Personal Assistant

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Job description

Are you a professional and organised PA? Or perhaps you've experience in the education sector and are looking for a new role.

Tradewind are currently recruiting for a hardworking Head Teachers PA to work for a Good Secondary school in St Albans. This is a long-term temporary contract with the possibility of becoming permanent for the right candidate. This is a full-time position between the hours of 8am - 4pm, 35 - 40 hours per week, all year round. This client is looking for a candidate wanting an immediate start.

This Personal Assistant post would also suit a former head of staff, executive assistant or senior administrator. The position has arisen due to an immediate resignation due to ill health and is based at a Good school with a long history of success that is consistently oversubscribed.

In this position you will be providing support to the Head Teacher and will include diary management, email and correspondence management and minute taking from a weekly SLT meeting. You will be Working collaboratively with the Head Teacher to ensure her workload is organised professionally and consistently. You will need superb communication skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure. An understanding of safeguarding procedures or experience within education is advantageous but not essential.

We are looking for applications from people who
*Have an excellent standard of literacy and be confident in writing correspondence to parents, external agencies as well as staff and pupils
*Have management or senior administrative experience within a busy office environment, ideally as a Personal Assistant or Secretary
*Have a high level of IT skills and experience working with MS Office - SIMS experience or knowledge is also an advantage
*Be highly organised and have excellent attention to detail
*Be professional at all times, as you will at time be dealing with highly sensitive information
*Work well within a team setting
*Work to tight deadlines and work well under pressure
*Be a confident, enthusiastic, motivated and positive individual

This is an exciting opportunity for a hard-working administrator to progress in their career.

Click 'Apply Now' to be considered for this great position as a Heads PA in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Or for more information about the role, contact Sam Taylor on or email

Why work with Tradewind?

As a Sunday Times Top 100 employer, we're committed to putting candidates & staff first
We employ the best in the business to provide an exceptional service to our candidates
Top rates of pay (all rates are typically inclusive of holiday pay, however we will happily accrue this upon request)
More free CPD courses than any other education recruiter
Awarded REC Audited Education Gold Standard status and we're proudly an Equal Opportunities Employer

No terminology in the above advertisement is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Tradewind Recruitment is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and accepts applications from all sections of the community.