Administrative Assistant and Receptionist

Ark Greenwich Free School, London, SE18 4LH

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October/November 2026

• Closing date

  30 September 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  21 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £29,801 - £31,083 per year pro rata
• Additional allowances:
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  • Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
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  • Twice as many training days as standard.
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  • Generous pension scheme.
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  • Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
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  • Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
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  • Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
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  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.
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  Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at https://arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.

Administrative Assistant and Receptionist job summary

The Role

This is a Front of House and administration role, well suited to someone with a passion for customer service.  You will provide a professional/positive first impression and support to all visitors, parents, scholars and staff.  You will also provide important administrative and pastoral support. You will need to be unflappable, calm under pressure and enthusiastic in holding yourself and others to our high standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing outstanding front-line customer service to scholars, parents, staff and visitors to the school as well as a high standard of administration duties.
• Assist the school’s receptionists with answering calls, dealing with visitors and presenting a positive image of the school that upholds the school’s values and ethos.
• Interacting with parents, carers, colleagues and visitors to the school, at all levels of seniority, with confidence, tact and professionalism.
• Ensure safeguarding procedures are followed for all visitors and appropriately handling incoming calls and enquiries.
• Ensure that all communications are correctly logged and routed to their intended recipients, or an appropriate member of staff, to ensure a quick and effective communication system.
• To provide general administrative support.
• To undertake reprographics work.
• To book cabs when required.
• To ensure that the reception area remains tidy and that literature and forms are updated and replenished as necessary.
• Willingness to be first aid trained in order to provide first aid to scholars and staff where necessary
• Responding to Oncalls
• Undertaking routine school duties, such as lunch duty.
• Assist with student welfare and liaise with parents where necessary
• Provide cover for other areas of the admin department and carry out all administrative duties when required and directed to do so by the Operations Manager.

We’re proud to share that our school has been recognised as a top-performing secondary school nationally, receiving Top 10% badges for Pupil Effort and Employee Line Management, alongside a Top 5% badge for Employee Agency, in the Spring 2026 census with The Engagement Platform (TEP).

 If you would like to discuss this opportunity or for any queries, please contact lcripps@arkgreenwich.org.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ark Greenwich Free School

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 615 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark Greenwich Free School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-greenwich-free-school

The opportunity to empower young people to grow and be successful is at the heart of everything we do. We provide the very best all-round education to prepare our scholars for the modern world. We are proud of our respectful and disciplined community where scholars and staff are safe and valued; a no-excuses ethos prevails; and aspirations are unashamedly sky-high. Our values of Ambition, Growth, Fellowship and Scholarship permeate all aspects of school life.

Our mission is to create a school of the highest standards that achieves this through recruiting and training excellent teachers and support staff and in developing a pastoral system that ensures no child is left behind.

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