Role Summary & Benefits

We are now looking to appoint a dynamic Assistant to the Bursar & Exams Officer. The postholder will provide administrative support to the School Bursar and to act as the Exams Officer.

To act as Deputy Bursar, providing a high standard and confidential level of administrative and management support to the Bursar, ensuring smooth running of office, HR, finance and premises activities.

As Exams Officer to manage, administer and organise all aspects of external examinations, ensuring they are conducted in accordance with the Regulations laid down by Examining bodies, the Joint Council for Qualifications and the National Assessment Agency (NAA). To manage, analyse and disseminate student achievement data (full training will be given and a handover with the current postholder will take place).

Key Responsibilities

• Assistant to the Bursar
• Deputise for Bursar during periods of annual leave and absence and when the Bursar is busy or called away/not available.
• Manage all recruitment processes from the writing and placing of adverts, through to the interview and safer recruitment procedures.
• Manage the induction Booklet and oversee the Induction process for new staff.
• In conjunction with the Bursar, ensure that the Single Central Record is up to date and organise a timetable for DBS renewals and ensure that the process is carried out for the relevant staff.
• Advising the Headteacher, Bursar and Governors etc on a wide range of HR issues and case work. Seeking advice from Wiltshire HR where matters become more complex or are potentially contentious.  This requires an ability of the postholder to recognise when issues within a case are escalating.
• To be responsible for a HR case load, giving sound legal and procedural advice to ensure cases progress and are managed in a timely way. Only seeking advice where matters become more complex or are potentially contentious this requires an ability of the postholder to recognise when issues within a case are escalating.
• To support Bursar and Headteacher in HR related investigations to ensure all the relevant information and facts are gathered in order that the right outcomes are achieved for any hearings, panels etc.
• Deal with matters of disagreement / conflict, escalating where matters become too complex or are potentially contentious this requires an ability of the postholder to recognise when issues within a case are escalating.  Apply a of a range of complex policies, procedures guidelines and legislation, and tailoring them to individual circumstances
• Action occupational health referrals, ensuring that all relevant information is gathered and included in referral. Attend sickness absence management meetings as HR representative, to discuss the report with the member of staff concerned and ensure that OH advice is carried out.
• Assist the Bursar with various finance tasks as required, including processing monthly payroll entry.  Produce monthly invoices for school lunches and monitor all payments received. Advising the Bursar of overdue debts for further action, ensuring such action takes place and monitoring success.  Check and reconcile cash payments for uniform etc from parents.  The job holder is accountable for the accurate handling and security of incoming cash, for amounts totalling up to hundreds of pounds.
• In conjunction with the Bursar, liaise with the Site Manager to produce job specifications for premises works.  Obtain quotations and book in contractors.  Ensuring that the contractors used are suitable for the works being carried out to the school buildings & plant. Keep the headteacher, Bursar and Site Manager appraised of any bookings made and works being carried out.
• Assist the Bursar with various administrative tasks as required.
• Keeping staff sickness records, arranging absence management meetings and taking notes at the meetings.
• Liaising with the Bursar/Headteacher to action occupational health referrals, ensuring that all relevant information is sought & sent with the referral.