Administrator/Receptionist
The Castle School, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AUThis job expired on 13 December 2024 – see similar jobs
Earliest start date
1 January 2025
Latest start date
2 January 2025
Closing date
13 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
4 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week 38 weeks per year (term time) plus 1 of the school’s 6 INSET days The hours of work are 8:15am - 4:15pm Monday to Thursday and 8:15am - 3:45pm on Fridays.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Somerset Grade 15 (£24,027 - £24,404 FTE) Actual starting salary of £20,047 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
We require someone who has a proven knowledge and experience of Microsoft packages including Word and Excel. In addition, you should have an excellent telephone manner, good communication skills, can demonstrate attention to detail and ideally have experience of working in a busy office or school environment.
In addition to the above, the school Administrator/Receptionists help to provide First Aid in the absence of the Welfare Officer or to assist at busy periods. Full training will be given and a First Aid Allowance (approximately £220 per annum) is payable for this role.
What the school offers its staff
Our school is part of the Blackdown Education Partnership, we believe that our schools should sit at the heart of our communities; that there are no limits to what our children and young people can achieve; and that they should be great places to work and learn.
We are incredibly proud of our Trust and the schools within it. Strong partnerships, collaboration and generosity are the bonds which underpin our collective mission to provide great education for all children no matter what their starting point or their background.
The Castle School requires a full-time Administrator/Receptionist to work in the school reception and provide administrative support in the main office. This post is on Grade 15 (NJC points 3-4), equivalent to £20,047 per annum. The hours of work are 8:15am - 4:15pm Monday to Thursday and 8:15am - 3:45pm on Fridays.
We can offer the successful candidate a professional and supportive working environment where no two days are ever the same, with opportunities for training and career development.
We require someone who has a proven knowledge and experience of Microsoft packages including Word and Excel. In addition, you should have an excellent telephone manner, good communication skills, can demonstrate attention to detail and ideally have experience of working in a busy office or school environment.
In addition to the above, the school Administrator/Receptionists help to provide First Aid in the absence of the Welfare Officer or to assist at busy periods. Full training will be given and a First Aid Allowance (approximately £220 per annum) is payable for this role.
A full job description and application pack is available from https://www.castleschool.co.uk/
All applications should be made by completing the application form available,
including evidence of how you meet the person specification for the role and should be submittedby 9am on the closing date.
Further details are available within the job description and person specification.
Closing date: Friday 13th December 2024 at 9am
Interviews: Tuesday 17th December 2024
Start date: January 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
About The Castle School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1204 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Castle School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@castle.bep.ac
The Blackdown Education Partnership is a multi-academy trust (MAT) working across Devon and Somerset. It was born of a merger between two established MATs: The Castle Partnership Trust and Uffculme Academy Trust and currently looks after a family of 12 schools: 6 primary and 6 secondary and 4 nurseries.
Blackdown Education Partnership is, therefore, a single organisation established to deliver the education and to safeguard the wellbeing of every child in our Trust. The Trust seeks to ensure that high quality collaboration and system leadership continue to improve the education in our schools. We are responsible for the good governance of the schools within our Trust and are accountable for the performance of each school. We work with an exceptional team of leaders, teachers and support staff whose combined efforts deliver on our promise to believe in every child.
We can offer you: An opportunity to work in an experienced and supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow. A friendly, busy and dynamic workplace where each day is different from the last. A competitive salary. Wider opportunities to be involved across our Trust. An energised and professional working environment.
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