Administration Support Team Member
This is a great opportunity for someone who is able to provide important administrative support to the school and also has a passion for excellent customer service, providing a good first impression and support to all visitors, students and staff. You will need to be enthusiastic, holding yourself and others to high standards.
The administration team in the school is made up of three main areas which support the pastoral and curriculum areas of the school as well as the senior leadership team:
Admin support / reception - providing a broad range of administrative and support activities, enabling the school to function efficiently
Marketing and communications - dealing with all aspects of the school’s communication and brand
Reprographics - providing an efficient reprographics service across the school
The admin support/receptionist role is located at the front of the school in the main reception area. Due to the nature of the varied work carried out by the administration team, it relies on good team work and flexibility to support each other. The successful candidate needs to have excellent IT and organisational skills and be able to multitask. It is also important to have good written and oral communication skills, that allows for effective communication with all levels of school staff, students, governors and all visitors to the school. You will also need to have the ability to deal with sensitive and confidential situations. As a member of the administration support team, your role will involve supporting other members of the team from time to time. Full training will be provided.
This employment will be for the following hours and is inclusive of a daily 30-minute unpaid break:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 08:00 - 16:00
Thursday, Friday: 08:30 - 16:30
The vacancy is for the 39 term time weeks of each year including inset days, plus 1 additional week to be worked during school holidays.
Support staff are valued members of the school community and fill vital roles. They are respected for the expertise they bring to their area of work. St Bede’s supports the professional development of its staff and takes staff wellbeing very seriously.
Annual salary reflects the contractual hours and weeks per year and is calculated using a Surrey Pay formula which includes payment in respect of statutory annual leave allowances. Salary is paid in 12 equal monthly instalments.
There is no entitlement to take leave during term time. All holidays must be taken during school breaks.
Why work for us?
St Bede's is a good place to work. Staff are friendly and supportive of one another: relationships between staff and pupils were recognised by Ofsted as 'exceptionally strong'.
ECTs benefit from a well developed and comprehensive induction period programme. More experienced teachers are given the opportunity to participate in training which will help them to develop skills needed for middle and senior management roles.
There are good on-site catering facilities. Staff are able to use the fitness facilities free of charge and to participate in sports activities.
Music is a big part of school life and staff are welcome to join our senior choir and instrumental groups.
We have a social event at the end of each term as well as occasional staff trips to the theatre.
The school is situated in Redhill, a commuter belt town in the Surrey Fringe area. We are close to the M25 and there are good transport links to London and the South Coast from Redhill station which is about 15 minutes walk from the school. We also benefit from being within walking distance of beautiful countryside. Many staff live locally, others commute from Guildford, South London, Kent and East & West Sussex.