Vacancies
Administrative Assistant
- 16 hours per week / 39 weeks per year (Term Time and PD Days)
- Monday to Thursday 2pm – 5.15pm and Friday 2pm – 5pm (Preferred hours but negotiable)
- £24,404 (FTE)
- Required from May/June 2025. This is a fixed term post for one year but with a view to being made permanent.
Experienced Administrative Assistant required for a thriving community school in the heart of Bury St Edmunds.
Westgate CP School is a popular school with ‘Good’ Ofsted rating (2022). We are looking for a motivated and dedicated Administrative Assistant.
You will be motivated and hard working with a real passion for working within a very busy school environment. You will need excellent communication and ICT skills, experience of working in a busy office environment and a positive, ‘can do’ attitude.
This role is an opportunity to enhance your customer service skills as the welcoming face of the school. You will also have the chance to work on administrative and finance tasks and interact with the whole school community, including direct contact with our children. We pride ourselves in our school being a welcoming and supportive place to work.
Experience of working in a school and knowledge of SIMS/Arbor/FMS software would be advantageous.
Please do read all of the supporting information and get in touch as per the contact information below (via email over the Easter break) if you have any questions.
Application Deadline
Completed online application forms must be received by 9am, 28 April 2025
If you need any assistance, please email the School Business Manager:
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Our job applicants’ privacy notice and safeguarding statement can be found on this page.
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please contact our School Business Manager, Annie Drugan, on 01284 755988 for an appointment to visit the school.
Completing your application
Candidates are asked to complete all the standard information required on the application form, including a supporting statement addressing all of the points clearly as detailed within the Person Specification for this post.
Please refer to all of the supporting documents including our Safeguarding Statement.