Administrative Assistant - Albright Education Centre

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Tipton; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

Albright Education Centre is seeking an outstanding Administrative Assistant to support the school's specialist staff and pupils. The role is part-time, 25 hours per week, term time only plus five days, located at the South Tipton Campus.

The successful candidate will have good English and numeracy, strong IT and communication skills, and the ability to prioritise and multi-task in a busy school environment. DBS check will be enhanced and training provided.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good spoken and written English and numeracy.
• Excellent communication, IT, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload, multi-task in a busy environment.

Skills

Independent work

Teamwork

English & Numeracy

IT skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Albright Education Centre is a progressive and vibrant learning community that focuses on raising the aspirations and potential of every pupil at the school. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding and highly motivated Administrative Assistant to fulfil this role at our school. It is an exciting opportunity for someone to work alongside our specialist staff team.

The successful candidate will:

• be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• have a good standard of spoken and written English and Numeracy.
• have excellent communication, IT skills, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• be able to be able to prioritise their workload, multi-task and deal with an unpredictable and busy workplace.

A knowledge of SIMS is desirable but not essential as full training will be given.

The school provides a continuation of education for pupils who, due to medical, psychological or psychiatric difficulties, are unable to attend their mainstream school.

All staff are offered Continued Professional Development opportunities to suit their needs.

CV’s will not be accepted.

We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, we have a positive approach to employing disabled people and guarantee an interview for applicants who disclose they would like to be considered under this scheme and meet the essential criteria.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, be sure to include these on your application.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is eligible for an enhanced DBS check including a Children's Barring List Check.If you are barred from working with children you are breaking the law if you apply for this post

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Hours:

25 hours per week, term time only + 5 days - Monday - Friday - 8am - 1pm

Grade:

Grade B, SCP 4 (£25,185 p.a.) Actual Salary £15,184 - £ 15,380 p.a.

Location:

South Tipton Campus Site, Alexandra Road, Tipton, West Midlands DY4 7NR

Closing Date:

Friday 25th September 2026

Shortlisting:

Friday 25th September 2026

Interviews:

Thursday 1st October 2026

Online Search

An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.