Southend High School for Girls
School Support Team Assistant
6-month fixed term contract
30 hours per week
Monday – Friday 9:00am – 3:30pm
Hours are negotiable
Term time + INSET days
Salary Scale 5 point 9 – Actual salary £18,357 per annum
Closing date: Friday 15th August 2025
Application forms are available at www.shsg.org/vacancies/#how-to-apply
Applications and supporting letters to be submitted to recruitment@shsg.org
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, and efficient individual to join our School Support Team to cover a period of staff absence.
This team provides all aspects of administrative support for departments and whole school trips, activities and events.
The successful candidate will have excellent organisational and IT skills and be experienced in data entry and producing spreadsheets, with accuracy and attention to detail.
Experience of working in an educational environment would be an advantage but is not essential.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- Provide administrative support to the school in an efficient and effective manner.
- Be able to work well as part of a team and take direction from the team leader.
- Research and produce subject resources for departments.
- Have good IT skills and experience using Microsoft Office, including excel, word, PowerPoint and Teams.
- Undertake data entry and produce reports to a high standard.
- Be organised and able to manage and prioritise workload, meeting deadlines set.
- Have excellent communication skills and a professional friendly manner.
- Work well under pressure remaining calm and focused.
- Undertake copying and distribution of letters and resources, electronically wherever possible using Office 365.
We can offer you:
- A strong, highly committed team of staff with an ethos of tolerance and a family community spirit
- Training and development and our commitment to staff wellbeing
- An environment which promotes innovation
Southend High School for Girls is a highly successful and oversubscribed girls’ grammar school rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues to move forward under the leadership of its Headteacher, Mr Jason Carey.
Interview dates to be confirmed
For all enquiries, please contact Sinead Carter at recruitment@shsg.org
All staff at Southend High School for Girls have a responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. This is a customer-facing role needing fluent spoken English.