Admin/Student Services Receptionist
River Academy, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8EQThis job expired on 28 February 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
28 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,835.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 5 SCP 12. Term Time Only plus 5 INSET days.
Admin/Student Services Receptionist job summary
The successful candidate will manage the student services reception and lead with the whole school First Aid Provision.
Duties will also include supporting students with:
- Lost property;
- Timetable, booklet and tools for learning queries;
- Contacting parents;
- Supporting and contributing to the family dining duties.
The main requirements of the role are to:
- Work with students with health concerns and their parents – support to ensure appropriate attendance at lessons and continuance with learning;
- Support the DSL and liaise with welfare and pastoral teams;
- Conduct regular audits of first aid supplies, ordering replacements where necessary;
- Signpost/refer students on to other agencies as appropriate;
- Provide backup for the attendance officer. including first day calling and late gate supervision in the absence of the attendance officer.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Excellent Microsoft office skills;
- Confidentiality, reliability, tact, diplomacy, sensitivity and resilience;
- Excellent organisational and communication skills – able to prioritise workload;
- Ability to identify customers’ needs quickly and deal with queries;
- Able to work independently but also as part of a team;
- Flexible approach to working and a commitment to on-going personal development;
- Calm under pressure, adaptable and energetic.
The school is part of the successful Maiden Erlegh Trust who currently operate eight other schools in Berkshire and South Oxfordshire. The Trust has a reputation for driving high standards and excellence in all its schools, with a strong track record of outcomes and improving OFSTED grading.
Our People Development Curriculum provides professional development pathways for every role within the Trust, both teaching and support staff, through which staff can tailor CPD to their own needs.
We have a proven track record of supporting ambitious staff in to middle and senior leadership posts and can offer opportunities to broaden your impact on the sector through the work of the Maiden Erlegh Institute. We are very happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part-time working and job-sharing.
River Academy is a new state-of-the-art, purpose-built secondary school which will serves the need for additional school places in the Reading area. Based in Richfield Avenue, the buildings contain specialist teaching facilities in all areas of the curriculum including a wonderful hall, drama studio and sports studio.
River Academy has high expectations for all students and a firm focus on academic excellence and participation ingrained in our every action. To learn more about our school, please visit our website www.river-academy.co.uk
About the Trust
Maiden Erlegh Trust is committed to developing a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative community of highly effective schools that deliver excellent education opportunities for the children and young people of the communities we serve. Through our work we will ensure that our children are equipped with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to deal with the demands of an ever-changing world. The Trust currently comprises eight schools in the local area, with a variety of settings including primary, secondary, special and a PRU. As a Trust, we encourage professional development at all levels through the use of cross Trust networks to share best practice and ideas. We also actively encourage the promotion of staff to different roles within the Trust and to different settings in line with their career aspirations. Click Work @ Maiden Erlegh Trust to find out more information about why you should work for Maiden Erlegh Trust and to read testimonials from existing staff.
Benefits
Further information about some of the staff benefits that Maiden Erlegh Trust offers its employees, can be found on our website HERE.
Staff Wellbeing is very important to us. As a staff member of Maiden Erlegh Trust these are just some of the examples of how we show our appreciation to staff.
- We operate a system of ‘ME days’ allowing staff to request an additional day off per year to attend special events such as children’s sports days and graduations, family and friends' weddings.
- CPD is available for all staff at all levels.
- Free flu vaccinations are offered to all staff.
- Free eye tests are provided for eligible staff.
- Breakfast and lunch provided for staff regularly, including on many INSET days and as a thank you throughout the year.
If you believe that this is an environment where you can thrive, develop and substantially contribute to an exciting future for our students, then you are encouraged to explore further by contacting recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org for a more detailed discussion, if required.
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and successful references.
If you would like to have an informal chat with our hiring manager about this post, please email recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org.
Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible as the Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About River Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- Up to 1200 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- River Academy website
School location
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