Job Description

Notre Dame School

Plymouth
21,288 - 22,312 per year

Salary:

Grade C, Term Time Plus 1 Week. LGPS Pension

Job type:

Part Time, Permanent

Start date:

03 September 2025

Apply by:

31 August 2025

Job overview

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Required for September

Administrative Assistant

37 hours per week, 5 days per week (Mon - Fri, 8:00am - 4:00pm), 39 weeks per annum (term time, plus one week - INSET and After School Events)

Grade C Scale Point 3 - 6: 24,027 to 25,183 (pro-rata'd for part-time hours)
Actual salary 21,288 to 22,312
Plus first aid allowance (following completion of training) and membership to Local Government Pension Scheme

Plymouth CAST are looking for an exceptional individual who can combine excellent people skills with a strong admin background to join our admin team working in our fast-paced school environment across Student Services and Reception at Notre Dame School. This role will be based at our Student Services Reception desk, visitor Reception and Main Office and the postholder will provide advice and guidance to students, parents, colleagues and other agencies along with providing admin and organisational support to the senior and pastoral leaders.


The successful candidate should possess excellent interpersonal skills; be able to interact on all levels, use a firm but fair approach with students, adjust their approach appropriate to the audience and make sound judgements. An ability to remain calm whilst under pressure is essential, along with a good sense of humour.


Strong administrative skills are required and will be tested at interview e.g. competence with Google and Microsoft Office programmes such as Word and Excel. On the job training will be provided for other packages, such as SIMS/other digital platforms. The postholder will both triage and deliver first aid as required, therefore willingness to undertake formal First Aid training and maintain the qualification, is essential.


The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate a passion for working with young people, have an understanding of Child Protection and Safeguarding (training provided) and be resilient and optimistic.


There are opportunities for vocational training. Business/Admin, or student/school-related qualifications may be available via distance learning under the apprenticeship framework for suitable candidates.

To apply; please complete our application form via this site (using Quick Apply). CVs are not accepted.





The school reserves the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received to proceed to interview. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications swiftly to avoid disappointment.

Closing Date: Midnight, Monday 1st September 2025


Interviews: August 2025

About

Notre Dame School

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Notre Dame School

Looseleigh Lane, Derriford, Plymouth
Devon
PL6 5HN
United Kingdom

+44 1752 775101

Thank you for taking an interest in Notre Dame School and St Boniface's College. Our schools have a proud tradition dating back to the 19th Century, and we preserve a distinctive approach to education of the whole child.



As Catholic schools we are open to those of all faiths and none, and we offer single sex faith-based education for students from all over Plymouth, with students also joining our schools from Cornwall and West Devon. Girls attend Notre Dame School, and boys attend St Boniface's College. We have a joint Sixth Form that operates principally from Notre Dame.



We place great emphasis on success in its broadest sense, believing that paying attention to the culture in which young people learn is the key to happy and successful students, and staff who enjoy and are fulfilled in their work.



Our curriculum sets out to form students ready for life, not just for the workplace. We recognise that teachers must be supported in bringing their passion and creativity to learning, and that all staff play a part in the formation of the young. We take seriously our mission to send young adults out into the world to make future society a better society. We always seek to recruit people who instinctively want this too, people who have a vision of education that serves the needs of tomorrow, not merely performance frameworks. Through a range of courses and qualifications from key stages 3 to 5 we constantly seek to build a learning experience that engages and inspires, paying as much attention to the super-curriculum as we do to formal taught studies.



Catholic education is a gift to the world, with a concern for social justice, a fairer society, and attention to formation of the person as a unique creation. Whether you are Catholic or not, you will be welcomed to play your part in helping us to build such a vision and model of education. We believe in investing strongly in professional formation, and creating professional opportunities, knowing that every person who works with us has their own aspirations, and seeks fulfilment in their role.



We want you to enjoy working at Notre Dame School and St. Boniface's College. Our staff consider the sense of community and the motivation of students as our schools' greatest strengths. Our visitors tell us that they are struck by the friendliness of our students and colleagues, the quality of our learning environment and the ethos of the schools.



If you'd like to find out more, we'd love to hear from you and to show you around!

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