Opportunity for a School Administrator

Hourly Rate £12.10 per hour @ 19.5 hours per week, term time only, Wednesday – Friday fixed until 31^st August 2026 in the first instance.

Start Date: Monday 24^th February 2025 at the earliest, depending on availability

Barrow 1618 C of E Primary Free School

Barrow 1618 Church of England Primary Free School is a thriving learning community, serving wonderful pupils and their families. As a small rural primary school it is particularly focused on the benefits of outdoor learning, and encourages freedom of spirit and independence of mind.  We foster an inclusive, caring partnership between parents, staff, children, the Church and the community – our Barrow Family. We seek to provide children with experiential learning that they’ll remember for a lifetime.

Due to the retirement of our current Administrator, the Governors and Headteacher are seeking to appoint a dedicated, professional and committed School Administrator to join our friendly team as the welcoming face of the school. The successful candidate will be responsible for a range of administrative tasks under the direction of the Headteacher and School Business Manager, with a job share partner.

This post will initially be fixed term for 19.5 hours per week, over 3 days (Wednesday-Friday), term time only, with the opportunity for additional hours on an adhoc basis.

Barrow 1618 C of E Free School needs a School Administrator who:

• Has at least 5 GCSE’s at Grade 4 or above, including English and Maths

• Has experience of working in an office environment

• Can demonstrate sound IT skills

• Is able to work independently and prioritise tasks

• Is able to use their own initiative, be flexible and reliable

• Can work effectively as part of a team. Be energetic, positive, committed and   determined to support our children, their families, staff and visitors

For further information about the school, please view our website https://barrow1618school.co.uk/

Barrow 1618 CofE Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

As well as a competitive salary, we can offer you:

• further training and development to enable the effective fulfilment of your role in school
• engaged and supportive staff, parents and governors
• an opportunity to be part of our unique Barrow Family team
• happy and well-behaved children
• the chance to be innovative and to share in the exciting development of our outstanding school a beautiful, peaceful and extensive award-winning rural working environment.

Applicants have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity or religion.

An opportunity to tour the school will be available at 10am on Monday 13^th January. Please contact our school business manager, Angie Pitchford, at barrow.office@taw.org.uk if you wish to attend (please note this inbox will not be monitored during the Christmas break).

Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.

To apply please complete the application form on the ‘Vacancies’ page of the school website and email to barrow.office@taw.org.uk

Closing date for applications: 12pm on Wednesday 15^th January

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 22^nd January

Please note, it will not be possible to offer individual feedback on unsuccessful applications.

Applications only on prescribed form accepted