SCHOOL BUSINESS SUPPORT OFFICER

Location St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington, Mossy Lea Road, Wrightington, Wigan, WN6 9RE (71 on roll)
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School website: Summary The Governors of this successful, caring and forward-looking school wish to appoint a highly effective and appropriately experienced School Business Support Officer. The successful candidate must have experience of administrative work; of working with Microsoft Office; have recent regular use of ICT systems and ideally experience of working on SIMS modules or similar. The successful candidate should have a polite and welcoming manner as they will be the first point of reference for many visitors; both to the school and on the telephone.
Applicants should outline any specific experience they have had in relation to the post.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding, to promoting the welfare of children and adhering to the Equality Act 2010. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. To comply with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 all prospective employees will be required to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.
This position is part time, term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent. If successful the salary received will be paid on a pro-rata basis.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Candidates will be required to complete the CES application form, plus other necessary recruitment forms, which are available to be downloaded from the school website -
Essential Qualifications See attached person specification form. Desirable Qualifications See attached person specification form.
Essential Experience See attached person specification form.
Desirable Experience See attached person specification form.
For an informal discussion please contact: Phone school to speak to Miss Gleeson, Headteacher. Equal Opportunities statement An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community Rehabilitation Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.