Administrative Assistant

Organisational skills with the ability to set targets and meet deadlines, planning and

prioritising individual workload.

• Tactful and discreet, with the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.

• Able to provide customer service in a professional manner.

• Ability to work from instruction, making some decisions involving the use of

initiative, and to identify emerging problems and situations referring on to others as

appropriate.

• Experience of working co-operatively with others to deliver successful outcomes for

Plymouth CAST.

• A team player who has a positive approach to dealing with issues.Educated to GCSE level or equivalent qualification or experience.

• NVQ 2 or equivalent (desirable).
• Experience of working in a busy office providing efficient general administrative and

finance administration, including ash handling.

• Experienced in using school IT systems such as SIMS and Excel (spreadsheets).
• Experience of using and maintain ICT hardware such as printers, faxes and

photocopying machines.

• Experience of using financial management systems.
• Preferably experience of working within a School environment and as a result a

knowledge of safeguarding practices, child protection procedures and the day to day

running of a school.