Database and Gifts Manager
Magdalen College School
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- NLW Salary, Pension, Cycle to Work Scheme, Fee remission, gym and swimming pool facilities (please check MCS website for more)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- as soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 24 May 2022
Job overview
The School
Magdalen College School, Oxford, founded by William Waynflete in 1480 is one of the country’s leading independent schools.
The Waynflete Office is the school’s development team which nurtures strong links with our MCS community (including alumni (OWs), parents and former parents, and staff) through a programme of communications, events, fundraising activities and stewardship.
The Role
We are looking to appoint a temporary, full-time office assistant who can help us deliver the many and wide-ranging displays and events that we spearhead throughout June and July 2022, as well as progress some data work within our Raiser’s Edge constituent database.
Please refer to the attached "Information Pack - Waynflete Office Assistant" for more details on the role, department and the candidate.
The Department
The Waynflete Office is the Development Office of Magdalen College School. The team is responsible for nurturing strong links with our MCS community which includes alumni (Old Waynfletes or OWs), parents, former parents and staff, and for delivering an integrated programme of communications, events, fundraising activities and stewardship to keep them engaged with the school and promote a culture of philanthropy towards MCS.
Application Process
Candidates should submit the Application Form for Support Staff which can be found on the Job Vacancy link of the website (www.mcsoxford.org). To access Click here. To apply for the position please send the following three documents to the HR Officer, Mrs Gail Workman, (recruitment@mcsoxford.org).
1. Covering Letter of Application
2. Support Staff Application Form
3. CV
All documentation should be sent at the earliest convenience and no later than Tuesday 24th May; early applications are highly encouraged. The school's preferred method of communication is by email and it will not be necessary to send a hard copy of the documents by post.
References may be taken up in advance. If you do not wish references to be called for at this stage, please make that clear on the reference section of the application form.
We anticipate holding interviews on ad-hoc basic and we will be in contact with shortlisted candidates by telephone and/or email. There might be a telephone interview arranged prior to the in-person interviews. We might contact candidates for the telephone interview prior to the closing date of the job advert.
Safeguarding
Magdalen College School is committed to the safeguarding of pupils, and any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the school’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, plus sight of relevant original ID documentation and degree certificate(s).
Remuneration and Benefits
This is a full-time role with standard working hours from 8:15 until 17:00 and an hourly pay in line with NLW rates. Hours need to be recorded daily on a time sheet, which will be signed off by a Line Manager.
Non-teaching staff are automatically enrolled in the school’s contributory Group Pension Scheme. This is a defined contribution pension scheme into which the employee contributes 5% of gross salary and the employer contributes 10%.
The school has a fully equipped gym which is available for staff use, and staff may also enjoy access to the University of Oxford’s Rosenblatt Swimming Pool. Tennis courts are available, and there is a comprehensive programme of staff sports clubs, including football, climbing, yoga, Pilates, and badminton. Staff also have the opportunity to join choirs and music groups, and to get involved in drama productions.
Staff are encouraged to make use of the Senior Common Room within and after the school day, as an area for relaxation and shared discussion outside departments. There is also a quiet room located close to the SCR where staff can work and study. Tea and Coffee are served in the SCR at morning break, Lunch is provided in the Dining Hall, and cakes and cut fruit are available in the SCR at the end of the school day. Staff socials, guest nights and Master’s Drinks are regular features of each term.
Please note that MCS is an inner-city school, with very limited parking. Staff are encouraged to use public transport wherever possible for their journey to work.
Attached documents
About Magdalen College School
MCS has a rich and distinctive history. The school was founded in 1480 by William Waynflete who believed in education as a facilitator of social mobility, and as such wanted to found a school of an entirely new kind. MCS quickly flourished as a school which firmly connected school education with a newly emerging university education and it soon became one of the country’s leading schools.
Today MCS provides a first-class education for boys aged 7-18 and sixth form girls. The school is small enough to develop every young person’s character and talents, yet large enough to provide a wide range of subjects and activities. MCS encourages a respect for learning whilst developing in every pupil a close interest in a wide range of extra-curricular interests.
MCS pupils enjoy a stimulating curriculum which is designed both to provide academic stretch and challenge, and to equip pupils with the skills for success beyond school.
In the early years, the emphasis is on exposing pupils to a wide range of subjects in order to discover their interests and talents. Pupils are put in sets by ability in French at 11 and in Mathematics at 12, no other subjects are set. There is an additional intake of pupils from prep and maintained schools at 13 and it is at this stage that boys make their first subject choices. Almost all pupils take ten (I)GCSEs, an increasing number of which are now reformed 9-1 (I)GCSEs.
Although MCS consistently secures outstanding public examination results, the real priority in the Sixth Form is on teaching beyond the syllabus, and the formation of habits of mind for life. In the Lower Sixth all pupils study at least four subjects, research and write their Waynflete Project (a 5000 word essay on a subject of their choice), undertake a community service or CCF placement, and participate in Games. From September 2017 all A Level (or Pre-U) courses will be linear; MCS pupils will no longer sit AS Levels. In the Upper Sixth, between one third and one half of Sixth Formers gain four or more A Levels, and there is a programme of lectures from visiting speakers, as well as UCAS applications and Games.
The School was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2017 and was recognised as “excellent” in both of the assessed outcomes: “Quality of Pupil Achievement” and “Quality of Pupil Personal Development”.
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