Clerical Assistant

GR2 Clerical Assistant
Fixed-term Contract (to 31 July 2025)

Location: Kirton Lindsey Primary School, Kirton-in-Lindsey

Hours: 20 hours per week (Mon-Fri 8:30-12:30). 190 day contract, term-time only.

DBS: Yes (Enhanced with Barred List Check)

Start date: September 2024

About this Role
Kirton Lindsey Primary School is looking for a Clerical Assistant to join our expanding team. This is a important role for the school and the successful candidate will work in our busy school office being both child and parent/carer facing. The successful candidate will have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience of working in a school office.

Applicants must have previous experience of working in a school office – although experience of it being a primary school office is not essential.

As a Clerical Assistant you will:
•    Provide routine clerical, typing and photocopying support for staff.
•    Collect and coordinate monies for visits, fundraising etc.
•    Process orders and deliveries and assist with stock control and maintenance of inventories.
•    Maintain pupil, class and staff records.

What we offer:
•    Polite, kind and caring children.
•    Friendly, dedicated and hard working colleagues.
•    Comprehensive, blended CPD programme for all colleagues.
•    Leadership and Governance that is driven by a moral imperative to raise aspirations and attainment for all.
•    Aligned routines and strategies across the school based on the latest pedagogical research. 
•    Sensible and efficient systems to reduce workloads for colleagues.
•    Clear balance and support for children’s pastoral and academic needs.
What we are looking for:
•    People who demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding children and adults.
•    People who are dedicated and hard working professionals with excellent knowledge, skills and experiences in their areas of expertise.
•    People who share our moral imperative to raise aspirations and attainment for all.
•    People who are totally aligned with our vision and values.

Please see the job description and employee specification for more details.
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged, by prior appointment. Please apply for this job using the online application form. For any further details please contact Andy Marshall (Headteacher) at the school.

Kirton Lindsey Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment to this post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. 

Closing date for applications: Friday 5 July at 12:00 noon
Interviews will be held: Week beginning Monday 8 July

The school reserves the right to interview suitable candidates on receipt of application.

Why join us?

We offer:

Competitive salaries

Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 18.5%

Generous annual leave and Bank Holiday entitlement

Flexible and agile working

A modern workplace with access to great technology

Salary sacrifice schemes- ie the option to purchase additional holidays or a bike to cycle to work

Family friendly policies supporting fostering, adoption and caring responsibilities

Our values and culture

We stay true to our values:

Equality of opportunity so everyone can have a good quality of life.

Striving for excellence and high standards.

Using our resources wisely and with integrity.

Promoting self-responsibility and people having choice and control over their own lives.

Our organisational goals are to be:

Progressive and enabling in our approach.

Financially and environmentally sustainable.

Safer recruitment

As an employer, we will:

· Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers.

· Commit to the recruitment of a diverse workforce to best meet the needs of our customers.

· Ensure that recruitment decisions are based on reasonable and objective criteria, free from bias or unfair discrimination.

· Provide training for recruiters to ensure they are fully equipped with the skills to recruit the best people.

· Make reasonable adjustments to any aspect of the process to meet individual need, where known.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.

The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice) 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.