Havering Schools Jobs
Administrative Officer
- Employer: Rise Park Academies
- Reference: RPA/26/339426
Rise Park Academies
Annan Way, Romford, Essex RM1 4UD
Telephone: 01708 761935
Executive Headteacher: Mrs H Durrant
Administrative Officer
Hours: 21 hours per week (3 days per week 8:00am - 3.30pm including 30 minute unpaid lunch break) Days are flexible.
Working Weeks: 38 weeks per year plus 5.7 weeks paid holiday
Grade: Scale 3 Point 5-6 (depending on experience)
Actual Salary: £14,391- £14,596 p.a.
Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 22 July 2027
Start Date: 01 September 2026
Rise Park Infant School/Junior School is part of the Success for All Educational Trust. It is an exciting time for the school with a new leadership team and dedicated staff who are friendly and supportive within a welcoming, aspirational environment. The children are well behaved and keen to learn.
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated enthusiastic and organised administrative officer to carry out administrative and organisational processes within the school.
The successful candidate will be:
- Experienced in working in a school office environment
- Able to maintain and access computerised records across a variety of systems
- Able to develop positive relationships with other members of staff and pupils
- Proactive, well-organised and able to work with staff members, pupils and visitors
- An effective communicator dealing with staff, pupils and visitors effectively
- Flexible and work well as part of a team
- Able to adapt to constantly changing priorities
- Solution focused, positive, calming and resilient.
We can offer:
- A well-resourced learning environment
- A cohesive and enthusiastic staff team
- Polite and motivated pupils
- Support and commitment to continuing professional development
- A positive, engaged wider school community.
Why Work With Us?
As an employer, we are committed to promoting career development and recognise hard work and effort. As an equal opportunities employer we offer from day one of your employment parental leave, compassionate leave and carers leave at or above the statutory levels. We are committed to wellbeing and flexible working requests which can be submitted from day one.
As an employee, you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programmes provided through the Spark and Medicash organisations. This includes access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline, physiotherapy, optical support, dental treatment, and access to a counselling service.
Further details can be downloaded from our website www.riseparkacademies.co.uk or from our Assistant Headteachers Chris Siddle or Clare Hoddy, 01708 761935
If you are looking to advance your career in a supportive and dynamic setting and are committed to providing the very best experience for our staff and students, we would love to meet you.
Please apply via MyNewTerm using the following link: Apply here
Closing date: Friday 26th June 2026 at 12pm
Interview date: Week commencing 29th June 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. If you are interested in the role, please submit your application as early as possible.
The use of AI is strictly forbidden to assist in any way with the interview/application process.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Rise Park Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (with children's barred list check)
Rise Park Academies is an equal opportunities employer including blind recruitment.
"We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, disability, religion or belief, age or sex and sexual orientation.”
The Trust's January 2026 Staff Survey results confirm it is a great, safe, and supportive place to work. Staff are significantly more likely to recommend the Trust as a good employer compared to the national benchmark. This positive sentiment is consistent throughout, with general job satisfaction and communication outcomes also being substantially higher than the national benchmark.
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal OpportunitiesHavering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
How to apply
Please apply via MyNewTerm using the following link Apply here