Administrative Assistant

Band C

Part time 28.5 Hours per Week - 39 Weeks per Year

Fixed term to 31/12/2025

The Governing Body are seeking to appoint an experienced and knowledgeable, enthusiastic and friendly administrative assistant to carry out our financial processes with front office support from Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:45 am to 4:00 pm and Tuesday and Thursday 8:45 am to 1:00 pm . We are keen to hear from individuals who will support our school's vision and ethos and who are willing to work as part of the administrative team.

Your key duties and responsibilities will be:

• Maintain school financial systems and processes for ordering through to payment processing
• To ensure that information systems and pupil records are well maintained and updated.
• To support the leadership and pastoral team in the administrative tasks associated with recording, monitoring and reporting pupil attendance.
• To maintain the school single central record.
• To ensure effective communication with families, staff and outside agencies.
• Maintaining a welcoming and informative reception for parents, children and visitors while ensuring school security arrangements are always complied with.

The successful applicant will have strong literacy and numeracy skills; be enthusiastic, proactive and engaging; be able to provide effective leadership for the school admin team through strong knowledge and experience of school office systems and procedures.

Application closing date is Monday, 6th January 2025
Shortlisting will take place on Tuesday, 7 January 2025
Interviews will take place on Monday, 13th January 2025

Application forms for the above post are available online at www.wirral.gov.uk and also from the school office. Please return application forms with a supporting letter addressed to Miss Sarah Purkis, Business Manager by emailing schooloffice@lingham.wirral.sch.uk (please note we cannot accept CV's, our application form must be completed in full).

This post is subject to an Enhanced Level DBS check. Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory pre-employment checks including satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS and Barred List checks. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview.

All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of sex, race or disability.

Lingham Primary School
Town Meadow Lane
Moreton
Wirral CH46 7UQ
Tel: 0151 677 5381
Email: schooloffice@lingham.wirral.sch.uk
www.linghamprimary.co.uk