Administrator

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!

Position:    School Administrator

Location:    New Options School, Durham

Hours:          40 Hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary:      £24,000 per annum 

Contract:    Permanent; Term Time only

Must have previous administrative experience. 

Are you organised and meticulous? A great communicator? Do you want to share your ideas to create a fun, exciting and engaging school for Autistic children and young adults? Our New Options School in Durham are looking for a proactive thinker who can help keep the environment organised, engage with the Schools stakeholders and perform any administration duty required for the running of the school

The main purpose of this role is to provide a professional, effective and responsive administration service to the school.

Previous experience with Special Educational Needs (SEN) is not essential but it is preferred. If you have no experience, please research Autism and the challenges it presents. Previous administration experience within a school environment is preferred but if you can demonstrate transferrable skills, we would love to hear from you!

Essential:

• Must have previous administrative experience 
• Previous school admin experience is desirable

Job Responsibilities: 

• Answering calls and ensuring information received via mail, telephone or email is effectively processed or forwarded, ensuring high quality communication at all times.
• Answering queries and providing accurate messages to ensure that all individuals are dealt with promptly and appropriately, with diplomacy and discretion.
• Producing relevant school documents and typing correspondence.
• Processing supplier invoices, including generating purchase orders on the electronic purchasing system.
• Providing administration/clerical support for the school
• Assisting with compiling information packs for professional meetings.
• Minute taking as required.
• Update, modify and retrieve data on both manual and computerised systems, as required, working within the appropriate deadlines and highlighting discrepancies, in order to provide accurate and useable management information.
• Ensure appropriate message/telephone options are correct for the school
• Update/distribute staff internal phone lists as and when required.
• Manage own effective personal development as part of the Company’s commitment to invest in staff as the key resource in the organisation.
• Ensure you meet statutory responsibilities with regard to Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities and other relevant legislation, and conform to professional and ethical requirements.

About us

Our New Options School in Durham is proposed to open in September 2024 however we are looking for staff to start with us earlier to assist in the exciting opening and set up of our school. New Options School Durham will facilitate 50 pupils once it reaches full capacity and our pupils will have a variety of complex needs including ASC. 

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to children, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Options Autism? 

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.