Receptionist / Administrative Assistant

Tuckswood Academy, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 6BP

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 January 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: Scale C4 (£24,404 per annum) pro rata Actual Salary £18,356 per annum

Receptionist / Administrative Assistant job summary

Broad Horizons Education Trust

Tuckswood Academy

Tuckswood Centre

Norwich

NR4 6BP

Email: recruitment@bhetrust.co.uk

Vacancy:

Receptionist / Administrative Assistant

Scale C4 (£24,404 per annum) pro rata

Actual Salary £18,356 per annum

32.5 hours per week (9am - 4pm)

Term time plus one week

Permanent

The Trustees and Governors of Tuckswood Academy and Nursery are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Receptionist/Administrative Assistant for our busy Academy office.

We are looking to appoint a permanent Receptionist / Administrative Assistant for our school office.

Personal qualities are also of paramount importance, and the person appointed will be expected to display enthusiasm, energy, good humour, flexibility and reliability. They must also have the ability to work independently and as part of a busy team.

Applicants should have very good interpersonal skills; good general knowledge of ICT and data based applications, word processing and general office skills. These are essential to enable the post holder to maintain the day to day administrative processes for the Academy.

Your duties will include, these will vary based on Academy requirements:

• Ensuring visitors and callers to the Academy are courteously and correctly received

• Dealing with daily registers

• Ordering lunches

• Managing before and after school club bookings, grouping children for sports clubs

• Collecting and checking monies coming into the office

• Taking and passing on messages, responding to enquiries

• Updating pupil files, newsletter, photocopying, filing etc.

Previous experience of working in a school environment is preferable but not essential.

Further information about the academy can be found on our website www.tuckswoodacademy.co.uk

For information regarding this vacancy please contact: the Trust’s Recruitment Team by email on recruitment@bhetrust.co.uk

To access the online application and to apply, please select the “Apply for job” button and enter your details.

You must “Submit” your fully completed application by the closing date/time.

Closing date: 9:00 am Friday 7th February 2025

Interview date: Wednesday 12th February 2025

We reserve the right to end the vacancy and interview before the advertised closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Please note that it is normal practice to appoint to the bottom of the scale.

Broad Horizons Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check. Right to Work in the UK will need to be established. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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.

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About Tuckswood Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 254 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Tuckswood Academy website (opens in new tab)
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