Are you an enthusiastic and well organised Office Assistant/Administrator seeking a new role within a school?

Tradewind Recruitment are currently recruiting for a hardworking, reliable and self-motivated Office Assistant for a primary school in West Essex on a full time, long term basis. The role is to cover a staff member undergoing an operation and is likely to last at least 8 weeks (operation date to be confirmed). As the school is part of a highly successful Trust, following a successful assignment there is the potential of the position being extended.

The school is easily commutable from Essex, Hertfordshire and are parts of London. As the main responsibilities are general reception duties and parent facing, it's important is that someone is smiley, friendly, willing and has a can do attitude. You do not necessarily need to have experience working in a school reception, though experience with SIMS would be extremely advantageous.

The working hours would be 8:30am-4:30pm, Monday to Friday (term time only) with an hour for lunch. You will be responsible for duties such as answering the phone, data input for registers and school dinners and photocopying.

The successful Office Assistant/Administrator will be:
*Committed to achieving high standards in their work
*Honest, reliable and hardworking and able to work using their own initiative
*Good at prioritising and meeting deadlines and to work independently
*Willing to attend relevant courses to develop their expertise
*Punctual and have good record keeping skills
*Flexible and cheerful and enjoy working with children, parents, governors and staff
*A good team player and willing to become involved in all aspects of school life

Click apply today or call Tim Campion on 01245 806737 to find out more.

Tradewind Recruitment is a Sunday Times Top 100 employer - stopping at nothing to ensure our candidates, clients and employees come first. At Tradewind you will have access to 25 fully certified CPD courses, that's 18 more than our next nearest competitor, all focused on making you the best you can be. We have the very best people available to take your call and look after you every step of the way. We pride ourselves on exceptional service and take the time to really get to know you. Put simply; we listen, we learn, we deliver. Why? Because our people matter most.

We specialise in matching Teachers and Support Staff to their dream job, and help Primary, Secondary and SEN schools recruit for a wide range of roles across our 11 offices in the UK, including: London, the West Midlands, the North West, East Anglia, the North East, the South West, Yorkshire, the Midlands, Herts and Bucks.

Awarded REC Audited Education gold standard - Tradewind Recruitment are committed to Safeguarding and are also a proud Equal Opportunities Employer.

'No terminology in the above advertisement is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Tradewind Recruitment is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and accepts applications from all sections of the community'.