The Kingsway School
6 Foxland Road
Gatley
SK8 4QX
Contract type: Permanent- 37 hours per week, term time only plus 2 weeks (including 5 inset days)
Salary: Scale 5 Point 12-17 £27,711- £30,060(Pro Rata £24,765- £26,864)
Closing date: Thursday 12th December 2024
Interview date: TBC
Details of the Role
The Kingsway School, part of the Education Learning Trust, are seeking to employ a Medical Needs and Administration Officer to work 37 hours per week within our busy Administration department. This role is term time plus 2 weeks (including 5 inset days).
We are seeking to appoint an motivated Medical Needs and Administration Officer to join our friendly, supportive, and outward looking team of teachers and support staff.
The role of the Medical Needs and Administration Officer will provide an efficient and effective administration support service to the school and be the lead practitioner for the school’s medical needs and first aid requirements, ensuring that all policies are maintained, and government guidelines are followed. This will include information gathering, collating medical information, producing student reports for trips, along with managing the medical room.
We are looking for a candidate who has excellent administrative experience, along with exceptional problem solving and analytical skills. The Medical Needs and Administration Officer will possess a demonstrable ability to deal appropriately and sensitively with confidential information and will be a self-starter who is proactive in improving the performance of their area and responsibility
The successful candidate will be first aid trained, ideally with a medical background. Experience with Parentpay and free school meals would be advantageous. They will have a high level of accuracy and proficient IT skills. They will enjoy working in a team and be able to form strong relationships with team members and students.
For full details, please refer to the full job description and person specification attached.
Please return applications to: recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
About ELT
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.
Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:
Exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
School improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
Opportunities for professional development and leadership
A celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
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