Middle School Administrative Assistant & Attendance Officer
The American School in London, St Luke's, Islington
Middle School Administrative Assistant & Attendance Officer
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The American School in London, St Luke's, Islington
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 25 Oct | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: e2ab9dc56ea04e8c9f054587e42aefde
Location ref: St Luke's, Islington
Full Job Description
- Schedule appointments and produce itineraries and reports for the supervisors to optimize use of their time
- Monitor and maintain records of student attendance on a daily basis; prepare monthly attendance report and report trends and/or concerns to the relevant administrator
- Oversee the administrative aspects of greeting, coordinating and paying substitutes to assist in ensuring that appropriate teaching cover is available when required
- Overseeing certain student-travel opportunities in the middle school, which includes processing field trip requests, trip packs, organizing risk assessments, and collecting medical consent forms
- Maintain an accurate and up-to-date archive of student files to ensure that the appropriate information is available whenever it is required; prepare packages of student transcripts and reports for applications to other schools
- Collect, collate and distribute report card data to merge this with attendance and other data and provide a full progress record for each student; compile and maintain daily records of attendance and timeliness of students in order to provide accurate information to faculty and parents, and to enable the monitoring and reporting of trends in behavior
- Liaise with other school departments to ensure that all non-academic support for students is coordinated to run smoothly
- Where required, supervise/monitor students during recess, lunch or after school hours to ensure their safety and wellbeing
- Participate actively in the life of the School, through attendance at events, committee membership and/or leadership of co-curricular activities
- Any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the supervisors, Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.
Recent and extensive experience in a general administrative or managerial role - Proficiency with a number of computer applications (Google suite, MS Office, etc.), including high level of competence with spreadsheets, strong proofreading, spelling and editing skills
- Tact, diplomacy and a friendly manner with the ability to interact with a diverse student, parent, faculty and staff body with ease
- Demonstrably strong organizational abilities, along with excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to meet deadlines
- Outstanding collaborative skills and a desire to work in a team-focused environment
- A proven commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of children, Experience in an administrative role in a school
- Experience working in a school or other educational setting
Direct job link
https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/middle-school-administrative-assistant-attendance-officer-127646155