Hours: 36.5 (Term time only) Contract Type: Permanent Nansen Primary School Naseby Road Birmingham B8 3HG Start Date: 1 March 2025 Nansen Primary School is looking to appoint a receptionist to join our admin team. The school is part of Leigh Trust. We are looking for an employee with admin experience, preferably within a school admin team. Main requirements / responsibilities of the role: reception and admin duties excellent verbal and written English skills (these will be tested at interview) a positive attitude and effective communication skills the ability to work accurately to tight deadlines a commitment to ensuring confidentiality ability to prioritise, multi task and work as part of a team data entry, letter writing and filing providing reception and switchboard support to the school providing clerical support to the school’s administrative function receiving, signing in and dealing with or directing pupils, parents and other school visitors as appropriate taking telephone calls and delivering messages as appropriate dealing with pupils who are late, recording on MIS and relaying information to Attendance Officer receiving and sorting incoming mail for delivery to appropriate staff. occasional routine word processing, as and when required Informal visits are welcome and these can be booked by contacting Halima Begum by phone or email. Tel: 0121 389 3787 or email h.begumnansen.bham.sch.uk - Office Manager This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. Closing Date: 31 January 2025, 9:00am How to apply: To apply for the post, please complete the application form via mynewterm portal. Only applications submitted via mynewterm will be accepted. https://mynewterm.com/jobs/138799/EDV-2025-NPS-49115 Interviews: 10th February 2025