Receptionist
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Start date details
January 2023
Closing date
5 December 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 November 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 8.30am to 12.30pm Monday to Friday, term-time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,441
Actual salary
- £9,811
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a positive and experienced receptionist who is able to multi-task and provide a professional service to visitors, staff and students.
This is a rewarding role where you will work in a busy environment, mixing with a wide range of people – students, parents, staff and visitors. As the welcoming front face of the school (either in person or over the phone), your main responsibility will be giving the highest standard of customer service in a friendly, calm and professional manner. You will also undertake a range of administration duties supporting departments across the school.
Your personality and interpersonal skills are key to this role. You will be the first interaction that visitors and parents will have on visiting the school and you will be expected to demonstrate the school’s values of positivity, ambition, resilience and thoughtfulness on a daily basis. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential, as well as good organisational skills.
Responsibilities include:
- Greeting and checking-in visitors
- Making and receiving phone calls
- General administrative tasks such as filing, scanning and sorting the post
- Responding to queries and signposting appropriate support
The role will be highly rewarding for the right candidate who can work seamlessly with the wider team and can take instruction, as well as acting under their own initiative. It will suit someone who thrives in a fast paced environment who wants to make a positive difference on a daily basis.
What the school offers its staff
The school is very proud of its caring commitment and innovative approach to educating the community of young people in the area, with award-winning programmes designed to help students in Year 7 – 11 thrive in a high school environment and open pathways to their future.
As part of the BePART Educational Trust established by nationally leading sixth form Birkenhead Sixth Form College, the school encourages students to raise aspirations and unlock their true potential through adopting the school values which are intrinsic to everything we do, across all staff and students – Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness. Our values shape every interaction with have and are core to our success in nurturing both academic and personal success for every student.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Birkenhead Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be subject
to an enhanced DBS check. Applications will only be considered when submitted on a fully completed application form. All applicants
will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of age, sex, race or disability.
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About Birkenhead Park School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 757 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Birkenhead Park School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@birkenheadparkschool.com
- Phone number
- 0151 652 1574
The Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16 and has over 700 students on roll. It is an exciting time to join us as we are on an ambitious journey of transformation and are looking for staff who are motivated to make a real make a difference to the community we serve.
The school is very proud of its caring commitment and innovative approach to educating the community of young people in the area, with award-winning programmes designed to help students in Year 7 – 11 thrive in a high school environment and open pathways to their future.
As part of the BePART Educational Trust established by nationally leading sixth form, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, the school encourages students to raise aspirations and unlock their true potential through adopting the school values which are intrinsic to everything we do, across all staff and students – Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness. Our values shape every interaction with have and are core to our success in nurturing both academic and personal success for every student.
We have recently been awarded a Silver Award by the Teacher Development Trust Network. This follows being awarded a Runner-Up prize in Educate North Awards’ Innovative and Creative Literacy accolade, acknowledging the school-wide Literacy Programme that has proven to have a significant effect in raising students’ reading ages and all-round academic ability.
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