We are seeking to appoint a highly capable, proactive and dynamic Executive Assistant and Office Manager to take on a new and exciting role within the school. This role is pivotal in ensuring the smooth operation of our school’s administrative functions and supporting the School Leadership Team (SLT). This role presents an exciting opportunity for someone with prior experience working in an office environment to help transform the administrative systems and processes within the school as we embrace new technologies, cloud-based working and try to harness the power of generative AI.
The successful candidate will be working alongside the Deputy Head and wider School Leadership Team in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the school. We are specifically looking for a candidate who is willing to work in school from 7.30am until 2.45pm each day so that they are able to take responsibility for the day-to-day administrative running of the school including teaching staff absence/cover etc.
Location: Woking, Surrey - 15 minute walk from the train station and excellent transport links via A3 and M25
Post: Executive Assistant and Office Manager
Contract type: Permanent
Start Date: As soon as possible
Pay Scale: PS8/PS9 (£35,730 to £43,735 FTE) actuals £28,603 to £37,625 prorated salary is based on 33.5 - 36 hours pw / 39 weeks per year.
Closing Date: 9am on Friday 28 March 2025
Interviews: No later than Monday 31 March 2025
About our School
St John the Baptist School, part of the Xavier Catholic Education Trust, is a highly successful, over-subscribed mixed Catholic school and sixth form based in Woking, Surrey.
We are incredibly proud of our school community and in particular our students who are hardworking, well-balanced and enjoy both learning and spending time with each other and our staff. We work in a very positive culture and strive to make all students’ time at school some of the happiest times of their lives.
Our staff are vibrant, enthusiastic, and passionate about ensuring our students get the very best deal. Standards at SJB are high and academic progress excellent. We work closely with the Xavier Teaching School Hub, Teach SouthEast SCITT and Schools Alliance for Excellence (SAfE) and lead the North East Hants and Surrey Maths Hub.
SJB is a community where every individual is highly valued and where care and concern for others is central to our work. We aim to blend academic learning with excellence pastoral care so that all students and staff thrive and feel successful.
As an employee at SJB, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
* Corporate discount package provided by Edenred (including pre-tax car scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, dental insurance and many other retailer discounts)
* Flexible opportunities for part-time staff
* Excellent training and professional development opportunities both within the school and across the Trust including access to the National College Online, SAfE and all NPQs fully funded
* Ability to book MOT through the school with onsite pick-up/drop-off
* Free annual flu vaccination
* Excellent onsite catering facility
* Free use of the onsite gym (6-8am and 5-8pm weekdays)
* Weekly dry-cleaning pick-up/drop-off service
* Tax free Apple laptop/desktop purchasing scheme with optional payment plan
* Regular staff social events
* Discretionary time off for one-off, special events
* Opportunities to shape the future of our school – staff voice/feedback is incredibly important to us.
This School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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