School Office Administrator & First Aid Coordinator

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

Interviews: To be held in February.

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: 31st January 2025