What skills and experience we're looking for
1. Provide a first-class reception and telephone answering service (both internal and external) to ensure that all callers are dealt with promptly and the image of the school is enhanced.
2. Take responsibility for reception and act as the initial point of contact for visitors to the school, dealing with enquiries from parents/carers and members of the public and always maintaining an exemplary environment and professionalism. Ensuring that any messages or complaints are immediately forwarded to the appropriate member of staff.
3. To ensure that all visitors to the school are signed in and out accurately, are issued with the appropriate lanyard and informed of visitor’s guidelines.
4. Commitment to safeguard & promote the welfare of children.
5. To exercise complete discretion when dealing with issues of confidentiality and sensitivity.
6. Undertake a variety of administrative tasks: distributing incoming post; processing and franking outgoing mail to facilitate the smooth running of the school. Processing emails to the relevant departments via Outlook and using SharePoint.
7. Maintain and update records on the Student Information Management System (SIMS.net) and access pupil personal data.
8. Sign pupils in and out of the building, following safeguarding procedures.
9. Checking and signing for deliveries to the school.
10. To ensure the Office Supervisor is fully briefed on any matters that have been brought to your attention via the reception.
What the school offers its staff
• employee of the week scheme
• superb on-site catering at very competitive prices.
• complementary ‘breakfast sandwiches’ each month on pay day.
• reduced membership of the on-site Leisure Centre Fitness Suite.
• free on-site parking.
• good road/rail links with access to Manchester city center and the airport in under an hour.
• a pleasant, working environment in well maintained and equipped classrooms on a mature campus in the heart of Alsager in rural Cheshire East.
Commitment to safeguarding
Alsager School is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all students and expects all staff to share this commitment.