Student Services Supervisor

The Latimer Arts College; Kettering; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The Latimer Arts College in Kettering, UK is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support children and young people and help ensure their academic success. The role requires literacy and numeracy, strong ICT skills, and the ability to maintain professional boundaries with pupils.

You will work within a school environment, handle data protection and confidentiality, use the School Information Management System, and collaborate with staff to resolve issues with resilience and calm under pressure.

Qualifications

• High level of literacy and numeracy skills
• Motivated to work with children and young people to ensure they are successful
• Commitment to, and belief in, the equal value of all students
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships with children and young people
• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline
• Experience of working with children in an educational setting
• Awareness of child protection issues
• Proven experience of working in administration
• Prior relevant experience of working in a school
• Experience of using a School’s Information Management System
• First Aid trained (or willing to undertake training)
• Strong ICT skills, especially in the use of Word and Excel
• Appropriate level of data protection, security, and confidentiality awareness
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Ability to problem solve and identify issues that children may experience and how they can be resolved
• Accurate, consistent and have an attention to detail
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to keep calm and maintain an air of authority
• Efficient and organised: independent and effective in time management
• Ability to use initiative
• Willing to be flexible and adaptable

Skills

Literacy & numeracy

Motivation to work with children

Belief in equal value of all students

Form/maintain appropriate boundaries

Emotional resilience

ICT skills

Communication & listening

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Time management

Use of initiative

Flexibility & adaptability

First Aid trained or willing

Tools

School SIS system

Job description

• High level of Literacy and Numeracy skills,equivalent to Level 3
• Motivated to work with children and young peopleto ensure they are successful
• Commitment to, and belief in, the equal value ofall students
• Ability to form and maintain appropriaterelationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
• Emotional resilience in working with challengingbehaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline
• Experience of working with children in aneducational setting
• An awareness of child protection issues
• Proven experience of working in administration
• Prior relevant experience of working in a school
• Experience of using a School’s InformationManagement System
• First Aid trained (or a willingness to undertaketraining)
• Strong ICT skills, especially in the use of Wordand Excel
• Appropriate level of data protection, security,and confidentiality awareness
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Ability to problem solve and an awareness andability to identify issues that children may experience and how they can beresolved
• Accurate, consistent and have an attention todetail
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to keep calm and maintain an air ofauthority
• Efficient and organised: independent andeffective in time management
• Ability to use initiative
• Willing to be flexible and adaptable