Personal Assistant

Reeson Education; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

REESON Education is seeking a Personal Assistant to the Principal in West London. The role is an immediate start and requires prior school-based PA experience.

You will manage schedules, coordinate communications, greet visitors and handle confidential documents to support smooth college operations. This is a full-time post with a daily rate of £100–£150.

Qualifications

• Experience as a PA in a school environment.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming Principal's visitors and signing them.
• Maintaining strong links with administrative staff.
• Ensuring good relationships between the Principal, staff, parents and pupils.
• Answering the telephone, screen and direct phone calls and distributing correspondence.
• Maintain an accurate and efficient electronic and paper filing system and be responsible for records management including archiving whilst improving paperless working by scanning to a central secure location.
• To act as first line contact for the Principal, using discretion and tact to ensure telephone callers and visitors receive a professional response, and are dealt with by the appropriate person.
• Providing a high-level secretarial service.

Skills

School PA experience

Job description

Personal Assistant

• Immediate start
• West London
• Full tine post
• Personal Assistant to the Principal
• Must have school-based experience as Personal Assistant
• Salary £100 - £150 per day.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The college is seeking to recruit a highly motivated, efficient, professional and friendly candidate to work as a personal assistant to the principal. Most importantly, you will act as a primary point of contact for the principal liaising between her and the wider staff body, students, parents, governors and other external agencies. The role personal assistant to the principal will involve a range of high level administrative and organisational support including organising and managing leaders' schedules, overseeing communications to the college, including Compliments & Complaints, and administering a range of internal and external events in the college calendar. The college wants to look personal assistant CVs ASAP and meet them for an interview.

SCHOOL INFORMATION

The college is a 16-19 Sixth Form focusing on academic and vocational excellence. For over 25 years, they have been providing high-quality education opportunities to Sixth Form students, with the firm belief that learning empowers young people.

Their brilliant teachers and support staff are committed to ensuring you achieve the best possible outcomes; being a Sixth Form means all of their teachers specialise in teaching 16-19 year olds and are experts in their fields.

School PA role

• Welcoming Principal's visitors and signing them.
• Maintaining strong links with administrative staff
• Ensuring good relationships are built between the Principal, staff, parents and pupils.
• Answering the telephone, screen and direct phone calls and distributing correspondence.
• Maintain an accurate and efficient electronic and paper filing system and be responsible for records management including archiving whilst improving paperless working by scanning to a central secure location.
• To act as first line contact for the Principal, using discretion and tact to ensure telephone callers and visitors receive a professional response, and are dealt with by the appropriate person.
• Providing a high-level secretarial service.

REQUIREMENTS

Applications are welcome from personal assistant's at any stage in their career. All applicants will have experience of working in a school environment as a personal assistant.

Please note, where a salary or daily rate range is stated, the higher rate applies to candidates who meet the enhanced experience, training or qualification requirements specified within the advert. All daily/hourly rates quoted are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07%