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Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School

Personal Assistant

Closing date: 04/10/2024 at 12:00

Job Start Date: November 2024

Contract/Hours: Permanent , Full-time

Salary Type: Support Staff

Salary Details: Grade C: FTE £21,190 – £22,215

Hours of Work: 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Thursday and 8:30am - 4:00pm Friday

Location of Role: Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School

Contact e-mail address: [email protected]

Job/Person Summary

Bishop Challoner is a very popular, oversubscribed and successful Catholic school serving the Catholic Community of Basingstoke and the surrounding areas. We also seek to serve families who wish to educate their children in a faith.

We are seeking to appoint an efficient, exceptionally well organised Personal Assistant to work directly for the Headteacher and School Business Manager. The working hours are Monday to Thursday 8:30am – 4:30pm and Friday 8:30am – 4:00pm term time only. There may be the occasional need to support the school outside of these hours.  

Applicants should have significant experience in an administrative role with a proven track record in secretarial tasks including:

• Acting as the first line of response for the Headteacher/School Business Manager communications, screening emails and telephone calls.
• The ability to manage appointments to optimise effective diary management.
• Providing administrative support, including accurate record keeping and minute taking.
• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• The ability to work under pressure and multi-task with a confident approach.

This varied and pivotal role requires the candidate to be versatile and forward thinking with excellent IT skills. The successful candidate will have a highly professional approach coupled with high levels of confidentiality.

As a school we are committed to continuous improvement and supporting professional development, be this as a whole school or on an individual basis.

We believe Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School is a fantastic place to work, read what some of our team have to say www.bcs.hants.sch.uk/page/?title=What it's really like to work here
 
If you have the drive and commitment to be part of the forward thinking team we would love to hear from you.

Application Procedure

Please note that we do not accept applications on Hampshire County Council forms as we are a Catholic school. All applications must be submitted on forms from the Catholic Education Service that are available on http://www.bcs.hants.sch.uk/vacanciesnav/ or by request from school.

If you require any further information or would like to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Beverley O’Shea via e-mail [email protected]