Receptionist and Administration Assistant
Devonport High School for Boys, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5QP12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
26 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 35 hours per week term time only worked Monday to Friday 08:00 to 15:30 with a half hour lunch break (38 weeks per year - Paid 43.6wks per year to include holiday)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- B (SCP3-4) Currently £12.85ph
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required for an immediate start, the school is looking to recruit a receptionist and administration assistant to work between the hours of 8am until 3.30pm, with half an hour break each day, as part of the school’s reception team.
This post will be working under the support of the Office Manager and the wider reception team. The successful candidate will provide a welcoming and efficient reception service to visitors, alongside delivering high-quality administrative support within our busy school office. There will also be a requirement for the successful candidate to deliver first aid and school attendance support.
Please visit the school’s website at www.dhsb.org/recruitment to download further details and an application form.
If you would like any further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact the Office Manager, Emma Jensen, on 01752 208787 or by email emma.jensen@dhsb.org.
To apply for the post please complete the application form and email to Mikaela Blows, Headteachers PA, via headteacher@dhsb.org by 9am Tuesday 7th April, with Interviews taking place on the 9th April.
The position will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
What the school offers its staff
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Devonport High School for Boys
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1268 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Devonport High School for Boys website
- Email address
- mikaela.blows@dhsb.org
- Phone number
- 01752 208787
Devonport High School for Boys is a happy and vibrant grammar school for boys aged 11-18.
Our vision, whatever your role in the school or personal ambition, is that ‘Everyone Succeeds’.
Arranging a visit to Devonport High School for Boys
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mikaela.blows@dhsb.org.
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