Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated Administrator to join our wonderful school. The successful candidate will provide efficient and professional administrative support to the Senior Deputy Head.

To be successful, you will have:

Experience of providing excellent customer service and effective administration. Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including the ability to mail merge using Word and Excel. Strong organisational skills, time management and the ability to multi-task. Experience of working with databases and Management Information Systems (MIS) Able to work on own initiative and to tight timescales. Able to establish and maintain accurate records, with exceptional attention to detail. Excellent oral and written communication and customer relations skills. Previous experience in an administrative, secretarial or PA role, covering complex administration work A friendly and confident personality with commitment to providing high quality customer service Resilience, commitment and confidence An understanding of the importance of safeguarding in a school environment.

We can offer the successful candidate:

An experienced, supportive, skilled, and innovative staff team, providing a warm welcome. Excellent catering facility, which offers all our staff a complimentary lunch. Free on-site parking. Employee Assistance Program and Cycle to Work Scheme. Complimentary access to onsite leisure facilities including indoor swimming pool, gym, and squash courts.

Contractual Details

Pay: 22,000 to 24,000 FTE


Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm with a 1-hour unpaid lunch break. Flexibility may be considered for the right candidate. Please indicate on your form if you would like us to consider flexibility.


Contract: Permanent Contract, Term-time only contract plus an additional 4 weeks to be worked during the holidays.


Closing date for applications: Thursday, 24th July 2025


Interviews are scheduled to be during week commencing Monday, 4th August 2025


If sufficient applications are received, this advert may close early. An early application is therefore recommended as an appointment may be made before the closing date.


Downside School is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 11 to 18, and one of England's oldest and most distinguished Catholic schools. We are situated at the foot of the Mendip Hills, twelve miles south of the city of Bath.