Receptionist - Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge, Reading, RG4 9LNThis job expired on 24 September 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 September 2023 at 9am
Date listed
24 August 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- No, visa sponsorship not available
Key stage
- Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs - 37.5 hours per week, term time only plus 5 INSET days (Monday – Friday 8am to 4pm).
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 3, SCP 5, salary £21,575. Actual from £18,703
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are now looking for a Receptionist at Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and efficient School Receptionist for our Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge School. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with reception and/or schools experience who enjoys the challenges of a fast-paced environment where every day is different.
You must have the ability to be proactive, work effectively under pressure and have the confidence to manage a wide variety of people and situations independently. Excellent communication skills and experience of a school/business environment are essential.
Our ideal candidate will:
· Have prior experience working as a Receptionist, ideally in a school setting. · Possess excellent communication skills and thrive working in a fast-paced front of house post where the ability to multi-task and prioritise is key. · Be a person who shares our vision and high expectations for our students and our school.
The successful applicant will be energetic and enthusiastic and enjoy working with 11-16-year olds. You will have a welcoming and professional manner, must be articulate and presentable, approachable and willing to help. A calm manner and good sense of humour with the ability to work as part of team are also key attributes to succeed in this role. You will share our inclusive values of “opportunity, diversity and success for all” and you will have a willingness to develop your own practice in line with our ethos of continuous improvement.
To learn more about our school, visit our website www.maidenerleghchilternedge.co.uk.
If you would like to know more about this role, please contact the school directly.
What the school offers its staff
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge is proud to celebrate its recent ‘Good’ Ofsted outcome. This is a fantastic reflection of just how far the school has come in recent years and recognises all the work done by our staff. It is also testament to the hard work, maturity and energy of our students, and the support of our parent community. We are a small school but with a big heart. Since joining the Maiden Erlegh Trust in 2018 the school has seen a marked change in its fortunes and is now known for its calm classrooms, strong focus on behaviour and well-developed teaching and learning.
Being part of the Maiden Erlegh Trust also offers a
range of career opportunities across our schools. For our teaching team we offer a flexible CPD programme which staff can
tailor to their own needs which includes coaching and training for new entrants
to the profession and to support career returners.
We have a proven track record of supporting ambitious staff in to middle and senior leadership posts and can offer opportunities to broaden your impact on the sector through the work of the Maiden Erlegh Institute. We are very happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part-time working and job-sharing.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before
the closing date.
Maiden
Erlegh Trust is committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare
of children and staff. We are also committed to being ambitious for all and
supporting everyone to reach their full potential. All employees of the Trust
are expected to share these commitments. All posts require satisfactory
employment checks and references and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and
Barring Service check. All Leadership roles will require a Section 128 check.
About Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 395 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org
11-16 secondary school in Sonning Common, part of Maiden Erlegh Trust
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