Data Administrator & School Office Receptionist
The Cavendish School
Camden
- Expired
- Salary:
- The salary offered is flexible and will be set to attract applicants of high calibre and potential
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 17/04/2023, although a slightly earlier start date may be required
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2023
Job overview
The Cavendish School
31 Inverness Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 7HB
Current roll size: c.215
Preparatory School for girls aged 3 -11
Data Administrator & School Office Receptionist
We are looking for a bright, enthusiastic, well-organised person to join the staff of our unique, friendly and highly regarded IAPS School from 17th April 2023, although a slightly earlier start date may be required. The post holder will work closely with the Heads PA & School Secretary and play a vital frontline role in the day to day running of our School Office and in supporting pupils, parents and staff.
You will enjoy dealing directly with parents and pupils in a busy office environment. To succeed, you will have the ability to work as part of a team and to initiate and maintain highly positive and effective working relationships with others. You will also have a confident telephone manner, strong IT/typing skills, good practical knowledge of Microsoft Office, good written skills, excellent attention to detail and be meticulously organised. Other requirements are the ability to handle responsibility and manage your time and work to multi-task and deliver against agreed deadlines.
Aptitude for the role and an ability to learn quickly is more important than previous administrative or school experience.
This role is a full-time position with working hours of 10am-6pm Monday-Friday; with reduced hours in the School holidays.
The salary offered is flexible and will be set to attract applicants of high calibre and potential.
First aid training will be provided for the successful applicant.
Please send your completed application form to Mrs Kerry Dignan, at hrcomp@cavendish-school.co.uk
Visits by prior arrangement are welcome.
The closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 22nd February 2023, although applications will be processed as they are received.
The date of interviews is Wednesday 1st March 2023. References will be requested for candidates invited for interview prior to this date.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Online and social media checks will be carried out for shortlisted candidates prior to interview.
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About The Cavendish School
The Cavendish School is a friendly, independent London prep school for girls aged 3 to 11. The school welcomes approximately 200 pupils from a rich mix of nationalities, cultures and faiths and enjoys charitable status.
Situated in Camden, near Regent’s Park, the School was founded in 1875 and moved from Cavendish Square to its current site in 1970. Our spacious, airy classrooms and gardens, including a dedicated early years setting and an astroturf court, were recently augmented by a state-of-the-art building to include new classrooms and a 200-seater multi-use auditorium. We have a purpose-built, well-equipped gym, and our own kiln on site. Our kitchens provide healthy and delicious lunches for girls and staff, who enjoy meals together.
Our inclusive ethos has created an exceptional, well-balanced and lively school, dedicated to making a positive difference in the community.
Within this nurturing environment where kindness, difference and respect are paramount, high standards are enabled and celebrated. All children are encouraged to achieve their maximum potential and work is always carefully calibrated to the individual child’s needs. This, combined with small class sizes, high adult-pupil ratios and committed and enthusiastic staff, enables personalised learning in a happy and productive atmosphere.
Central to the philosophy of The Cavendish School is the belief in providing girls with the best pastoral care combined with outstanding teaching. The school is not selective at entry but is academically ambitious for each and every pupil, and achieves remarkable results across the curriculum.
Our curriculum vision:
The Cavendish School is a place ‘where girls dare’.
Through evidence-based pedagogy, and a rich curriculum, the girls become ‘spirited, versatile achievers.’
For our girls, the curriculum aims to provide:
- self-and community-empowerment;
- self-expression;
- and, a kaleidoscope of knowledge, skills and experiences.
These ensure that every girl develops her voice.
This is driven by high-quality literacy and oracy, and the principle that every lesson counts.
Great success has been achieved over recent years in preparing pupils for their next school and The Cavendish is dedicated to helping find the right senior school for each, with girls achieving offers (and music and academic scholarships) from a wide range of top state and independent senior schools at 11+, including; City of London School for Girls, Channing School, South Hampstead High School, Henrietta Barnet, Camden School for Girls, Francis Holland School, Godolphin & Latymer, Highgate School, North London Collegiate School, St Paul’s Girls’ School.
In its most recent Independent Schools Inspection in 2023, the School was judged ‘excellent’ in every category, ranging from the quality of the pupils’ learning to their moral, social and cultural development. The report noted that ‘children are extremely happy and confident in their work and play’, whilst praising the ‘excellent’ teaching and the ‘high-quality, well-qualified staff.’
Our Head Mrs Lombard believes that:
“Happy children are happy learners. Visitors to our School often comment on the evident delight and visible engagement of our pupils during their lessons and at play.”
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