which welcomes church and community schools and celebrates diversity and distinctive context.

We recognise that for our learners, life chances are formed throughout their primary education.

Our responsibility is to celebrate each child’s talents and build upon each child’s experiences to ensure that they make the progress that they deserve.

Our aim is that all will flourish and achieve the highest standards.

For further information about the Trust, please visit: https://www.learningaccord.org/.


The successful candidate will have experience in a busy office environment and strong knowledge of various Microsoft packages, essential for undertaking the role effectively. They will also embrace our school ethos and vision.

Key duties include:

  • To provide an effective, flexible, efficient and responsive administrative/business support service to the Headteacher/Leadership Team. This may involve providing reprographics services in line with the requirement of the school.
  • To ensure telephone/visitor enquiries are responded to sensitively and resolved appropriately, directing more complex calls to appropriate staff.
  • To provide a friendly, professional and customer focused reception service to all visitors and callers.
  • To ensure meetings and events are arranged and prepared for in a timely manner and are serviced and recorded appropriately.
  • To ensure documents/reports are produced and formatted to school standards and within school deadlines.
  • To liaise with staff, pupils, or other outside agencies on behalf of Headteacher/Leadership Team as required to gather, receive and exchange information

This role is initially for the 2023/24 academic year but may go beyond subject to budgetary constraints.

Visits to the school are welcomed and can be arranged by telephone – 01484 862142

Please return to liam.wilson@saintaidans.org.uk (School Business Manager)

Closing date for the applications is 9th June 2023. Paper applications or CVs will not be accepted.

References will be requested for those shortlisted only and prior to interview. Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.

The school is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.

Application Form

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

09 June 2023, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.