Receptionist/Administration Assistant
25 hours a week Term Time only plus 5 inset days
Kent Range 5 (£24,040 - £25,002) per annum pro-rata
Required to start beginning of April or sooner
Hours 08.00 - 13.00 Monday - Friday
We wish to appoint a School Receptionist/Admin Assistant to give a positive first impression of the school and deal professionally with parents, visitors, staff and children. Providing administrative support to the Office Manager and Headteacher. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an excellent and current understanding of SIMS (School Information Management System) and a sound knowledge of Word and Excel are essential, also is the ability to prioritise workload and multi-task under pressure.
You will need to have a positive outlook, a calm manner and possess a good sense of humour and the confidence to deal with a range of queries and circumstances.
An understanding of the importance of confidentiality is essential as is a commitment to safeguarding the welfare of the students in the school.
The post involves a wide range of tasks including:
* Act as first point of contact for the school
* Provide administrative, and organisational services to the school
* Answer telephone calls and deal with enquiries from parents and general enquiries
* Liaise with other staff and external agencies
* Manage the schools email box
* Support the Office Manager with any admin tasks as necessary
* Process forms, returns, etc, including those to outside agencies
* Monitor and record student and staff absence data.
* Prepare reports for the various authorities, word process school policy and curriculum documents
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