What skills and experience we're looking for
Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School is recruiting a permanent Administration Assistant (Sixth Form). This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an outstanding Sixth Form team, where you will be valued by colleagues and students alike. Our Sixth Form is a vibrant and diverse community, and you will be playing a key role supporting the team to ensure that students have the best possible Sixth Form experience.
This role will provide administrative and reception support across the Sixth Form, and occasionally the wider school, which may include duties such as handling communications, producing documentation and organising events.
Please see our Recruitment Pack for full details.
What the school offers its staff
Employees of Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School benefit from:
• National contractual terms and pay: LGGS adopts the national School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (‘Burgundy Book’) for teaching staff, and the National Joint Council (NJC ‘Green Book’) terms for support staff.
• Access to a competitive company pension scheme: Teachers’ Pension Scheme (teaching staff) or Local Government Pension Scheme (support staff).
• Enhanced annual leave allowances for support staff: full-time support staff receive 26 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years’ service), plus 8 statutory bank holidays and 2 extra-statutory days leave.
• Enhanced occupational maternity/ paternity/ adoption leave allowances.
• Access to pro-active health and wellbeing promotion schemes.
• Employee Assistance Schemes including access to advice and counselling.
• Occupational health support such as physiotherapy.
• Retail discounts via BlackHawk Extras.
• Cycle-to-work purchasing scheme and secure cycle storage on-site.
• On-site gym with discounted membership rate.
• On-site canteen.
Please see our Recruitment Pack for full details.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.