Receptionist

Hours of work: 8am-1pm

We are a Values accredited school, and we pride ourselves on nurturing and valuing our pupils and our staff. We offer excellent CPD opportunities and have a proven track record of successfully growing school leaders. We have a coaching culture established in school to support staff both professionally and personally.

We are looking for someone who would like;

• Brilliant children who are always keen to learn

• Parents that want the absolute best for their children

• Brilliant teams of teaching assistants to work with

• Fantastic teachers across the school

• A supportive Governing Body

• Fully enhanced work life support package, including 24hr a day 365 days a year telephone support, counselling service, financial advice and lots more.

• Plentiful resources

• A great working environment

• A dynamic and skilled senior management team

• Great CPD opportunities 

The Role

Redwell Primary School are looking to recruit a receptionist to join the team. You need to be patient, hard-working and have high expectations for yourself and pupils. The post holder’s prime duties would include answering the telephone, face to face contact with parents/visitors, use of word, excel and general office administration.  A commitment to the life of the school is vital! School tours are encouraged.

Key Tasks:

• Update manual and computerised record/information systems

• Assist with managing the school’s email inbox, ensuring the school meets its expected response times and emails are forwarded to the relevant staff member as necessary

• Manage and organise completed forms from parents/carers

• Process administrative duties that link with finance and HR

• Report any issues with the school’s IT systems

• Provide administrative support to staff as needed

• Support in coordinating cover for staff absences

About You:

• GCSE grade C in English and mathematics (or equivalent)

• Experience in carrying out administrative tasks

• Good oral and written communications skills

• Commitment to promoting the ethos and values of the school and getting the best outcomes for all pupils

• Experience with dealing with face-to-face and telephone interactions

Benefits:

• Access to retail discounts and technology schemes 

• Access to Cycle to Work 

• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter. 

• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional 

• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged. 

• Discounted gym membership 

• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours - while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work 

• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes. 

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. 

Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks. 

We look forward to your response. 

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. 

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated