Job Description

Ark Boulton Academy

Golden Hillock Road

Birmingham

B11 2QG

Telephone number: 0121 773 8156

Email address:

Required as soon as possible.

To provide a high standard of secretarial, administrative and management support in order to assist in the smooth running of all academy activities.

To provide a welcoming school reception presenting a positive image of the academy.

To take a specialist role in one of the administrative areas covered by the administration team.

Our ideal candidate:

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Good IT skills, including the ability to confidently use Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Willingness and ability to learn and operate new IT systems and databases.

Excellent administrative and organisational skills.

Understands the importance of confidentiality and discretion.

Ability to priorities workload and hit deadlines.

View the full job description and person specification here.

Why us?

By joining Ark Boulton Academy means, you become part of a network of education experts who are all united by the same purpose - a commitment to making a difference where it matters most.

Each day is unique for our team, as they collectively support the activities within and outside the school. Our consortium of creative and resourceful team members ensure we go above and beyond in order to constantly improve our service to the community we serve. Our strapline \xe2\x80\x98growing together, reaching higher \'applies as much to our staff as our students.

We recognise that the health and wellbeing of our staff will affect that of our students. For this reason, we have invested in developing our wellbeing room and other initiatives to care for our whole school community.

Our staff are a valuable and integral part of our community and are given the room to grow and develop in an encouraging, challenging and rewarding environment. They are role-models and ambassadors for Boulton on a professional and public level. They reflect the virtues we promote which include courage, self-discipline, commitment, and honesty.

By becoming a member of our school family, you will embrace multiple opportunities for personal and professional development, not just within the school, but from the internationally renowned Ark family of schools we are a part of.

Through Ark, our staff can share best practice and receive training from some of the most talented individuals in the country.

Specific benefits at Ark Boulton include:

Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning, soup for lunch and lunch for those on duty. We have parking available, a gym on site and a well-equipped staff room including a pool table.

Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research led and based on the needs of our local context. For instance, at present we do not use traditional book marking across the school.

On Fridays, children finish at 1.55pm, giving time and space for professional development amongst staff.

Staff voice is important to us; we like to listen to our staff. We are always seeking feedback and input from our staff.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Birmingham City Council