Resources Administrator

Riverside School, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3HS

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 39 weeks per year, term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £27,262 - £29,990

What skills and experience we're looking for

We need a reliable, efficient and exceptional Resources Administrator who has a flexible attitude to work. You will have excellent interpersonal and IT skills and be able to manage a busy workload, plus the ability to cope with conflicting demands on deadlines. Previous experience in reprographics, preferably in a school environment, would be an advantage, but is not essential.

Riverside school is a specialist school which provides excellent education and support for its 360 plus pupils with varying complex needs. We have a ‘Total Communication’ approach to supporting our pupils’ ability to access and understand their learning. This includes using Makaton, a wide range of AAC ‘Alternative Augmentative Communication’ such as PECS, Visual Supports, Objects of Reference etc. This role will include regularly making and producing the types of supports that our pupils require to thrive. This role will provide the post holder with the opportunity to be innovative and contribute to the design and creation of resources, helping us to further extend and improve our offer, and support our pupil voice.

You will need to have strong administrational and organisational skills, the ability to maintain confidentiality and have excellent communication skills with staff and pupils alike. Attention to detail and the ability to prioritise work is essential. You will also need creativity and be able to demonstrate a commitment to team working. You will need to be able to lift boxes and operate manual equipment.

If you would like to join a team that is hard working, flexible and with a positive and helpful attitude and a cheerful disposition you might just be who we are looking for!

Riverside School is a forward-thinking and innovative all-age special school with a diverse population: our 360 pupils are based on four sites, St Paul’s Cray, Beckenham, West Wickham and Phoenix (Bromley) in the London Borough of Bromley. Pupil, family and staff engagement is extremely important to us and we strive to involve the whole school community in making Riverside a safe, happy, and truly outstanding place for our pupils to learn. Our talented, multi-disciplinary staff team have the highest expectations of our pupils and we aim to provide the kind of specialist education which families want for their children.

At Riverside School we are committed to supporting your growth and development as a professional. Whatever your experience, you will receive the excellent support of a varied internal and external professional development programme. You will join a very successful, collaborative and committed staff team who will challenge and support you as you progress through your career.

Riverside School is committed to providing equality of opportunity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment with enthusiasm and excellent attendance. All appointments will be subject to receiving satisfactory references; clearance of a full DBS check and satisfactory health clearance.

Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 13th November 2026

Interviews: Provisionally scheduled for the w/c Monday 23rd November 2026

For further details and an application form please visit the Working at Riverside section of our website www.riversideschool.org.uk; contact the School on 01689 870519 or by email to recruitment@riverside.bromley.sch.uk

Previously shortlisted applicants for this position need not apply.

What the school offers its staff

Supportive and friendly colleagues

Good professional development

Local government pension scheme

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Riverside School is committed to providing equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Riverside School

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• Size: 360 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: Recruitment@riverside.bromley.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/riverside-school-orpington

We are a forward-thinking and innovative all-age (3-19) special school with a diverse population: our 360 pupils are based on four sites, St Paul’s Cray, Beckenham, West Wickham and Phoenix (Bromley), in the London Borough of Bromley. Pupil, family and staff engagement is extremely important to us and we strive to involve the whole school community in making Riverside the most incredible place for our pupils to learn and our staff to work. We aim to provide the kind of specialist education and opportunities that our families want and our pupils deserve. We stand together to promote inclusion and celebrate diversity so that everyone in our school community feels a true sense of belonging.

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do:

Aspiration Resilience Creativity Humility Integrity Trust Enthusiasm Courage Teamwork

They make up the acronym ARCHITECT to signify our passion for designing and building a school that will make an indelible mark on the world for generations to come; a school that will impact positively on everyone who enters, on people we may never meet, and in ways we may never know.

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