Cover Co-Ordinator & Administrator

We are looking a Cover Co-Ordinator and Administrator who is highly organised, proactive and able to work effectively in a fast paced school environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the smooth daily operation of staff cover, alongside providing high-quality administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team.

You must be a person and student centred individual with excellent organisational and communication skills, able to manage competing priorities and work independently using your initiative. You will have experience of administration and ideally have knowledge of school systems and procedures, including staff absence processes and complex timetabling.

Phoenix is a well-established Special School for students with severe language and communication difficulties including autism. The School offers a unique service to the children of Tower Hamlets. The School has a multi-ethnic population, which reflects the diversity of the borough. Phoenix has three sites, Phoenix School, Phoenix Upper and Phoenix Sixth Form. The three sites cover the age range 3-12 and 12-19 respectively.

We are an award-winning school and accredited through the National Autistic Society; praised for our creative approach to working with autistic children. Phoenix was awarded a commendation for its excellent work across the school.

The School has excellent facilities and resources to support teaching and learning. There is a comprehensive induction and training programme for new and existing staff. This is an exciting opportunity in a school providing for children and young people, where change and challenge are key to what we do.