Administrator and Receptionist
Harris Primary Academy Orpington, Orpington, Kent, BR5 4LZ5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Actual salary £25,971.21 (40 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,346
Pay scale
- Grade 4 (Outer London)
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you have administration experience within a school environment? Support Harris Primary Academy Orpington in the smooth running of our administration office and wider academy. We are looking for a Admin Officer to work within our Admin Office, undertaking reception and other administrative duties.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- Experience of delivering a high-quality service
- Experience of a range of general administrative duties
- Good ICT skills and experience, including Word, Excel, and management information systems
- Experience working with children of relevant age (11-19)
- A good standard of general education, including literacy and numeracy skills
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
Our aim is to provide our pupils with a well-rounded and enjoyable education that ensures each child succeeds academically, physically and emotionally - preparing them for life in an ever-changing world. We have identified six shared values, which we develop with the children throughout the academic year: Respect, Unity, Cooperation, Aspiration, Responsibility and Integrity.
They are our foundations and we have a clear expectation that all adults as well as children and staff model and respect these values both inside and outside the academy. These foundations have enabled us to build high quality, inspiring education for our children. This is reflected in both the exceptional day to day practice here as well as the improving outcomes our children have achieved in each year.
Our knowledge rich curriculum has been designed to challenge and inspire the children; exposing them to a wide variety of exciting experiences.
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Further details about the role
In this key role, you will:
- Undertake reception duties, answering general telephone and face to face enquiries and signing in visitors, dealing with parental and visitor enquiries and supporting student enquiries
- Assist with pupil first aid/welfare duties
- Assist in arrangements for school trips, events etc.
- Provide general clerical/admin support
- Maintain manual and computerised records/management information systems
- Produce lists/information/data as required
- Undertake typing, word processing and other IT based tasks
- Take notes at meetings
- Sort and distribute mail
- Undertake administrative procedures
- Maintain and collate pupil reports
- Undertake routing administration of school lettings and other uses of school premises
- Provide timely and effective operation of secretarial and administrative support to the line manager
- Assist the Academy by maintaining good relationships with staff, parents, governors, contractors, representatives and external agencies in order to promote the objectives of the School
- Clerk the governing body meetings, preparing agendas, papers and minutes and keeping records as required
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Harris Primary Academy Orpington
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 299 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Harris Primary Academy Orpington website
- Email address
- info@harrisprimaryorpington.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01689 830383
Harris Primary Academy Orpington is a two-form entry school which opened in September 2016 in Bromley. We believe that every child is different and that everyone deserves the opportunity to be happy, secure and successful. The academy is surrounded by a large grounds which enables us to take our learning outside, including through Forest School.
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