37 Hours per Week – Term Time only (39 weeks) Mon – Thurs 8:00am – 4:00pm Fri 8:00am – 3:30pm

HCC Grade C FTE £25,186 - £26,244 Actual £21,543.72 - £22,448.76

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Swanmore College to join our dynamic Pastoral Support Team as a Senior Administrative Assistant (Pastoral) starting as soon as possible.

We expect the highest standards of pupil behaviour and the successful applicant will assist the Pastoral Support Team in all aspects of our procedures.

The Senior Administrative Assistant (Pastoral) will undertake one of the following roles daily on a rota basis, alongside general administrative duties (please see the Role Profile for a full explanation of duties):

Reset Room

• Manage the Reset Room, including signing pupils in and monitoring behaviour
• Maintaining a positive and calm environment
• Conducting restorative conversations with pupils
• Escorting pupils back to lessons

Triage

• Being the first point of contact for pupils arriving at Triage
• Maintaining a positive and calm environment
• Logging pupil Learning Hub behaviours
• Updating registers for pupil attendance

Pupil Reception

• Manage Pupil Reception, including signing pupils in and out of college
• Maintaining a positive and calm environment
• Locating and responding to “Missing Pupil” alerts
• Organising Tutor wallets and PROUD cards
• Arranging Detentions and monitoring missed detentions

Telephone & Administration

• Answering and triaging external and internal telephone calls
• Monitoring and triaging Year Group externally received emails
• Running the Reward Store
• Assisting with daily registers
• Supporting with absence calls to parents/carers

What Swanmore College can offer you:

• Free onsite parking
• Free Staff Membership of our Fitness Suite with exclusive staff only times
• Staff extracurricular activities such as Yoga and Football
• Access to a wealth of Continuing Professional Development, such as TES Develop
• Free refreshments and fresh fruit
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free Microsoft Office for home

The role profile, application form and equalities monitoring form can all be found below for download. Your completed forms should be sent to Mrs M Smith (HR & SLT Officer) at  recruitment@swanmore-sec.hants.sch.uk .

Swanmore College and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

We reserve the right to close the advert early dependent on numbers and quality of applicants.

Closing date: - Noon Monday 27 April 2026