Receptionist

Deer Park School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2HT

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  26 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,115.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £19,825.56

Receptionist job summary

37 hours per week, 8am to 4pm Monday to Thursday, 8am to 3.30pm Friday, Term-time only (39 weeks). Grade C – Step 1 - Full Time Equivalent Salary £23,115, Actual Salary £19,825.56.

Deer Park School opened in September 2021 initially with four forms of Year 7 and will grow to full capacity of seven forms of entry over the next seven years.

We are searching for an enthusiastic and efficient person to man the reception desk alongside undertaking other administrative duties relating to student absence. You will be the first point of contact – the friendly face of the school (meeting & greeting, responding to emails/telephone calls). Working with the public, parents, staff and students requires someone who has tact and diplomacy and the right person will need to have high standards of verbal and written communication with the ability to use the full suite of Microsoft Office. You will need to work independently and as part of a team with a flexible approach to your work, as no two days are the same.

If you are a hardworking individual who has a great sense of humour and you have patience, with a passion for assisting young people, then we would welcome your application.

Benefits of working for our trust include:

• Friendly and sociable colleagues
• Staff membership rates to our modern Leisure Centre
• Free on-site car park
• Good transport links
• Enrolment in one of the UK’s Largest public sector pension schemes
• A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice

If you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date. Closing Date: Midday, Friday 26th July 20024.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Wildern Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

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.

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About Deer Park School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 487 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Deer Park School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/deer-park-school (opens in new tab)

Deer Park School is a new seven-form entry secondary school which opened in September 2021 initially with four forms of Year 7 and growing to full capacity of seven forms of entry over the next seven years.

We are part of the Wildern Academy Trust which comprises of Wildern School, Deer Park Secondary School and Boorley Park Primary School.

This is an exciting time for the trust and all colleagues joining us.

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