Corporate Assistant (Mat Cover)

onlyFE; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS Pension

32 days holiday

Onsite gym

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Refectory

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Farnborough College of Technology is seeking an experienced administrator to join the Corporate Office as a Corporate Assistant. This full-time/term-time maternity cover role supports the Principal CEO's office and collaborates with the PA to ensure smooth operations across the Corporate Office.

The post requires excellent organisation, strong communication, and the ability to learn new IT systems. The college offers a competitive salary, LGPS pension, generous holiday and on-site facilities.

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Experience of administrative support, including experience of supporting busy teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to use IT programs and ability and willingness to learn new systems.
• Ability to work to deadlines.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Administrative support

Written communication

Verbal communication

IT skills

Willingness to learn

Deadline management

Job description

Ref: REQ002013
Competitive Salary and Excellent Benefits. Full Time/Term Time (Maternity Cover).

Ref: REQ002013
Competitive Salary and Excellent Benefits. Full Time/Term Time (Maternity Cover). We have an opportunity for an experienced administrator to join the Corporate Office as a Corporate Assistant. The post-holder will be working alongside the PA to the Principal CEO in providing effective support across the Corporate Office. This is a Full Time/Term Time role and will be until December 2026.

You Will Have

• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Experience of administrative support, including experience of supporting busy teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to use IT programs and ability and willingness to learn new systems
• Ability to work to deadlines

This is a superb opportunity for a first-class applicant to work in a highly respected and top-performing college. In turn we can offer you interesting and varied work with an excellent benefits package.

Benefits include: LGPS Pension, 32 days holiday, onsite gym, Employee Assistance Programme including Savings Centre offering retail discounts, Refectory and free on-site parking.

Farnborough College of Technology is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Interviews will take place shortly after the published closing date or when a suitable number of appropriate applications have been received, so early submissions are encouraged. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

Please note we are not accepting speculative applications from agencies.

Safeguarding for Employees

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Positions within the College will involve contact with young people and vulnerable adults. Consequently, post-holders will be obliged to demonstrate and maintain their suitability to work with young people and vulnerable adults. This will include a requirement to undertake an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, in addition to referencing and qualification checks.

Disclosure and Barring Service

Farnborough College of Technology complies fully with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice regarding the correct handling, storage, retention and disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure information, and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.

Since the post for which you are applying may involve unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults, it will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions Amendment Order 1986) please refer to the DBS website for further information.

Candidates who are offered an interview for such posts will be required to disclose details, cautions (including final warnings or reprimands), or convictions which are not "protected" as defined by the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020), or any other matters that may be relevant to their suitability to work for the College. The College will regard any failure to disclose your criminal record as a breach of trust. It is College Policy that all candidates will be subject to a Disclosure check if offered the post for which the application has been made. Please note that the College is unable to consider an application further if the candidate declines to complete the Disclosure form.