Receptionist
Wren Academy Finchley, London, N12 9HB13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
11 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
26 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - six months
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,072 - £26,912
What skills and experience we're looking for
Professional Skills and Experience
1. Experience in a similar role in either a school or other large organisation.
2. A professional manner, good telephone and communication skills are essential
3. An adaptable approach to work.
4. Good information technology skills. High level typing skills are essential.
5. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of secondary school systems.
6. A friendly, calm personality and excellent interpersonal skills.
People, Relationships and Communications
1. Be committed to maintaining a distinctive and inclusive Christian ethos in the Academy.
2. Be able to relate to all students and staff in a positive and constructive way.
3. Be part of a whole Academy team which seeks and develops a variety opportunities to support and work with students.
4. Have qualities which earn the trust and respect of students, staff, parents and governors.
5. Possess integrity, optimism, credibility, resilience, calmness and a sense of proportion.
6. Possess good written and verbal communication skills.
7. Be able to build constructive working relationships with local schools and colleges, employers and the local authority.
8. Appreciate the balance between academic and social development of young people, needed to create an outstanding school.
What the school offers its staff
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of a welcoming, talented and highly motivated Student Services team at Wren Academy Finchley. We require someone with a willingness to learn and the right aptitude; some relevant experience as a school caretaker would also help. This colleague will work as part of a multi-skilled team and should bring enthusiasm to the role. All our Site Services team work with students, staff and occasionally parents, so an ability to interact professionally on a number of levels is also important.
The Academy is largely a new build site with a number of innovative systems in place including Biomass boilers and a computerised Building Management System. This represents an opportunity to develop for the future with the Academy. Appropriate training will be given. The ability to be organised, flexible and a pro-active, positive, outlook will enable candidates to secure the position.
The Academy has been judged to be Outstanding by OFSTED. As an ‘All Through’ school we have over 1,500 students from Primary through to Sixth Form.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@wrenacademiestrust.org
CVs are not accepted.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Wren Academy Finchley
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 18
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1614 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Wren Academy Finchley website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@wrenacademiestrust.org
Wren Academy Finchley is located in the London Borough of Barnet. It is the founder of the Wren Academies Trust, a MAT which is sponsored by the Church of England and Berkhamsted School. The Academy has developed a strong reputation for outstanding teaching and learning, as demonstrated by our Progress 8 figure, which places us in the top 65 schools nationally. We are an all-through school with a thriving sixth form and a primary phase which opened in September 2015. The engaging curriculum and state of the art buildings have contributed to the Academy’s notable success. There is also a strong focus on student well-being so that every individual is happy and secure to learn and thrive within a caring community.
Wren is a MAT and plans are well advanced to create a new school in a neighbouring borough which will provide exciting professional development opportunities for all staff.
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