Receptionist
The Deanes, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2TD12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £14,442.00 - £14,673.00 Annually (Actual) LG Scale 4 Points 7 - 8
Receptionist job summary
Receptionist
Contract: Permanent
Pay Scale: LG Scale 4 Point 7 - 8
Working hours: 22.5 hours per week, to be worked over 3 days. Term time plus 2 weeks to be worked during school holidays throughout the year.
Working pattern: Week 1 Monday 08.00 - 16.30; Tuesday 08.00 - 16.00; Wednesday 08.00 - 16.15
Week 2 Wednesday 08.00 - 16.15; Thursday 08.00 - 16.00; Friday 08.00 - 15.00
Actual annual salary: £14,442 - 14,673
Start Date: 1st September 2025
About the Role:
We are seeking a friendly, highly organized, and professional individual to join our office team as a School Receptionist. This is a vital role, acting as the first point of contact for parents, visitors, and students, and providing essential administrative support to the school.
Key Responsibilities:
- Acting as the first point of contact for visitors, staff, and students.
- Ensure compliance with school security and safeguarding arrangements.
- Answering incoming phone calls and handling enquiries.
- Managing the school's inbox, responding to emails and distributing as appropriate.
- Communication with staff and parents via School Comms & SIMs database.
- Managing deliveries and incoming/ outgoing post.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Previous experience in a reception or administrative role, ideally within a school environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with a diverse range of people.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant software.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
- A calm, approachable, and professional demeanor.
This is a job share position, with alternate week working days: Monday - Wednesday and Wednesday - Friday. Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the role and responsibilities.
South East Essex Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All postholders working in our schools will be considered to work in Regulated Activity and will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, all shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches that may include social media. For further information please contact HR@seeat.org
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.
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 The Deanes
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 526 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Deanes website
The Deanes is part of the Challenger Multi-Academy Trust, which is in an exciting period of growth with schools in Bedfordshire and Essex. The Deanes is a small secondary school where each and every one of our students can feel happy, respected and known as an individual within our safe and accepting community. We aim to create a positive and respectful environment for all members of The Deanes, with consistently high expectations and standards. Our curriculum caters for individual strengths and needs, enabling every student to make outstanding progress and provide them with extensive opportunities for personal development.
The well-being of our staff is a high priority. All staff at The Deanes have access to high quality training to further develop their teaching practice. Staff can take advantage of free gym membership and we are fortunate to have an onsite children’s nursery which may be able to accommodate your childcare needs.
The Deanes is well situated in South East Essex, with good links to public transport. We are situated within ten minutes of Benfleet and Rayleigh Rail Stations, where a 45 minute train journey will take you into London. There is also ample car parking onsite.
The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to DBS clearance.
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