School Business Assistant

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35 Hours per week / 39 Weeks per year (term time plus 5 insets)

(8:30am – 4:00pm – 30 minutes unpaid lunch) 

Fairfield Endowed CofE Junior School are looking for a School Business Assistant to join our happy, proud and successful team. The post would be best suited to a professional and personable individual who has administration experience, great organisational skills and good attention to detail.

As our new School Business Assistant you will:

• Be able to prioritise and organise workloads under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate and fulfil reception duties by various methods of communication in a professional and courteous manner.
• Be an excellent team player with a willingness to be an integral part of the school community.
• Have the ability to develop relationships and communicate with all school stakeholders, in a happy and positive manner.
• Be able to prioritise and organise routine statutory tasks and one-off projects/events.
• Demonstrate excellent IT knowledge and have good communication and organisational skills. 

In return we can offer:

• A vibrant and happy school community.
• Committed, supportive, caring and friendly staff.
• Commitment to support staff wellbeing and work life balance.
• Knowledgeable and supportive team of dedicated governors.
• A leadership team supportive of training & development opportunities. 

The successful candidate will display commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children.

The start date for this appointment will be as soon as possible.

 Provisional Interview Date:   Week commencing10 February 2025

Please contact Miss Sara Pettett sarap@fairfield-jun.derbyshire.sch.uk  the schools Business Manager at if you require any further information and please submit completed application forms to the same email address.

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.