Job Description

Contract type

Permanent

Working hours

Full Time

Application deadline

28 Sep 2020

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Receptionist/ Administration Officer to work as part of a small team in our busy school office. This is a great opportunity to join a friendly, hard-working team supporting the administrative functions of the school.

Job salary: Bucks Range 2/3 (ISN £19,467 - £22,708) Dependant On Experience

Permanent, Term Time plus Inset Days and 2 Additional Weeks

Working hours: 37 Hours Per Week (8:00am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday)

About us

Alfriston is an outstanding Special School with Sports College status for girls aged 11-19 with moderate learning difficulties and speech and language and communication difficulties. We currently have 150 girls on roll. We became an Academy on 1st March 2012. The school has been delivering high quality education since 1950. All the pupils have a statement of special educational need and are taught in small groups and with additional support. Our staff are specialist subject teachers and are experienced in working with a range of special needs and abilities.

Pupils attend Alfriston from all over Buckinghamshire and some neighbouring counties. We also have weekly boarding provision for 20 pupils.

We consider the staff team as our most valuable resource. Training and development is a high priority in the school. There is also personal support given to staff to manage the diverse and challenging work needed to support pupils with significant special needs.

At present there are 60 staff employed at the school working in the teaching, support, residential and administrative teams. We are proud of the excellent standard of education provided at Alfriston.

Our website is www.alfristonschool.com

About the role

The purpose of the Administration Officers is to provide an effective and efficient range of administrative and organisational support services for the school.

It is essential that the post-holder seeks to modernise current administration practice by being pro-active, showing initiative to identify areas for improvement and creating solutions to make improvements.

The post holder will be required to work flexibly, and will be expected to assist, or cover for others in the administration team from time to time.

For more information please see attached Job description below.

About you

The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, experience in a similar role providing a front of house service, be highly competent in using ICT packages such as MS Office and will provide an effective and efficient range of administrative and organisational support services for the school.

You must demonstrate the capacity to thrive in a fast paced environment, demonstrate an organised, methodical and systematic approach to work.

For more information please see attached Criteria below.

Other information

Please complete the application form and write a letter of application (preferably in word) addressing each of the bullet points in the person specification.

Please email your application to recruit@alfristonschool.com for the attention of Ellie Davison.

Closing Date: Monday 28th September 2020 at Midday

Interview Date: Wednesday 30th September 2020

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children which will be reflected throughout recruitment. The selected candidate will be required to provide suitable references and undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before taking up the post.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

It is essential that the post-holder seeks to modernise current administration practice by being pro-active, showing initiative to identify areas for improvement and creating solutions to make improvements. The post holder will be required to work flexibly, and will be expected to assist, or cover for others in the administration team from time to time.