Receptionist
Springfield School
Oxfordshire
- £21,281 - £21,962 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 5 Actual Salary £21,281 - £21,962 per annum
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 February 2025
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic Receptionist, with reception responsibilities, to join our existing administration team, working on both our primary and secondary sites.
About the Role
Some responsibilities include:
- Undertake reception duties, answering routine telephone and face to face enquiries and signing in visitors
- Assisting with arrangements for visits and school events
- Liaising with parents, staff and outside agencies
- Responsible for all receptionist duties e.g., photocopying, filing, emailing, completing routine forms
- Maintain manual and computerised records/management information systems
- Undertake typing, word processing and other IT based tasks (correspondence, reports, newsletters, spreadsheets).
- Sort and distribute mail and email correspondence.
- Undertake routine administration e.g., registers/school meals, Newsletters
- In line with LA procedures, and working alongside a member of the senior leadership team, arrange annual reviews of Education, Health and Care Plans, coordinating all relevant stakeholders and providing all relevant paperwork.
- Provide personal, Administrative and organisational support to other staff and Governing Body.
About You
You will:
- Have numeracy and literacy GCSE’s (or equivalent), at Grade C or above
- Have excellent customer service skills
- Have experience of working in a school or educational setting
- Be confident in the use of internet, email and database programs
- Be committed to ongoing self-development and training
- Be a good team player with the ability to work on your own initiative
Benefits of working at Springfield include:
- Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including cycle to work
- Perk Box - discount and wellbeing platform membership
- 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance
- Membership to Wisdom wellbeing app
How to Apply
To apply for this post, please email your application form to application@thegallerytrust.co.uk
Please submit your application form by 5pm on 21st February 2025
Interviews will be held the week beginning 3rd March 2025.
The Gallery Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment with The Gallery Trust is subject to verification of ID and qualifications, satisfactory evidence of the right to work in the UK, health clearance, NCTL and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check. The Gallery Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates from all ethnic and community backgrounds.
Attached documents
About Springfield School
- Springfield School
- The Bronze Barrow, Cedar Drive, Madley Park, Witney
- Oxfordshire
- OX28 1AR
- United Kingdom
Springfield School is a specialist school for primary and secondary age children with Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), or Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), with additional needs of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN), Visual Impairment (VI), Hearing Impairment (HI), and Physical, Sensory and Medical (PSM). We currently have 117 children on roll and all our pupils have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). Our curriculum offers pupils engaging, enriching, and meaningful opportunities enabling them to develop their independence, communication, skills for learning and life, and is personalised to meet the needs of each pupil. Our recent Ofsted report shares more about our provision and is available on our school website.
We believe in creating opportunities for both pupils and staff to succeed in their own goals. It is essential for us to work closely with parents, carers and other professionals to promote support for everyone and sharing of good practice. The wider multi-professional team at Springfield School includes a Special School Nurse, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.
Benefits of working at Springfield School include:
Professional development opportunities
- Regular training and access to a range of internal and external professional development opportunities, tailored to your learning needs, your job role and your career aspirations.
- Opportunities for career progression, secondments and transfers within The Gallery Trust, the largest special school Academy Trust in Oxfordshire.
- Opportunities for collaborative working across the schools in The Trust, offering the chance to liaise with experienced colleagues, building knowledge and professional networks
- Develop your career in The Gallery Trust, an expanding and successful organisation which offers opportunities for progression, secondments and collaborative working with colleagues across our schools
Financial
- Competitive salaries for teaching and support staff based on School Teacher Pay and Conditions Document and the NJC Green Book
- Access to attractive pension plans (TPS and LGPS), linked to salary life assurance
- Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work Scheme
- Perkbox - discount and wellbeing platform membership
Wellbeing
- 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance
- Membership to Wisdom - wellbeing app
- Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff which increases to reflect length of service
- Complimentary tea and coffee
Facilities
- Free car parking and cycle storage
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