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Receptionist
St Joseph's Catholic School, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1QY8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
3 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 February 2025
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
- £24,404.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Grade D, £23,114 per annum, pro rata, term time only
Receptionist job summary
St Joseph's Catholic School
“With God’s love and inspiration, we aspire and achieve excellence”
Job Title: Receptionist
Responsible to: HR Officer
Salary: Grade D, £24,404 - £25,183 per annum, term time only, pro rata
Contract: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week, term time only
Start Date: April 2025
Main job purpose:
To support the school as part of our reception team, welcoming visitors, pupils and staff whilst providing administrative support throughout the school. Being an ambassador for the school, embodying the values, vision and ethos of the school in all interactions.
Main responsibilities:
- Providing a reception service for parents, pupils and staff.
- Writing, proof reading and editing school letters as required.
- Typing correspondence and documents as directed.
- Issuing visitors with correct passes ensuring that safeguarding policy is adhered to.
- Answering incoming telephone calls, redirecting or taking messages as necessary.
- Administering first aid and complete the accident book/accident forms, to call an ambulance if required, to attend to pupils who are unwell and telephone their parents as necessary.
- Assisting with fire and emergency procedures.
- Managing lost property and confiscated items.
- Basic data input using School Information Management systems (SIMS).
- Logging pupil attendance, inputting pupil registers when required.
- Assisting with attendance administration.
- Filing, photocopying and scanning of documents.
- Replenishment and management of photocopiers in all staff area.
- Handling outgoing post and distributing incoming mail.
- Assisting with break and lunch time supervision of pupils if required.
About us
St Joseph’s is a co-educational, 11-16 Catholic voluntary-aided school in the diocese of Clifton and the county of Wiltshire. Our aim is to provide a caring educational environment where each person is valued and is given the dignity due to a child of God.
Everyone in our school is here for a purpose, to learn each day and to widen their knowledge, experience and imaginative understanding.
What we can offer you
- A supportive, driven and highly committed governing body and teaching and support staff
- Students who are enthusiastic and keen to learn
- CPD programme and ongoing professional development of the highest standard
- Free onsite parking
- Discounted gym membership
- Local Authority Healthcare Cashplan - cover towards optical and dental, private consultations and therapy appointments
- Access to discount scheme that includes over 300 stores
- Cycle to Work Scheme – allows eligible staff to purchase a bike/safety equipment. You do not pay income tax or national insurance contribution on the part of your salary which is “sacrificed” to pay for the bike or childcare vouchers.
Find out more and apply
You can find out more about this role and St Joseph's Catholic School by downloading our recruitment pack.
We actively encourage and welcome visits to our school prior to application. Please contact Mrs K Snell our HR Officer on ksn@sjcs.org.uk or 01722 335380.
Please complete our online application via MyNewTerm. CV's will not be accepted.
Closing date: Monday 3rd March 2025
Interview date:
*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All new staff within the school will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
The school has a designated senior member of the leadership team who is responsible for referring and monitoring any suspected case of abuse. All members of staff will receive training in line with our Child Protection policies.
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 St Joseph's Catholic School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 597 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St Joseph's Catholic School website (opens in new tab)
St Joseph’s is a smaller than average school. The warm and welcoming atmosphere is matched by a strong focus on pupil progress and hence improving their life chances.
Our reputation within the community, following year on year improvements in results has resulted in us becoming oversubscribed and a school of choice for many parents.
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