Admin Assistant, HARRIS PRIMARY ACADEMY CRYSTAL PALACE

About Us HPACR is an inclusive academy and we want every one of our children, from Nursery to Year 6, to have a truly happy experience at school. We strive to ensure that every pupil feels valued and safe. The children’s achievements are celebrated every day in their lessons and we are proud that they are kind, caring, self-assured and eager to learn.

We believe that through expert teaching and support all children can achieve to a high standard. Ultimately, our aim is to make sure that our pupils leave us feeling that they have succeeded both academically and in the extracurricular aspects of school life. We want our pupils to be thoroughly prepared for the opportunities that secondary school will offer them.

HPACR is very much a community school. We know that a close partnership with parents is vital if children are to learn and grow as individuals. We therefore do all we can to keep parents informed and involved in all aspects of school life.

If you would like to find out more about our school please do come and visit us and talk to as many children and staff as you can. We are very much looking forward to meeting you.

Summary Do you have administration experience within a school environment? Support Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace in the smooth running of our administration office and wider academy. We are looking for a Admin Officer to work within our Admin Office, undertaking reception and other administrative duties, working on a fixed-term contract from September 2026 to August 2027.

The actual salary for this role will be £9,624.12 - £9,761.33 (15 hours per week, 38 weeks per year).

Main Areas of Responsibility

In This Key Role, You Will

• Undertake reception duties, answering general telephone and face to face enquiries and signing in visitors, dealing with parental and visitor enquiries and supporting student enquiries
• Assist with pupil first aid/welfare duties
• Assist in arrangements for school trips, events etc.
• Provide general clerical/admin support
• Maintain manual and computerised records/management information systems
• Produce lists/information/data as required
• Undertake typing, word processing and other IT based tasks
• Take notes at meetings
• Sort and distribute mail
• Undertake administrative procedures
• Maintain and collate pupil reports
• Undertake routing administration of school lettings and other uses of school premises
• Provide timely and effective operation of secretarial and administrative support to the line manager
• Assist the Academy by maintaining good relationships with staff, parents, governors, contractors, representatives and external agencies in order to promote the objectives of the School
• Clerk the governing body meetings, preparing agendas, papers and minutes and keeping records as required

Qualifications & Experience We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Experience of delivering a high-quality service
• Experience of a range of general administrative duties
• Good ICT skills and experience, including Word, Excel, and management information systems
• Experience working with children of relevant age (11-19)
• A good standard of general education, including literacy and numeracy skills

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Rewards & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a p…