At Northgate Primary and Nursery School our vision is for children to be proud of themselves and strive to be the best that they can; to feel understood and supported to achieve success; to be safe and happy; to learn the skills to give them confidence to face the future; to know how to behave well; to be treated equally and to feel important within their school, family and the wider community.  

We are looking for a Business Support Officer to join our busy school office.  This role requires a calm, highly organised individual who is confident to interact with others and can work under pressure. Experience of working in an administrative or business support capacity within an educational setting would be advantageous.  

The hours of work in this post are 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term-time + one week)     

The successful candidate will: 

• Be consistently positive, polite and professional
• Be confident to interact professionally and form effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, including parents, pupils, staff, outside agencies and members of the public 
• Have embedded strategies to manage an intensive and varied workload 
• Possess, or be willing to train to acquire, strong ICT skills, including Office 365 and other software packages used by the school. 
• Demonstrate high levels of organisation and attention to detail 
• Be able to adhere rigorously to confidentiality and GDPR regulations. 

 We can offer: 

•  a welcoming and caring staff team 
• a supportive team of professionals within the school and as part of Kingfisher Schools Trust   
• a range of dedicated staff wellbeing support  

  Kingfisher Schools Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits, including: 

• Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
• Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
• Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution 
• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice 
• Shopping and leisure discounts 
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme 
• Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme 

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received. 

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.