Clerical Assistant - CEDARS Short Stay School

CEDARS Short Stay School, High Street, Knutton, ST5 6BX

Administration Officer

Hours: 12.5 hours per week, Thursday / Friday, Term -Time only

Salary: Grade 3

Actual Salary: £24,404 per annum, pro rata (actual salary £7354)

Start date: January 2025

We are seeking a highly competent Clerical Assistant to provide organisational, administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team and wider school. This involves a range of responsibilities including reception duties, liaising with parents and outside agencies, maintaining school / pupil records, and financial / purchasing responsibilities.

We have two sites. Our pupils, parents and staff need an approachable and friendly person who enjoys working in a busy environment. This person will need to be well organised, flexible and feel confident working in a setting that caters for children who have a wide range of Social, Emotional, Mental Health and behavioural difficulties.

The successful candidate will need to:

• have a professional, confidential and friendly manner
• be highly motivated with a can-do attitude
• be happy to work as part of a team
• be extremely organised and able to prioritise a changing workload
• have experience of working in a busy client facing office environment, handling a large variety of activities
• be confident in operating a variety of ICT packages including MS word and excel packages
• be willing to undertake any training required
• experience of working in a school would be beneficial
• a familiarity with SIMS would be beneficial

We can offer a rewarding role, working with a team of friendly staff, who are committed to making a difference.

Appointment to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check. References will be taken up prior to interview.

CEDARS Knutton is a Short Stay School for pupils aged 11 - 16 with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

If you would like to arrange a visit to the Newcastle Base, please contact Rosey Whalley on 01782 973760.

Please enclose a letter with your application to the Headteacher, Mr Lee McCartney to explain why you think you are suitable for this post.

Closing date: 9^th December 2024

Short listing date: 10^th December 2024

Interviews date: 16^th December 2024

Completed applications should be sent to Mrs G Tansley, CEDARS Darwin Base, Queens Road, Penkhull, Stoke on Trent, ST4 7LF or email to darwin@cedarsnewcastle.staffs.sch.uk

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service, which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

The application pack can either be downloaded or, alternatively, contact Mrs G. Tansley at CEDARS Darwin Base, telephone 01782 749739 or by emailing darwin@cedarsnewcastle.staffs.sch.uk