Job Introduction
We are looking for a special person to join our friendly and hardworking administrative team. Reporting directly to the School Business Manager and the Head teacher, this is a key role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of our school and includes staffing the school reception desk, and carrying out a range of administrative duties.
You will be a confident and efficient person with good administrative skills, and you’ll be able to manage common office systems such as email, word processing, and receipt of orders and deliveries. You will often be the first person that parents or visitors speak to at the school, so you will need to have excellent communication skills, and ideally you will bring successful experience of working with the public in a busy environment – perhaps a school, or another public-facing role.
We’re very proud of the strong supportive and welcoming culture in our school, and we’re looking for someone who gets on with people, is cheerful and positive, and who thrives in a busy environment. The right person for this job will be someone who wants to work in a school environment, supporting the work of the teaching staff and administrative team, is flexible and a good learner and who has high professional standards for themselves – along with great customer service skills.
Wood Farm Primary School is conveniently located in the Headington area of Oxford, in beautiful modern buildings and grounds. We have a large and very welcoming staff team, friendly children who come to us from a wide range of backgrounds, and we work closely with the adjoining Slade Nursery School – part of our federation of schools.
Because this role will involve contact with children, and potential access to confidential and sensitive information, Enhanced Disclosure and comprehensive background checks will be required prior to any appointment.
Application Procedure
Visits to the school are encouraged: please contact Catherine Routledge, School Business Manager, on 01865 762575 to arrange a visit.
Please email completed Oxfordshire County Council application forms to sbm.2589@wood-farm.oxon.sch.uk.
Closing date for applications 12:00 noon Monday 22nd September
Interviews w/c 22nd September
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
