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Personal Assistant to Headteacher
- Posted 20 February 2024
- Salary 32500
- LocationRoyal Kensington and Chelsea
- Job type Permanent
- Reference58019
- Contact NameHannah Gabel
Job description
Personal Assistant to Headteacher | Kensington
Are you a skilled Personal Assistant or a seasoned school administrator seeking an invigorating new opportunity? If so, we have an exciting position for you!
We are currently seeking a dedicated Personal Assistant to support the Headteacher at a prestigious school in Kensington.
Personal Assistant to Headteacher job summary:
- Personal Assistant to Headteacher salary is £30,000 - £35,000.
- Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Headteacher, maintaining the school's public image and ensuring a warm reception for all visitors.
- To provide personal, administrative, and organisational support to the Headteacher
- To undertake the typing and IT tasks required to produce correspondence and confidential documents.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for the Headteacher, responding to inquiries and emails promptly and independently.
- To meet and greet all the Headteacher’s visitors, ensuring they are welcomed in a polite, friendly, and efficient manner.
- To attend confidential staff meetings and take minutes, prepare documentation, meeting set deadlines, and distribute to relevant parties under the direction of the Headteacher.
- To liaise/communicate on behalf of the Headteacher with Governors, staff, parents/carers, students, LA, unions and members of the extended school community.
- To be responsible for maintaining an efficient review system of all school polices and ensuring all school policies ratified by the Governing Body are available to staff in the staff intranet.
- Coordinate and produce key publications such as the School Improvement Plan and School Policy documents in collaboration with senior leadership.
- To be responsible for the preparation of agendas and paperwork for all Governors meetings, in liaison with the Clerk to the Governors, Headteacher, Chair of Governors, Chairs of Committees, Deputy Headteachers, Business Manager and the LA as appropriate.
Personal Assistant to Headteacher requirements:
- A 2:1 degree or above.
- Applicants will have first-rate IT skills in all MS Office applications.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience of working in a dynamic and challenging administrative environment.
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
- Experience as an executive assistant/personal assistant to senior management preferred.
- Must be willing to complete an enhanced DBS.
If you're interested in this exciting opportunity as a Personal Assistant to the Headteacher, please contact Hannah at Ribbons & Reeves without delay!
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