Receptionist
Parkside School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 5AD23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,987.00 - £21,657.00 Annually (Actual) Band 5 SCP 4-6
Receptionist job summary
Do you want a job where you make a difference to the lives of children and young people?
Do you want to be inspired on a daily basis by your work?
Do you want to work in a newly redesigned administration team?
Work in a reception that is plan to be modernised to a high spec in 2025?
Do you have a passion for process improvement?
Do you have the ability to engage, motivate your team to serve the needs of the school?
It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Parkside School which recently joined Wellspring Academy Trust when it was also awarded the title of Multi Academy Trust of the year. As such, we are now in the second year of an exciting journey in this new partnership and we are looking for a like-minded, enthusiastic staff member to join us. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and these values are matched by Parkside School. ‘We make a difference’ If you have the same philosophy, this may be the job for you.
Details of Wellspring Academy Trust can be found at: https://wellspringacademytrust.co.uk/
We require a full time Receptionist to be the front facing administrator in our new expanded team. The role of the receptionist is a crucial role in a large secondary school as is often the first point of call for visitors, phone calls and staff. As such we view this role as a vital member of the admin team.
The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, understands the working of the school, be competent on a phone switchboard and basic IT skills and aware of the importance of safeguarding others in this role. Experience in administration or working in a school would be an advantage but not essential as full induction training will be given.
As a continued improvement of the school environment the reception area is due for a total refurbishment in 2025. The successful candidate will be able to have in input into these significant upgrades to this space. As such, it is an exciting time to join the team!
Whilst the majority of the time will be spent working as a receptionist, there will be other general admin tasks to complete during the day to support the wider team.
We are looking for consistency in the role so the post is full time. However, there may be some flexibility around hours for a strong candidate. We are happy to have these discussion in advance of any applications or if called to interview.
The administration function at Parkside has been remodelled and the capacity increased to produce a more complete service for the school. This post would be the fourth new member of staff to join the newly shaped admin team. Therefore, this is an exciting opportunity to join a team and a school on the move!
We will offer you the opportunity to:
be welcomed into our supportive staff team and experience our special sense of community
be supported in your continued professional development
become part of the extremely strong and supportive Wellspring Academy Trust in which there are regular opportunities to collaborate and share practice
We encourage any applicant to come and visit the school or to book an informal phone conversation about this role with the Senior Office Manager, Naz Ali, nazeefah.ali@parksideschool.net
If you are as excited by this challenge as we are and you think this might be the role for you, please apply by submitting a completed application form, having taken note of the attachments, no later than 9am Monday 13th January 2025. Please note, we do not accept CV's.
Interviews for successfully shortlisted candidates will be undertaken soon after this date.
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
We are committed to equal opportunities and to promoting diversity. We want our people to reflect the diversity of our communities, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.
All applicants need to complete the Equal Opportunities form. Please click link for further
Commitment to safeguarding
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Parkside School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1144 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Parkside School website (opens in new tab)
Parkside School and locality
We want all of our schools to make a positive contribution to the community that they are embedded within. This impact should be meaningful, considerable and lasting.
We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.
Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside.
The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery.
The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.
Also on the doorstep is the Saltaire World Heritage Site; a Victorian model village that is home to Salts Mill, which itself boasts striking architecture, eateries and shopping.
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