Secretary
- Organisation
- Buxted CEP
- Number of positions
- 1
- Location
- Buxted
- Salary
- £27,869 - £28,486 per annum pro rata
- Closing date
- 31/03/2025
- Contract type
- Term Time - Permanent
- Work pattern
- Full Time
- Hours
- 37
- Job type
- Administration and Clerical
- Job reference
- orbis/TP/229679/44276
- Organisation
- Buxted CEP
- Number of positions
- 1
- Location
- Buxted
- Salary
- £27,869 - £28,486 per annum pro rata
- Closing date
- 31/03/2025
- Contract type
- Term Time - Permanent
- Work pattern
- Full Time
- Hours
- 37
- Job Type
- Administration and Clerical
- Job reference
- orbis/TP/229679/44276
Are you a highly organised, friendly, and detail-orientated professional looking for a rewarding role in a dynamic school environment?
Buxted CE Primary School are looking for a school secretary to be the heart of our front office, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and providing essential support to children, staff and parents. You will demonstrate excellent communication skills, engaging professionally and positively within your role.
You’ll be the kind of person who is efficient, happy to take the initiative, calm under pressure, good at meeting tight deadlines and enjoys the buzz of a busy office.
You’ll need to be computer literate with competent typing skills and office administration experience. Ideally, we’re looking for someone with previous school office experience and knowledge of Arbor, but full training will be given.
Buxted is a thriving C of E Primary with excellent links to our local community and church. We pride ourselves in building strong relationships with our families and the children in our care to ensure we provide excellent and inclusive all-round education. It’s a friendly, collaborative working environment, with a highly supportive, dedicated staff team.
We can offer you:
- Being part of a positive, forward-thinking collaborative team
- A welcoming community and a highly motivated, friendly, professional staff
- A commitment to your professional development
- A full induction with training in school policies and procedures
- A well-equipped workspace
- Support from the Office Manager in our partner school, and an experienced bursar in school 2.5 days a week
Basic hours for this permanent position will be for 37 hours per week - 8.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday (with a half hour lunch), term-time only (& 5 INSET days).
If you would like to know more about the role, would like to arrange a visit or would like an application form and job description please contact our Headteacher: head@buxtedce.e-sussex.sch.uk
Visits are warmly welcomed. We do not accept CVs
Closing date for applications Monday 31 March 2025 9am
Interview date Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Working pattern: Full-time, Term-time only (working for 40 weeks per year plus 6.20 weeks annual leave, which will increase after 5 years' continuous service)
(As the position is term-time only, the above salary will be pro rata)
This post is covered by the Childcare Disqualification Regulations 2018.
The school will need to ensure that they are not knowingly employing a person who is disqualified under the 2018 Regulations in connection with relevant childcare provision. Accordingly, the successful candidate will be required to demonstrate to the school, by completing a self-declaration form as part of the pre-employment checks process, that they have not been disqualified under the 2018 Regulations.
If the preferred candidate is found to be disqualified under the 2018 Regulations, the offer of employment will be subject to the application by the preferred candidate to Ofsted for a waiver and the receipt of a waiver from Ofsted
Additional Information
Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency’s Points-based Immigration System.
Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be expected to hold or be willing to obtain Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go to www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
All school based staff have the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children. All school staff should be aware of the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and work in accordance with this document at all times.