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* Part Time
* 20 or 24 hours per week (hours listed below*), 39 weeks per year
* Permanent
* Reference: 0111
* 20 hours per week: Wednesday 12pm – 5pm, Thursday – Friday 8.30am to 5pm
Job Description
* Woodbridge School, Woodbridge, IP12 4JJ
* Receptionist
* £10,498 - £12,597 per annum (£21,386 pro rata)
* Part Time
* 20 or 24 hours per week (hours listed below*), 39 weeks per year
* Permanent
* Reference: 0111
* 20 hours per week: Wednesday 12pm – 5pm, Thursday – Friday 8.30am to 5pm
24 hours per week: Wednesday - Friday 8.30am – 5pm (34 weeks term time, plus 100 hours in school holidays). These hours will be agreed with your line managers to meet the needs of the Reception during the holidays.
We are looking to appoint a receptionist to provide professional support to the School on a part time basis. Please include in your application if you would like to be considered for 20 or 24 hours per week.
You will provide an efficient and highly customer focused reception service for the School and Seckford Foundation, dealing with all callers, both on the telephone and in person, promptly and courteously. You will also provide support for the wider School Administration team.
This is a busy role, and you will need to work accurately under pressure and be able to cope with conflicting deadlines and interruptions. An understanding of the Independent School sector is desirable.
About Us
Set in the beautiful town of Woodbridge in Suffolk, Woodbridge School comprising our Pre-Prep, Prep and Senior School was established in 1587. An independent co-educational day and boarding school for ages 4 to 18, the original mission of the School was to provide an education for the young who would then give back to their community, thus enriching it and them all; this is embedded and continues in all that we do today.
Woodbridge School, including our Prep, Senior School, Sixth Form and Boarding, has been rated ‘Excellent’ in all areas by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) 2023.
Combining the best of tradition and innovation, our curriculum delivers the perfect balance of life skills, creative challenges and academic excellence. Woodbridge School offers an education that shapes itself around each student, ensuring they become everything they are meant to be. Our Prep School is a caring nurturing, lively and inspirational introduction to School, inspiring and investing a true love of learning in children. Our Senior School offers the perfect balance of creative challenges, academic excellence as well as interpersonal and social skills, for life throughout School – and beyond.
For more information:
If you would like an informal discussion prior to submitting your application, please contact James Wells, Recruitment Administrator on 01394 615170.
For more information about the school and this opportunity, and to download an application pack, please visit the website (Woodbridge School).
Closing date: 26 March 2025
Interview date: Week commencing 31 March 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Woodbridge School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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