Senior Administrative Assistant - Job Share

The Westgate School is a warm,

vibrant and forward-thinking community where colleagues and pupils learn

together. As an Ofsted-rated ‘Outstanding’ school, we are proud of our culture

of academic excellence. We are seeking to appoint a Senior

Administrative Assistant to join our committed School Support team.

What we’re looking for:

The successful candidate will have

responsibility for all aspects of administration and collection of payments for

trips and activities across both the primary and secondary phase to include:

Liaison with trip

leaders and the finance team to ensure compliant running of school trips in

accordance with policy Responsibility for

the preparation of travel packs, (administration and medical) ensuring all

necessary documentation is in place Management of the day

to day pupils DofE accreditation in liaison with DofE lead Sending

communications to parents as directed by trip leader, and respond to queries in

accordance with office practice Monitoring income,

tracking parental payments and replies, and keeping relevant colleagues

informed Supporting

administrative colleagues as required Being a member of the

School’s First Aid team

Key skills and knowledge

required:

The ability to

organise a busy and varied workload to meet strict deadlines The ability to work

on own initiative A high level of

interpersonal and communication skills To be confident in

the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and outlook with the ability to extract and

manipulate data Good attention to

detail and consistency Flexible and

adaptable to the demands of the workload throughout the academic year Familiarity with

Tucasi would be an advantage but training will be given