Administrator

About the School – St Margaret’s Preparatory

St Margaret’s Preparatory is a co-educational independent school in Gosfield, Essex, for children aged 2-11 years Offering an all-round education, St Margaret’s is a modern school with traditional values, installing a lifelong love of learning throughout a child’s education and beyond. We expect every child to leave our school with maturity, confidence and a sense of independence.

About Cognita

Launched in 2004, Cognita is an extraordinary community of diverse yet connected schools, spanning seventeen different countries. We share one common purpose: to deliver an outstanding holistic education that will enable our students to thrive in a rapidly evolving world. With over 100 schools in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States, we employ 18,000 teaching and support staff in the care and education of more than 90,000 students.

Our schools provide a truly holistic education based on rich and varied experiences that focus on social, emotional, physical and cognitive learning. This results in excellent academic outcomes for our students, who are also equipped with the agency, adaptability and positive attitudes to set them up for success in our fast changing world.

We are looking for an experienced Administrator to join the team, working full time (52 week contract).

About the role

Responsibility for specified school administration duties providing relevant information and reports to the Headteacher and other general duties as required. Also, to provide consistent, accurate, efficient, and effective support to the Operations Manager and to the Admin Team for the development and operation of the admin functions as directed by the Headteacher or Operations Manager.

Key Responsibilities will include, (but not limited to):

• Ensure that telephones are answered promptly, and all general queries are dealt with professionally and promptly, responding professionally to prospective parent requests for information in the absence of the Admissions Manager.
• Managing the general administration of the school which includes post, printing and distribution of school communications including pupil reports and school comms. Ordering of office/teaching stationery stock ordering and control.
• Providing administrative support in the management of out of hours and the holiday club provision including charges/invoicing and producing registers, as necessary. Organising of after school club attendees each term.
• To act as the SCR Champion for the school.
• To manage the dietary and medical registers

For more details, please email recruitment@cognita.com for the full Job Description.

Who we are looking for

To be considered for this role you will have experience of working in a reception or office administration role, delivering excellent customer service. We would also expect;

• Experienced in MS Office, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel
• Excellent people skills – confident & friendly with a good awareness of customer care
• Excellent telephone manner
• High attention to detail with the ability to work methodically with accuracy at all times.
• Confident with IT and basic office software packages – will need to be able to use Word /Database systems at a competent level.
• Reliable and flexible with ways of working
• Able to show initiative and provide attention to time critical duties.

Benefits at Cognita

• Competitive Salary
• Pension
• School Fee Discount

Apply now

Please send a cover letter and completed application form to: Kelly Ainsworth at Recruitment@cognita.com. Please note we do not accept CVs without a fully completed application form.

EARLY APPLICATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO INTERVIEW AND APPOINT PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR THE RIGHT APPLICANT.

Applicants who have not heard from us by the closing date must assume that, on this occasion, their application has been unsuccessful.

Cognita Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We believe having a diverse workforce makes us better, smarter and happier and so welcome applicants from all backgrounds, genders, and races. We have an unwavering commitment to being fair and equitable in our recruitment process.