MBH Receptionist

Closing date: 12:00pm, 24 January 2018
Interviews to take place week commencing: 29 January 2018

Responsible for all reception duties at the MBH site

Surbiton High School is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Schools within United Learning work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our intranet site, United Hub, is just one example of how we share resource and communicate across sites, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. We reward our staff: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately the satisfaction of supporting schools in their quest to give every child the opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Answering the telephone promptly and professionally
• Fielding telephone calls as appropriate
• Acting as front of house for all visitors to Mary Bennett House
• Taking delivery of mail and distributing accordingly
• Ensuring visitors are signed in and registered at Reception in accordance with
  Surbiton High School’s security measures
• Providing refreshments to visitors when required
• Liaising with the main reception desk to ensure both sites are working collaboratively
• Logging and distributing personal items to students as and when they require (i.e. temporary uniform measures)
• Assisting parents, pupils and staff with ad hoc queries
• Assisting with any such functions which take place at Mary Bennett House
• Providing administrative support to staff as directed by the Senior Administrator
• Undertaking all other duties as may reasonably be required

The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:

• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills
• Professional telephone manner
• High standards of personal presentation
• A warm and approachable manner
• Personal and professional integrity and the ability to be discreet
• Competent ICT user, proficient in the use of word processing, spread sheet, database information systems and presentation software applications
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and to manage a heavy workload effectively, responding to both proactive and reactive demands
• A proactive and flexible approach
• Receptionist experience is desirable

Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.

For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email recruitment@surbitonhigh.com

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link: https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/1133333?cid=1567

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