Administrative Assistant
Closing Date: Noon Thursday 6 November 2025
Interview Date(s): week beginning Monday 10 November, dates TBC
Job Start Date: As soon as possible, taking into account any relevant notice periods, which can be flexible
Salary: Pay Band 3 (fte £24796 - £25201 dependent on experience)
Contract: Permanent, term time only
Hours of Work: 27.5 hours per week
Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm with half an hour for lunch
Would you like to be part of our friendly and busy school office team? If you feel this is for you, we are looking to appoint a cheerful, friendly and efficient person whose main role will be to look after our school reception, offering a warm welcome to all visitors and answering enquiries from staff, pupils and parents. This post helps to deliver a happy, caring and efficient administrative service to our school and wider community.
As part of our hard-working and committed office team you will also provide excellent administrative support. Therefore, experience of working in an office environment would be a strong advantage.
We are looking to appoint someone:
- with a friendly disposition, who is flexible and adaptable
- to be a welcoming and professional ambassador to our school
- who is a confident communicator both in person and on the phone
- enjoys working within a team
- will be dedicated to the needs of the school and most importantly, the children
- who has the ability to operate in a highly organised manner to cope with the demands of a busy school office where attention to detail and confidentiality are paramount
- has the ability to remain calm and work under pressure at times
- is self-motivated to multi task, prioritise and manage their work load without supervision
- who has good IT skills with knowledge of Microsoft word and excel
- previous experience of working in a school environment and knowledge of Arbor is desirable, but not essential
- who is committed to the security and safeguarding arrangements according to school policy
- with a good sense of humour
- who has Maths and English qualifications to at least level 2
In return we will offer:-
- A caring and positive environment inspired by our strong ethos
- A team committed to the wellbeing of staff and pupils
- The opportunity to work within a ‘good’ school amongst a hardworking team of friendly staff
- A supportive, friendly and welcoming school team
- Superb working conditions and environment
- Appropriate training as required
Visits to our school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Solent Infant School on 023 9237 1073 to arrange an appointment time. You will be based predominantly at Solent Infant School. However, as you will be appointed to The De Curci Trust, you may be required to work in any of The De Curci Trust’s academies or in any of the schools/academies that the Trust is supporting as reasonably directed by the CEO. The ability to travel independently between DCT academies/schools is therefore essential.
If you wish to apply for this post, then please visit My New Term and job reference:
https://mynewterm.com/jobs/144189/EDV-2025-SIS-76822
Please note we do not accept CV’s.
The De Curci Trust and Solent Infant School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with all other relevant employment checks. Completed application forms will be passed to the recruitment panel for shortlisting and will be reviewed against the person specification detailed in the advert. Applications will be assessed upon receipt, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. An early application is therefore strongly advised.