PA/Secretarial/Administration/Finance Officer Salary: Grade 5 pro rata (£12.18 per hour) Closing date: 13.10.2024 Job Reference: XS 8.8d Employment type: Permanent. Term time only INSET days. Location: Dorchester Establishment: Frome Valley CE First School Contact Name: Ms Julie Thorp (Headteacher) Address: School Drive, Crossways, Dorchester, Dorset. DT2 8WR Telephone: 01305 852643 Email: [email protected] PA/Secretarial/Administration/Finance Officer Required from October 2024. This appointment is for 12 hours per week. Working hours are 12.30pm to 3.30pm, Monday to Thursday. We are looking for a calm, friendly and efficient person to provide administrative and secretarial support to school. We have our school finance officer so there will be limited finance work within this role. We are looking for someone who has: ● strong interpersonal and communication skills ● excellent organisational and administrative skills ● a willingness to learn new skills and work as part of a team ● the ability to thrive in a fast-paced working environment prone to regular interruptions ● positive and mutually supportive relationships with colleagues and parents The post requires a high degree of interpersonal, organisation and communication and administrative skills (including initiative, flexibility, diplomacy and discretion and a professional approach). Frome Valley First School is part of Wessex Multi Academy Trust. The successful candidate will be an employee of the Trust. Visits to the school are welcomed; please arrange a convenient appointment via the school office. Please apply online. CVs are not accepted. Closing date: Sunday 13 th October 2024 Interview date: Monday 21 st October 2024 (pm) Further Information Frome Valley First School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines. The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements. The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year. Pay award pending. This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. Keeping Children Safe in Education Frome Valley First School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. About Us Not Specified