PA to Headteacher - Secondary School

Philosophy Education; Greenwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Philosophy Education is recruiting an experienced Personal Assistant to provide high-level support to the Headteacher at a large secondary school in Greenwich. The role requires discretion, reliability and a professional approach to manage a busy diary, meetings and correspondence.

This is a full-time position, term-time with flexibility for occasional evening meetings. Previous PA experience in education or corporate settings is preferred, and a proactive, confidential style is essential.

Qualifications

• Previous Personal Assistant experience
• High level of diplomacy and confidentiality
• Excellent attention to detail
• Flexibility with working hours
• DBS Enhanced disclosure or willingness to obtain one

Responsibilities

• Provide confidential PA support to the Headteacher
• Manage Headteacher's diary and coordinate meetings
• Note and coordinate follow-up actions from meetings and correspondence
• Maintain office systems, data management and filing
• Screen phone calls, enquiries and requests and handle them appropriately
• Meet and greet visitors at all levels of seniority
• Carry out background research and present findings
• Organise and attend meetings and ensure the head is well prepared
• Draft memorandums, letters and reports for Headteacher's approval
• Manage Headteacher's correspondence, including email
• Take minutes of leadership and governing body meetings and publish them timely
• General administration as required

Skills

Personal Assistant experience

Discretion & confidentiality

Diary & meeting management

Professional communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Office systems

Job description

• PA to Headteacher
• Full-time
• Immediate Start
• Ongoing contract
• Secondary school
• Greenwich

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced PA to join a large Secondary school in Greenwich to provide Personal Assistance to the Headteacher.

The Role

The Headteacher is looking for a PA with a professional and adaptable approach and the ability to be flexible according to the needs of the school. Your role will include a variety of administration and management tasks and you should have a highly professional approach at all times.

The Headteacher is seeking a PA with previous experience in a similar role whether in education or a corporate/commercial environment.

This is a full-time, term-time role although there will be a requirement to be flexible with hours as you will be required to work later some evenings for meetings etc

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing a confidential Personal Assistant support service to the Head Teacher
• To manage and co-ordinate the Headteacher s diary and organise meetings, as appropriate
• To note and coordinate the Headteacher s follow-up actions at the end of key meetings and from correspondence.
• Maintain and devise office systems, including data management and filing.
• Screen phone calls, enquiries and requests, and handle them when appropriate.
• Meet and greet visitors at all levels of seniority
• Carry out background research and presenting findings.
• Organise and attend meetings and ensure the head is well prepared for meetings.
• To draft memorandums, letters and reports for the Headteacher s approval.
• To manage Headteacher s correspondence, including email.
• To take minutes of meetings for example leadership meetings, premises meetings and governing body committee meetings, and publish those minutes in a timely fashion.
• General administration as required

To apply for this role you must have:

• Previous Personal Assistant experience
• A high level of diplomacy and confidentiality
• Excellent attention to detail
• The ability to be flexible with working hours
• A DBS Enhanced disclosure or be prepared to obtain one

The School

This large comprehensive school is based in Greenwich and is rated good by Ofsted. The school is committed to educating and support pupils to become confident and successful young people and is very popular within the local community. Staff at the school have high expectations for students and pupil behaviour is good. The senior leadership are committed to ensuring there is high quality teaching, in a safe and friendly environment.

If you re passionate about supporting young people and would like to develop your career in education, we d love to hear from you.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.