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  • Start date details

    As swoon as possible

  • Closing date

    22 September 2025 at 10am

  • Date listed

    8 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,185.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale 2, Points 5 to 6 - Actrual salary £11,676.21 per annum

Afternoon Receptionist job summary

Afternoon Receptionist

Salary: Scale 2 (range point 4 to 5) £25,185 to £25,583 FTE. Actual salary £11,676.21 per annum.

Contract: Permanent. Term time plus 5 training days (39 weeks per year).

Hours: 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday 13.00 to 17.00.

Start date: As soon as possible.

Cambourne Village College is looking for an Afternoon Receptionist to cover the College Reception.

The post holder will ensure that visitors and members of the community are greeted professionally and courteously as they access the building and its facilities.

The post holder will be expected to undertake a range of clerical duties including answering the telephone and dealing with questions about the College and its afterschool activities from parents and members of the public and some administrative duties.

This is an incredibly busy role during the peak periods (12.30 to 13.30 and 14.50 to 15.45), so an ability to be able to juggle multiple requests, visitors, phone calls and requests are a must!

The successful candidate should have excellent interpersonal skills and experience of working in a fast-paced environment where no 2 days are the same. Experience of working with Microsoft packages and spreadsheets would be required.

Cambourne Village College is an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ rated, over-subscribed secondary school, eight miles from Cambridge. We opened as an academy of the Cam Academy Trust in September 2013. Our ethos is aspirational and inclusive, our staff is highly motivated, our pupils courteous and hard-working, and we have excellent facilities. A 350 place sixth form opened in September 2024, with capacity for 175 students in each of Years 12 and 13. Joining Cambourne Village College represents a unique opportunity to work in a well-established school within a wider, high-quality Academy Trust that gives excellent possibilities for professional and career development.

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.
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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.

Applying for the job

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About Cambourne Village College

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1461 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Cambourne Village College, an academy of The Cam Academy Trust, opened in brand new premises in September 2013 with just five forms of Year 7 pupils. Serving one of the fastest-growing communities in the UK, we now have more than 1300 pupils on roll, with major further expansion planned, including the opening of our new sixth form centre in September 2024.

The College has enjoyed remarkable success since opening, gaining an early Ofsted Outstanding rating along with designation as a Leading Edge School. Our pupils achieve excellent results in public examinations via a curriculum designed to offer maximum breadth and opportunity for all abilities. Our extra-curricular offer is also outstanding: annual musical drama performances, termly concerts, a wide range of competitive and recreational sporting activities, and many further clubs and events are on offer. In 2019, we were granted the International School Award by the British Council and are looking forward to re-launching our programme of international visits and exchanges this year.

We strive to be a welcoming and inclusive school for our pupils and also to fulfil our Village College ethos in serving the whole community: we support an active adult education programme and more than 30 local groups and organisations make use of the school’s facilities, out of hours. This unusual commitment to our local community was a key factor in our winning a prestigious Silver Award in the ‘Making a Difference’ category of the Pearson School of the Year celebrations in 2018.

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