Clerical Assistant

Leighton Academy; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Leighton Academy in the United Kingdom is seeking a motivated Clerical Assistant to join our office team. The role requires good communication skills, the ability to work in a busy environment and to meet strict deadlines.

The successful candidate will work Wednesday to Friday, 22.5 hours per week during term time plus 2 INSET days, with a pro-rata salary reflecting Grade 3. A background in a school office and proficiency with Excel are desirable; discretion and professionalism are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a school office setting is essential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work to deadlines.
• Experience handling pupils, staff and visitors with discretion.
• Ability to use social media for promotional purposes and manage a website (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Support busy office with clerical tasks.
• Use Excel for basic administrative work.
• Assist with social media and school website duties.
• Maintain confidentiality when dealing with pupils, staff and visitors.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Excel (desirable)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Location: Leighton Academy

Position: Clerical Assistant

Salary: Grade 3 - FTE £24,796.00 pro-rata per annum

Actual: £12,676.00

Contract: Permanent

The Learning Partnership along with the Principal at Leighton Academy wish to appoint a motivated, committed and highly effective Clerical Assistant to join our hard working and enthusiastic office team. The successful candidate will have good communication skills, be positive and able to work in a busy environment. The role requires the ability to work as part of a team and to strict deadlines. Excellent inter-personal skills, enthusiasm and high levels of accuracy are integral to the role and the ability to multi-task is essential. The ability to use social media for promotional purposes, manage a website and a strong working knowledge of Excel is desirable.

A professional and discreet approach when dealing with pupils, staff, and visitors to the school is required. The successful applicant will need to be able to maintain a friendly, helpful, confidential and professional attitude. Experience of working within a school office setting is essential.

Working hours will be Wednesday to Friday, 22.5 hours per week between the hours of 8.00am - 4.00pm term time only with the addition of 2 INSET days. .

About the Trust

Formed of two local trusts on 1st September 2023, The Learning Alliance and The Learning for Life Partnership, The Learning Partnership is a diverse new multi-academy trust delivering excellent educational provision for pupils in primary and secondary schools across the North-West. The Trust primarily serves the communities of Crewe, Congleton, and Knutsford, and is now the largest multi-academy trust in Cheshire.

At The Learning Partnership, we believe that there are three core facets of our mission -ambition, inclusion and opportunity. We are striving to build a community of the strongest people, inspiring a passion for education that galvanises these people to maximise their abilities, which supports all pupils to perform at their best. We believe that these core principles will create a culture that helps all our schools to improve and ensures pupil outcomes are the very best they can be.

The trust subscribes to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and places staff wellbeing at the forefront of its strategic people priorities. Our ongoing commitment in this area is reflected in our employee offer that includes:

Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets

Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme

Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance in a range of areas including menopause, financial management, and up to 8 counselling sessions per referral

Flexible working offered as a day 1 right of employment

Free parking

Access to high quality CPD and secondment opportunities

The Learning Partnership is a disability committed employer: applicants requiring adjustments to the application or interview process should contact Debbie at: [e-mail].

The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), and appropriate online searches in line with the requirements in Keeping Children Safe in Education (2023).

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.

For further information regarding this role, please contact: [e-mail]