Receptionist / Administrator
Discovery Academy, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5SS16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
6 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 25-30 hours per week TTO (Negotiable)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- FTE B19 £24,391.46 – B21 £24,761.99
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Title: Receptionist / Administrator
Reference No: DA RA 062025 Salary*: FTE B19 £24,391.46 – B21 £24,761.99 £24,391 - £24,761
Hours of Work: 25-25-30 hours per week TTO (Negotiable) (negotiable) 1st September 2025Location: Nuneaton, Warwickshire 23:59 6th Jul
Come and be part of an exciting and creative academy in Nuneaton for children and young people with autism and/or social, emotional and mental health needs.
About Us
In September 2015, MacIntyre Academies Trust opened a new Academy in Nuneaton, Warwickshire; catering for children and young people aged between 9 years (Year 5) and 19 years with an autism diagnosis and / or an underlying condition that has enabled them to receive an EHC plan for ASC or SEMH. MacIntyre Academies is sponsored by MacIntyre Charity, which over the last 50 years, has developed a strong reputation nationally, as a high-quality, person-centred organisation.
The Role
We are currently recruiting for a professional Receptionist/Administrator to join this exciting school to provide a positive front of house experience for all visitors to the academy. In this role you will provide administrative support service to the School under the direction of Office Manager. This will include front of house management, including switchboard, greeting/welcome visitors and preparation of rooms for meetings. In addition administration tasks including filing, photocopying, mail and goods receipting, stock maintenance, scanning and other general administrative duties. You will maintain student records on the relevant management systems; You will also provide a positive front of house experience for all visitors to the academy.
About You
You need to be an experienced Receptionist / Administrator with excellent key board skills and knowledge of all relevant Microsoft packages to include Word, Excel and Outlook. It is desirable that you have a relevant secretarial or administrative qualification such as an NVQ level 2 or equivalent and knowledge of school databases such as SIMS, however this is not essential as training will be provided. You need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills both written and verbal, be able to work well within a team and under pressure within tight deadlines.
MacIntyre Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and registration with the DBS Update Service together with all other relevant recruitment checks including obtaining references. This post includes engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide: DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Referees will be asked to assess the suitability of candidates to work with vulnerable adults, children or young people and will be verbally verified. Individual Safeguarding Policies for our Academies can be found on our website under ‘Essential Information’ and candidates will be asked about this as part of the recruitment process.
*Salaries are based on full-time equivalent (FTE) per annum and are dependent upon experience
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
Our people are the heart of our success and we offer an attractive package, including:
- A competitive salary
- Excellent local government pension scheme
- Family Friendly policies
- Wellbeing, Bereavement and Menopause policies
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Wellbeing initiatives in your setting
- Full induction
- Training and development and the support of a trained line manager and dedicated senior leaders
- Access to further professional development
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Annual MAT Life Day to take for that special occasion
- Annual Flu Jabs
- Free eye tests through Specsavers
- An Employee Assistance Programme to Support your health and wellbeing an access to various perks including discounts Tesco, Cineworld, Go Ape and many more
- Pension benefits for death in service
- Long Service Recognition
- Recommend a Friend Scheme - £100 Voucher
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders
- Enhanced DBS Certificate (Paid for by MacIntyre Academies)
- Self service portal to facilitate leave and amend personal information
- We have an active employee engagement programme which includes Termly ‘You are Awesome’ awards, an annual Employee Big Thank you Day, Annual CPD Trust wide conference.
- Access to Blue Light Card/ Discounts for Teachers which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for social care staff/ Teachers and support staff
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 Discovery Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 9 to 19
- School size
- 97 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Discovery Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@macintyreacademies.org
- Phone number
- 024 7710 3370
Arranging a visit to Discovery Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@macintyreacademies.org.
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