Receptionist

Nansen Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 3HG

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  28 January 2026 at 7am

• Date listed

  14 January 2026

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: £24,027.00 - £25,992.00 Annually (FTE) (The above salary is full time equivalent. Salary will be worked out pro-rata- term time only and according to experience.)

Receptionist job summary

Nansen Primary School - Receptionist

Nansen Primary School, 104 Nansen Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HG

E-mail: h.begum@nansen.bham.sch.uk -Office Manager

Hours of work: 36.5 hours per week (term time only)

Required: As soon as possible

Nansen Primary School is looking to appoint a receptionist to join our admin team. The school is part of Leigh Trust.

We are looking for an employee with admin experience, preferably within a school admin team.

Main requirements / responsibilities of the role:

• Reception and admin duties
• Excellent verbal and written English skills (these will be tested at interview)
• A positive attitude and effective communication skills
• The ability to work accurately to tight deadlines
• A commitment to ensuring confidentiality
• Ability to prioritise, multi task and work as part of a team
• Data entry, letter writing and filing
• Providing reception and switchboard support to the school

• Providing clerical support to the school’s administrative function

• Receiving, signing in and dealing with or directing pupils, parents and other school visitors as appropriate
• Taking telephone calls and delivering messages as appropriate
• Dealing with pupils who are late, recording on MIS and relaying information to Attendance Officer
• Receiving and sorting incoming mail for delivery to appropriate staff.
• Occasional routine word processing, as and when required
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Informal visits are welcome and these can be booked by contacting Halima Begum by phone or email.

Tel: 0121 389 3787 or email h.begum@nansen.bham.sch.uk - Office Manager

Deadline for applications: 28th January 2026 at 8am

Interviews will be held on: 4th February 2026

How to apply

To apply for the post, please complete the application form via mynewterm portal.

Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding & Child Protection

Nansen Primary believes that its workforce should reflect the local community and that all groups within the community should have equal access to the Trust’s employment opportunities. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Nansen Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including: Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable reference. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2023. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

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

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

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 Nansen Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 606 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nansen Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nansen-primary-school-birmingham

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