Pastoral Administrator Ferndown Upper School

Pastoral Administrator

Job Ref:  XS8.4b Administrative Officer

    Dorset Grade 6 SCP 6-9 £13.47-£14.13 per hour

  Monday and Friday 8.30am to 2.30pm and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8.30am to 3.30pm with 30 minutes unpaid lunch (30.5 hrs per week)

Flexibility of hours would be considered and discussed at interview

                                      Term time only plus staff training days 39 weeks per year

You will provide administrative support to the Pastoral team. The ability to remain calm, professional with a cheerful disposition is an important requirement for this post. The post is not working directly with students, but does involve interaction with students.

Main Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Supporting in the running of Pastoral Triage desk.
2. Pastoral administration to support the school reward and behaviour systems.
3. To provide administrative support to the Pastoral Team.
4. To undertake general office duties (answering phones, booking appointments and completion of forms, photocopying etc), use of Bromcom, collating and generating reports and facilitating requests.
5. Use of OneDrive to coordinate support, meetings etc.
6. Locker allocation and support.
7. Work alongside SLT with administration of behaviour systems.

Knowledge and Skills:

1. Good telephone manner with a calm and friendly disposition.
2. The post requires a high degree of interpersonal, organisation and communication including initiative, flexibility, diplomacy and discretion together with a professional approach.
3. Knowledge and experience of all Microsoft Office programs with relevant experience of office work.
4. It is essential that the successful candidate has working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, with the ability to create and maintain spreadsheets and analyse data accurately.
5. Able to work accurately, under own initiative for short periods of time and to work in an organised and flexible manner.
6. Be able to multi-task, prioritise and work under pressure.
7. Ability to work as part of a team.

What Ferndown Can Offer You:

• CPD opportunities and training and development programmes.
• Personalised induction, supported by a mentor.
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Access to health and wellbeing support.
• Private Healthcare Cashback Plan including 24/7 access to a GP by phone, gym discounts, cashback for optical, dental and other appointment expenses for employees.
• Access to staff benefits and discounts portal through Dorset Council.

For more details please contact [email protected] 

To apply, please click on ‘Apply Now’ on the Dorset Jobs website or an application is available on our website www.fernup.dorset.sch.uk/vacancies

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 2^nd November 2025

 The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave  and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly  instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure  the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

Ferndown Upper School values the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.  This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Ferndown Upper School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children.  As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.