Finance/Administrative Assistant
Inkpen Primary SchoolSupport Staff
Status
Live Now
Date Listed9 September 2026
ContractPART_TIME
Listing TypeDfE_TV
About This Role
- Undertake reception duties, answering general telephone and face to face enquiries and signing in visitors
- Assist with pupil first aid/welfare duties, looking after sick pupils, liaising with parents/staff etc
- Arrangements for school trips, events etc.
- Provide general clerical administrative support, e.g. typing, photocopying, scanning, manual filing, emailing, completion of standard forms, and responding to routine correspondence/emails
- Maintain manual and computerised records and update management information systems and databases
- Produce lists/information/data as required, e.g. pupil data
- Sort and distribute mail
- Maintain and collate pupil reports
- Maintain stock and supplies, distributing as required
- Provide general advice and guidance to staff, pupils and other
- Timely
and accurate completion of routine administrative tasks relating but not
limited to:
o Processing purchase orders and purchase invoices
o Collection and processing of income (including banking)
o Receipt and distribution of goods and services
o Collation of staff overtime sheets and absences for authorisation
o Any other financial transactions identified
- Follow the school’s Financial Management Policy (FMP) and local procedures in all matters with an emphasis on obtaining best value.
- Alert Line Manager of any issues identified beyond own remit.
- Manage own work to ensure that all deadlines specified by the Department for Education, Local Authority, Governors, Headteacher and FO/SBM are met.
- Promote the welfare of children and support the school in safeguarding children through relevant policies and procedures
- Promote equality as an integral part of the role, respecting differences, and treating everyone with fairness and dignity.
- Comply with school health and safety policies, procedures and rules, taking reasonable care of self and others.