The role is a Permanent, Term-Time plus 15 days working in the school holidays

Monday to Friday: (08:00am - 17:00pm)

Salary from: £25,408 to £29,103 depending on experience

To Start: ASAP

Blossom House is an Ofsted-rated "Outstanding" specialist school for children aged 3 - 19 years of age with speech, language and communication difficulties. We are rapidly expanding and are therefore looking for a new School Office Administrator to join our team.

What the role involves:

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced & enthusiastic Office Administrator & First Aid Coordinator to join our very busy School Administration Team. This role would ideally suit someone with a high level of administrative & First Aid experience.

You will need excellent collaboration skills, good attention to detail, very good computer skills, an ability to multi-task, continually learn in the role, and develop good working relationships with children, parents, colleagues and external members.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of administration work, preferably in a school environment.
• Experienced First Aider
• Able to work efficiently under pressure within a team- this is a very busy school office!
• Have experience of and be competent in the use and maintenance of a school management information system.
• Be well organised with good administrative skills.
• Have the ability to prioritise and work accurately with attention to detail.
• Have excellent communication skills, particularly in the drafting of correspondence, formal letters and responding to queries.
• Be able to build effective working relationships and work well as part of a team.
• Be proficient in Word, Outlook, and Excel and ideally have experience of using databases.
• Understand and respect sensitivity of pupil, carer and staff records and ensure confidentiality of all written and verbal communications.
• Understand the importance of safeguarding within a school environment.

Closing date: 7th January 2025.

HOW TO APPLY

Click on the 'Apply now' button below. You can find the application form in the supporting documents below. Please upload your completed application form. The closing date for applications is 7th January 2025.

Safeguarding Statement

Blossom House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; successful applicants must be suitable to work with children and will need to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Certificate with barred list information.