Administration Officer (Maternity Cover)

Honley High School; Holmfirth; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 16,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

Cycle to Work Scheme

Eye Care

Annual Flu Vaccines

GP Online and Prescription Service

Job summary

Honley High School is seeking a motivated Administration Officer on a maternity cover basis. The role involves general administrative support, drafting letters, communications and data entry in line with GDPR, ensuring accurate, high-quality documents and timely handling of multiple tasks.

The successful candidate will have strong organisational and Microsoft Office skills and be able to work effectively with staff, students, parents and external partners in a busy school setting.

Qualifications

• Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills and confidence using a range of systems and databases.
• The ability to produce accurate, high-quality documents with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience of managing competing priorities and working to deadlines.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with staff, students, parents and external stakeholders.
• Experience of working within a school environment is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Undertake general administrative support for all school operations, drafting letters and communications, photocopying, filing and data entry in line with GDPR requirements.

Skills

Administrative skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Time management

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Salary: BandC (NJC 4-6) Actual Salary: £14,799 - £15,272 per annum.
Contract: Maternity,term time only.
Hours: 25 hoursper week. Monday to Friday 9.00am – 2.00pm.
Closing Date: Monday12th October 2026 at 9am.
Start Date: Monday 9th November 2026.

We reserve the right to close thisvacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, ifyou are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Are you highly organised,proactive and committed to delivering excellent administrative support?

Do you take pride inproducing accurate, high-quality work and enjoy working in a fast-pacedenvironment? Are you a team player who can build positive working relationshipswhilst also managing your own workload effectively? If so, we'd love to hearfrom you.

We are seeking a motivatedand professional Administration Officer to join our friendly anddedicated support team on a maternity cover basis. This is an excellentopportunity for an experienced administrator to play a key role in supportingthe smooth running of our busy school.

Whatwe're looking for:

Weare looking for someone who has:

• Excellentadministrative and organisational skills.
• Strong MicrosoftOffice skills and confidence using a range of systems and databases.
• The ability toproduce accurate, high-quality documents with exceptional attention todetail.
• Experience ofmanaging competing priorities and working to deadlines.
• Strongcommunication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to workeffectively with staff, students, parents and external stakeholders.
• Experience ofworking within a school environment is desirable but not essential.

What the role involves in a nutshell:

• To undertake general administrative worksupporting all school operations by drafting letters, internal and externalcommunications, photocopying, laminating, filing and record and data entrykeeping in line with current GDPR requirements.

Whatyou’ll get in return?

You’llbe joining a school and Trust which is all about putting staff first – withnumerous wellbeing initiatives and social events to enjoy each term!

In additionto this you will benefit from:

• Automaticenrolment to the West Yorkshire Pension Fund.
• ASupportive and forward-thinking Leadership Team.
• Staffdevelopment through proactive personal and professionaldevelopment.
• Workingas part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all of ourstudents.
• Free Parking.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Eye Care.
• Annual Flu Vaccines.
• Home & Technology Scheme.
• Rewards and discounts.
• GP Online and Prescription Service.
• Your Care Wellbeing Platform & EAP.
• Lifestylebenefits & discounts.

Diverseperspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcomeapplications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience andskills needed to perform this role.

If our school sounds like a place in whichyou could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.

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