Pastoral Administration Officer

Manchester Enterprise Academy Central; Manchester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester Enterprise Academy Central is hiring a Pastoral Administration Officer to join the school team. This is a Grade 4, permanent post working 35 hours per week, term time only plus 10 days. The starting salary is £24,060 with a full-time equivalent of £27,274.

The role involves providing high-quality administrative and financial support, working with the Pastoral Manager and SLT to support pupil wellbeing and school operations.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an administrative support environment.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels.
• Excellent personal and office organisational skills and ability to develop and maintain effective administrative systems.
• Good numeracy skills.
• Demonstrate a commitment to maintaining and developing professional knowledge and skills.
• Ability to plan and prioritise own workload, and that of others to meet deadlines within fixed timescales.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient, responsive, and high-quality administrative support to the school under direction of senior staff.
• Work with pastoral team to support pupil wellbeing and Every Child Matters outcomes.
• Maintain manual and computerised records and generate reports and statistics.
• Ensure consistent procedures and link with main school admin team.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with data protection policies.
• Adhere to safeguarding, health and safety, and security policies and report concerns promptly.
• Draft letters, communicate with parents and other agencies, proof documents, and collate data.

Skills

Administrative experience

Written communication

Verbal communication

Organisation

Numeracy

Professional development

Workload planning

Job description

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Pastoral Administration Officer to join our fantastic team at MEA Central

This is a Grade 4, permanent post working 35 hours per week, term time only plus 10 days. The starting salary is £24,060 and the full time equivalent is £27,274.

We’re looking for:

The ideal candidate will have experience of working within an administrative role. They will work alongside the Pastoral Manager and Senior Leadership Team to provide responsive and high quality administrative and financial support to the school.

Key Responsibilities:

• Under the direction of the School Office Manager and other senior staff, provide an efficient, responsive and high quality administrative support to the school, working independently to manage the day to day administrative operations of a specific department within the school.
• To work collaboratively with all staff and parents in order to support pupil wellbeing and to promote the five outcomes of Every Child Matters.
• To maintain manual and computerised records and to use IT systems effectively to provide reports and statistics as required.
• To ensure an effective link is maintained into the main school admin team to ensure consistency of procedures and to provide support to the wider team/school as necessary.
• To ensure accuracy and confidentiality of all information produced.
• To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person as soon as they arise.
• To provide high level administrative support for the department on a wide range of tasks as required, including but not limited to: writing letters, communication with parents and other agencies, proofing documents, collating and analysing data, ensuring adherence to deadlines.

To find out more about the full responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached job description.

About You:

• Experience working in an administrative support environment
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels
• Excellent personal and office organisational skills and ability to develop and maintain effective administrative systems
• Good numeracy skills
• Demonstrate a commitment to maintaining and developing professional knowledge and skills
• Ability to plan and prioritise own workload, and that of others to meet deadlines within fixed timescales

All school staff are expected to share the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Specific safeguarding responsibilities are detailed in the attached job description.