Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001652

Date posted

02/07/2025

Apply by

16/07/2025

Salary

32,654

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Administration and Clerical

21st Century Schools Administrative Support Officer

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Job description

Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

An opportunity has arisenfor a 21st Century schools Administrative Support Officer to cover a period of maternity leave (from Monday 18th August 2025 until Friday 18th June 2026) in the Business Support Section of Education and Inclusion Services.





The post is based at the Valleys Innovation Centre in Abercynon and the successful candidate will join a small team providing direct support to Senior Officers throughout the Directorate.





This post will provide high quality project management and administrative support to the School Improvement Service and the wider Education and Inclusion Service Senior Management Team. Main duties include a range of administration support, preparation of documentation and reports, arranging meetings/minute taking, representing the Council at meetings and assisting in consultation events.



Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.



In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.