The role is a Permanent, Term-Time plus 15 days working in the school holidays
Monday to Friday: (08:00am- 17:00pm)
Salary from: £25,408 to £29,103 depending on experience
To Start: ASAP
Interviews: To be held in February.
Blossom House is an Ofsted-rated "Outstanding" specialist school for children aged 3 - 19 years of age with speech, language and communication difficulties. We are rapidly expanding and are therefore looking for a new School Office Administrator to join our team.
What the role involves:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced & enthusiastic Office Administrator & First Aid Coordinator to join our very busy School Administration Team. This role would ideally suit someone with a high level of administrative & First Aid experience. You will need excellent collaboration skills, good attention to detail, very good computer skills, an ability to multi-task, continually learn in the role, and develop good working relationships with children, parents, colleagues and external members.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Experience of administration work, preferably in a school environment.
* Experienced First Aider
* Able to work efficiently under pressure within a team- this is a very busy school office!
* Have experience of and be competent in the use and maintenance of a school management information system.
* Be well organised with good administrative skills.
* Have the ability to prioritise and work accurately with attention to detail.
* Have excellent communication skills, particularly in the drafting of correspondence, formal letters and responding to queries.
* Be able to build effective working relationships and work well as part of a team.
* Be proficient in Word, Outlook, and Excel and ideally have experience of using databases.
* Understand and respect sensitivity of pupil, carer and staff records and ensure confidentiality of all written and verbal communications.
* Understand the importance of safeguarding within a school environment.
Closing date: 31st January 2025