Receptionist

Are you passionate about providing excellent customer service? Join our team as a Receptionist and be the first point of contact for our busy school.

Location: Ash Green School, Coventry

Salary: NJC Scale 4 - 6 (FTE £24,404 - £25,183). Actual salary £20,990 - £21,660 (39 weeks, Term Time only). 

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, 08:30am - 16:30pm, 39 weeks per year.

About Our School: Ash Green School has been on a positive journey over the past 12 months, anchored in our G.R.A.C.E values – global citizenship, resilience, aspiration, creativity, and excellence – this period has seen our students thrive and grow in their educational pursuits.

The dedicated team at Ash Green School uphold high expectations for each student, providing abundant support and motivation to help them realise their full potential.

About You: As a school receptionist, you will:

• Ensure the main reception area is run effectively.
• Be a point of contact for both telephone and face to face enquiries and take messages where appropriate.
• Be responsible for signing in late students and passing on the information to the student receptionist.
• Ensure that all visitors are signed in and issued with a visitor’s pass, ensuring that all visitor’s DBS/ID has been checked for safeguarding purposes.
• Receive, sign for, sort and distribute post/deliveries coming into the School.

Requirements:

To apply for the Receptionist opportunity you must have:

• GCSE level or equivalent in English (A-C)
• Experience working in a busy office environment.
• Excellent Administration and Organisation skills.
• An understanding of GDPR.
• Good ICT Skills.
• The ability to prioritise and manage a diverse job role.

About Creative Education Trust:

Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 13,500 children and young people.

We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities.

Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.

CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development:

CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust.

We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached.

Next Steps:

Once we receive your application, should you be successful, you will be invited to meet the hiring manager with potential of moving to interview stage.

We encourage applicants to submit their applications promptly, as we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

Essential Information:

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers, workers and all other members of the school

community to share this commitment.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks and referencing prior to interview, and all offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS Check and where appropriate a Prohibition from Teaching search.

This post is exempt from the

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.