Receptionist/Clerical Assistant
The Halifax Academy
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale: 3
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 April 2020
Job overview
Receptionist/Clerical Assistant
Scale: 3
Hours of work: 37
Responsible to: Senior Strategic Manager
Prime Objectives of the Post:
To ensure visitors and telephone calls received are handled in a pleasant and professional manner and to provide general clerical support as requested across both the Primary and Secondary phases.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Receiving visitors to the Academy ensuring that safeguarding procedures are followed.
- Provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers, which conveys a positive and professional image of the Academy.
- Handle incoming and outgoing calls via the switchboard system.
- Provide general clerical support as requested.
- Deal with queries from parents, students and visitors.Ensure all outgoing mail is franked and taken to the Post Office on a daily basis.
General:
- Contribute to the overall aims and ethos of the academy.
- To carry out other tasks that are essential to fulfil the job’s core purpose, including afterhours school events.
- Comply with academy policies e.g. data protection, child protection, health and safety, dress code.
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure equal opportunities for all.
- Attend meetings as required by their line manager.
- The post holder will be required to undertake any other professional duties as requested by their line manager.
The Halifax Academy is committed to safeguarding staff and students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosing and Barring Service DBS check. All interviews will include a question about Safeguarding and any anomalies identified in pre-recruitment checks will be discussed at interview.
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About The Halifax Academy
About The Halifax Academy
Our purpose is to provide young people with a voice to help them change the world.
We strengthen our students’ sense of identity, independence, self-esteem and self-worth, providing them with the qualities to make a meaningful difference in the future.
We aim to inspire a love of learning and the motivation to achieve academic excellence. But, equally as important, we encourage our students to develop their creativity and imagination, to build positive relationships with others and an understanding of the world around them.
We deliver a curriculum that facilitates the development of strong academic skills and moral character through a variety of subjects and memorable experiences. It is built on three tenets: Heart, Mind, Connect. These relate to different aspects of character or behaviour we seek to nurture in pursuit of personal and academic success. For each aspect we have adopted a quotation by an individual admired for their considerable contribution or achievement in that particular area; these carefully chosen words provide meaning and help our students to understand our ethos.
At The Halifax Academy we are committed to an ongoing process of learning, self-reflection, adaptation and growth. We regularly evaluate our practice and make adjustments to ensure we are providing our students with the best possible education. Our culture and curriculum put student wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We work hard to equip our students with the tools to become resilient young people who can take care of their own wellbeing, as well as the wellbeing of others.
Our approach to staff wellbeing:
We all want to work smarter so that we can better balance quality time with our families and friends with the demands of work. At The Halifax Academy, we aspire to be the best professionals we can be – that is, after all, what our children and families deserve. Our staff are committed, expert and talented, and giving of your best day in day out, requires stamina. We need staff who can thrive at work and also at home, and for the long term. As an employer and an organisation, we are committed to being as flexible and supportive as we can be, helping colleagues and their families to navigate the ups and downs of life.
The Halifax Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks are required for all relevant posts.
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