Receptionist Greenhill

Invictus Alternative Provision are recruiting for a Receptionist on a fixed term contract term time only and 15 hours per week.

Start date: ASAP

Grade 3, Spine 3-4

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools, one primary school, and two alternative provisions, with over 700 employees and over 5,000 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands. 

At Invictus we are values driven and as such believe ‘anything is possible’. Our alternative provision estate supports learners to share the same ethos; young people who are most vulnerable are supported to flourish and experience success. Both Greenhill Alternative Learning Campus in Halesowen and Invictus Revive Learning Centre in Dudley aim to support young people in KS3 and 4 who have been unable to achieve in a mainstream setting.

We are seeking a diligent, patient and outgoing person to undertake reception duties and be the first point of contact for our alternative provision centres. This is a fixed term post with potential for a permanent position. If you are resilient, hardworking, and organised we would welcome your application to join the ‘dream team’.

You will need to be; 

• Willing to undertake all reception duties. 
• Organised with excellent written and verbal communication skills.  
• Polite, friendly, professional, respectful and flexible. 
• Able to use/learn to use the school management information system to update student and family records. 
• Able to support leaders with generic administrative tasks. 
• Are patient and show resilience with some of our most vulnerable and challenging learners.

NVQ 2/3 Business and Administration or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline or significant experience as a receptionist.

Daily contact with vulnerable young people in a small setting.  No direct supervision/ teaching of young people required.

Please contact Mr C Bennett, Director of Alternative Provision 01384 686607 for more information.

Closing date: Monday 29th November 5pm

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews due to take place: Friday 10th December 2021

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2021-  https://bit.ly/3sFula8  

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974 

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide