School Secretary
Kensington Wade
Kensington, London
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- February 2017
- Apply by:
- 1 December 2016
Job overview
Kensington Wade, a newly established dual language English-Chinese school in Kensington, London, will open its doors to nursery children in April 2017 and start admitting reception class children in September 2017.
The school is looking for an English mother tongue secretary to start possibly in February 2017, who will provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support and be responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day organisation and maintenance of the school office and its procedures.
MAIN DUTIES
- Ensure the provision of an effective office as the school’s main public front.
- Ensure front line enquiries from staff and parents are dealt with promptly.
- Ensure all pupil records and documents are properly maintained and filed.
- Manage files and records of the school.
- Type school correspondence and other documents as requested.
- Administer the school’s admissions procedures by giving advice to parents and members of the public on admission criteria and collect applications for admission.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to the post that may reasonably be required.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Required
- A very high standard of English.
- Previous administrative experience.
- Ability to carry out general office duties.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and on the phone.
- Ability to build and maintain an effective working relationship with colleagues.
- Ability to prioritise and to ensure that deadlines are met.
- Ability to use computer systems to an advanced level.
- Diplomatic approach when dealing with difficult situations.
- Cultural awareness and sensibility.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality in all matters.
- Willingness to seek ways of improving the service that the school offers.
- Experience of the Independent School system could be an advantage but is not necessary.
Please complete the attached application form and send it to mail@acslonline.co.uk with the names and contact numbers of two referees, who will not be contacted before interview, together with a brief covering letter stating why you think you would suit the position.
Closing date: 1st December 2016
About Kensington Wade
- Kensington Wade
- 205 Warwick Road, Kensington
- London
- W14 8PU
- United Kingdom
Kensington Wade is a dual-language English-Chinese preparatory school that is due to open in West London in spring 2017. The mixed, independent school will be situated on the corner of Kensington High Street and Warwick Road, in a brand new, state-of the-art building, and will cater for 200 children.
Kensington Wade is named after a 19th-century British minister to China, Sir Thomas Wade, who spent 40 years in the country and later became the first professor of Chinese at Cambridge University. The school will be the first of its kind in Western Europe. It will prepare its pupils for the very best secondary schools, and instil in them a drive for academic excellence balanced with high cultural empathy.
Headmistress
Laura Marani
Values and vision
Kensington Wade will prepare its pupils for demanding English independent schools by not only teaching an appropriate curriculum, but also equipping them to communicate in written and spoken Chinese. All instruction will be delivered in both English and Chinese, while pupils will also benefit from a dual cultural approach.
Headmistress Laura Marani says: “The most effective way to learn a language is to absorb it naturally, with the equal exposure of two languages.” Pupils will gain not only knowledge, but the skills to use it in society. They will learn the fundamentals of language, mathematics and science, and also how to behave, cooperate, learn and take action.
Kensington Wade believes good behaviour and discipline are the key foundations of learning. The preparatory school will encourage courtesy, integrity, good manners and a respect for the needs of others.
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