Receptionist/Admin Assistant
Oxted School, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0AB18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 March 2026
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
- £8,819.47 - £9,594.61 Annually (Actual) Partnership Grade 4 (£25,111pa - £27,318pa FTE)
Receptionist/Admin Assistant job summary
Oxted School is looking for a proactive and motivated individual to join the team, the successful candidate will provide an efficient and accurate support service for the Front of School and the PA to the Principal and Operations Manager.
This part-time, permanent role, 2 days per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage reception ensuring visitors are greeted and signed in correctly, including monitoring the back gate and checking when anyone rings the intercom
- Receive and redirect telephone calls to the school, including managing voicemail messages
- Receive deliveries and log tickets for Estates to move them to the delivery cupboard
- Manage the inbox for the Front Desk email account redirecting emails to the correct staff and responding where relevant
- To participate in training, other learning activities and performance development as required
Main Accountabilities:
- Prepare and despatch a range of standard correspondence/documents to ensure an efficient response to enquiries and timely conclusion of any process connected with the defined area of activity
- Deliver a range of administrative and/or customer/consultancy services in support of existing systems or processes to agreed standards, to maximise service quality and continuity
- Support a group of senior staff, ensuring confidentiality, and assisting in the effective organisation of internal/external meetings and activities to support a high standard of office organisation
- Follow established ordering procedures to ensure adequate resources are available to meet work requirements
- Receive visitors and provide/request basic information in a courteous manner to promote a positive image of the work unit
Qualifications and Skills:
- GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) with basic literacy and numeracy skills.
- Ability to work towards Level 2 vocational qualifications or demonstrate specialist skills.
- Competence with IT tools, strong communication, and organisational skills.
All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.
The Howard Partnership Trust is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, disability, race, age, or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.
As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION
The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Oxted School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1611 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oxted School website
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