Student Services Administrator

Start date:  As soon as possible 

Closing date: Thursday 7th March 8.00am

Shortlisting date: Thursday 7th March

Interview date:  To be confirmed

Salary Range: £21,208 - £21,925 (FTE £23,500 - £24,294)

37 hours per week, term time only plus TD days and 10 days to cover the Front Office during school holidays.

What are we looking for in our new Student Services Administrator:

We are looking to appoint a conscientious and enthusiastic person to join our team. This is a vital role within the school as you will act as the first point of contact for our students. You will also provide administrative support to the Pastoral Team. Good organisational skills, politeness and patience are essential as well as an ability to build good working relationships. First aid experience would be desirable but not essential.

You will have the highest integrity, and the ability to communicate well at all levels.  Very good numeracy and literacy skills (A*-C GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English) are essential as is experience of general clerical/administrative work within a customer service environment.

What will and can we offer you:

By joining our Kingsdown family you will join a team who genuinely cares and champions each and every student and each and every member of the Kingsdown team.

At Kingsdown, we know that staff and students thrive in a ‘healthy work culture’ and the wellbeing of staff and student outcomes is inextricably linked. We are committed to providing the best working and learning environment for all. The RLT has a staff charter and strong values, we uphold these values and commitments, and further build on these with our Wellbeing Strategy.  

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and Kingsdown School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered