School Business Assistant (Assistant Clerk)

‘Let love and kindness be the motivation behind all that you do’

1 Corinthians 16:14

The Governors wish to appoint an Assistant Clerk (graded as School Business Assistant) with professionalism, enthusiasm and compassion to join our friendly and hard-working church school team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as an assistant clerk, working in a team alongside our established senior clerk. Full training will be given.

The post would be best suited to a professional and personable individual who has administration experience and good attention to detail.

This post is to work 15 hours per week, on Thursdays and Fridays.

The start date for this appointment will be September 2025.

As our new Assistant Clerk, you will:

• Demonstrate excellent IT knowledge and have good communication and organisational skills.
• Be able to prioritise and organise workloads under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate and fulfil reception duties by various methods of communication in a professional and courteous manner.
• Be an excellent team player with a willingness to be an integral part of the school community.
• Have the ability to develop relationships and communicate with all school stakeholders, in a happy and positive manner.
• Be able to prioritise and organise routine statutory tasks and one-off projects/events. 
• Be sympathetic with the Christian ethos of our school.
• Be committed to our policies on keeping children safe from harm.

We will offer you:

• A happy thriving church school environment
• Committed, supportive, caring and friendly staff.
• Commitment to support staff wellbeing and work life balance.
• A leadership team supportive of training & development opportunities. 
• Excellent training opportunities and professional development
• The opportunity to work as part of a supportive and experienced team

If you would like a tour of our school and opportunity to discuss this post further, please contact Mr John Clapham, Headteacher on 01246 417243 or email headteacher@st-andrewscofe.derbyshire.sch.uk.

At St Andrew’s, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all members of our school community to share this commitment.

Provisional Interview Date: 27 June 2025