Administration and Finance Assistant

The Job: Pleckgate High School seek to appoint an Administration and Finance Assistant to work 20 hours per week in the afternoons. The pro rata salary for this position is £12,280 to £12,474 per annum. What does this job do? Meet and greet visitors to the school and manage visitor sign in and issuing of lanyards according to safeguarding requirements Ensure an excellent level of customer service support to parents, staff, visitors and pupils. To prepare and/or draft correspondence, communications, presentations and other documents for the school as required. Produce lists/information/data as required, eg pupils’ data To undertake any necessary finance administration roles as requested by the SBM What are the job requirements? We require a financial administrative assistant who has excellent organisation, administration and finance skills. Experience of working within education would be beneficial but not essential. Excellent skills in IT particularly the use of Excel and Microsoft Office About Pleckgate High School: We are a large secondary school, part of the Education Partnership Trust (EPT), situated on the northern outskirts of Blackburn. Our school community is made up of 1350 students and 180 staff with excellent facilities to benefit both the school and local community. Pleckgate High School is a thriving multicultural community that places the best interests of young people at the heart of everything we do.   We are an ambitious school with high expectations for ourselves and our pupils. We are committed to providing excellent teaching and learning and we want all our pupils to be safe, happy and successful. In our Ofsted report in June 2024, our school was described as offering a “harmonious and supportive environment. Pupils learn the importance of being kind and respectful towards others”. Every pupil at Pleckgate is encouraged to have ambitious goals and to work hard. A copy of our full report is available from the school website.   We are proud of our achievements – our ambitious curriculum, our examination success, opportunities for pupils' personal development, our charity work and our community involvement. We are significantly oversubscribed and pupils achieve positive outcomes at Pleckgate.   We are significantly oversubscribed and pupils achieve positive outcomes at Pleckgate. We are proud of how staff support pupils in achieving success both academically and through sport.   As a staff member of Pleckgate High School, you will be able to take advantage of the staff benefits, available through the EPT, which includes access to both the Simply Health and Discount for Teachers schemes. We also have an Associate member of our Senior Leadership Team whose role is to work with our staff on staff wellbeing, working to ensure you have a balanced home and work life-style.   If you have any questions about our school, or the role itself, please don't hesitate to