• About The Role

  • Salary: Grade 5, £29,635 - £32,075 per annum, pro rata. Approximately £23,700 - £25,651 per annum (0. 0.84383 FTE). Term time + 2 weeks (39 weeks)

    About us and the role

    We’re looking for a friendly, organised, and resourceful Admin Assistant to play a key role in keeping our school running smoothly. In this varied and rewarding role, you’ll be the welcoming face for visitors, the first point of contact for parents and carers, and a trusted source of support for our staff and leadership team.

    From coordinating events, managing key school systems, and keeping records up to date, to preparing important documents and helping to organise after-school activities, no two days will be the same. You’ll use your excellent communication skills and eye for detail to ensure everything runs like clockwork, while contributing to the warm, inclusive atmosphere our school is known for.

    If you’re someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, takes pride in being highly organised, and wants to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people, we’d love to hear from you.

    School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
     
    What will you do?
    • Responsible for devising marketing and promotion strategies for the school including regular updates to the schools’ website.
    • Be responsible for planning, development, design, organisation and monitoring of support services and whole school systems/procedures/policies.
    • Develop and monitor management information systems.
    • Responsible for the provision of specialist advice and guidance to SLT/SSC on national and local guidelines/policy/statute within their own area of responsibility.

  • About Us

  • Why should you apply 

      

    You will be working in a fantastic environment. 

    Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. 

    We offer a range of staff benefits including professional development opportunities, retail discounts, flexible working options, well-being programs, and more; further details at the bottom of the page. 

     
    What are we looking for?
    • Excellent level of literacy and numeracy skills.
    •  Demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining administrative systems and procedures.
    • Significant experience of working in a similar role within an educational setting.
    • Ability to plan and manage their own time effectively and work prioritising tasks in a time efficient manner and keep to deadlines in a very busy environment.
    • Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people

    Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role. 

     
    Further information
    Pre-employment checks
    Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
    Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

    Diversity and Inclusion
    We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. 
    Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
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About our School

Avanti House Secondary School is a thriving school in Stanmore, Harrow. “In addition to achieving well academically, pupils are very well supported to develop more widely. The culture and ethos of the school ensure that pupils are taught to be responsible and caring citizens” - (OFSTED, 2023).

Avanti House is a co-educational, Hindu-faith school that welcomes pupils and staff of all backgrounds. Our fantastic site, which is a few minutes’ walk from Canons Park station, has incredible spaces including sports facilities, theatre, specialist classrooms, dining spaces and a beautiful worship room

Avanti House is a co-educational, Hindu-faith school that welcomes pupils and staff of all backgrounds. Our fantastic site, which is a few minutes’ walk from Canons Park station, has incredible spaces including sports facilities, theatre, specialist classrooms, dining spaces and a beautiful worship room.

“We’re trying to appeal to students in a way, in which we don’t just enrich them in terms of academic success and aiming for the best universities, but its also about developing them as a human being, ensuring the support is in place that they can grow into the people that they want to be.” - Ricardo

Our staff are inspired and passionate about their roles, the vision of the school, and providing the most fulfilling learning experience for pupils. Learning is a quest to discover each student’s unique gifts and potential, and to lay the foundation for their lifelong journey of learning.

Principal Quote:

“The reality behind the school is the people in it. The highlight of our school, is that our staff give students the opportunities to become the best versions of themselves and help make the world a better place.” - Simon Arnell, Principal