Office Assistant

Start Date: ASAP

Salary: GST B Grade, £23,606 FTE (Actual: £13,461 per annum pro rata)

Hours: 3 days a week, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 8.00am to 4.30pm.

Contract: Permanent, term-time + Inset days

We are looking to appoint a welcoming, organised and friendly person to join our busy and successful Office Team. The School Office is at the heart of our school and we believe this key post will continue to maintain and build on our successes and help us to develop for the future.

The successful candidate must demonstrate a professional approach with excellent communication and organisational skills. The applicant should be highly proficient with Microsoft packages, including Excel and Word and be able to demonstrate good numerical skills. The applicant should have the ability to manage a range of varied tasks, provide administrative support to the school and be a key point of contact for pupils, parents, staff and visitors.

Experience of working in a school setting would be an advantage.

Visits to the school are welcome please call the school office

Please read the Job pack carefully. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date: 31^st November 2025

Interview: TBC

Queen Eleanor’s C of E Junior School is part of The Good Shepherd Trust Academy and has well-resourced classrooms and a supportive staff team.

The GST is a multi-academy trust serving 24 schools within the Diocese of Guildford across Surrey and Hampshire. Our trust comprises both primary and secondary schools, schools affiliated to the Church of England and others who are not.  Our purpose is to grow and maintain a strong network of schools within a highly supportive and sharing network: we know that schools are better when they work together sharing common values and goals. Opportunities for staff development are a key priority for us - as a member of support staff, as a teacher, as a head teacher or as a local committee member you will have access to wide and varied professional development.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment “to be better, together, to ensure an ambitious education for every child in every school every day”. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole.  We always appoint on merit. We are always open to discussing flexible working options.

Please note that we reserve the right to interview on application should a suitable candidate apply and we have the right to withdraw this advert prior to the closing date. You are therefore strongly encouraged to apply for the role as soon as possible.

Safeguarding Statement:

The Good Shepherd Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake a full Disclosure and Barring Service Check