Receptionist and Administrative Assistant

  • Harris Primary Academy Croydon
  • £28,521 - £28,929
  • London / London
  • Full Time

Job Details

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Representing the Academy in a professional and welcoming manner to all visitors, staff and students, including telephone callers
  • Undertaking reception duties, answering general telephone and face to face enquiries and signing in visitors
  • Co-ordination of academy admissions
  • Administration for wraparound 
  • Assist with pupil first aid/welfare duties
  • Assist in arrangements for school trips and events
  • Providing general clerical/admin support
  • Maintaining manual and computerised records
  • Producing lists, information and data as required
  • Typing, word processing and other IT based tasks
  • Sorting and distributing mail
  • Ensuring reprographics requests are fulfilled on time
  • Operating relevant equipment/ICT packages (e.g. word, excel, databases, spreadsheets, internet)
  • Maintaining stock and supplies, cataloguing and distributing as required
  • Assisting in ordering uniform
  • Providing general advice and guidance to staff, pupils and others
  • Undertaking general financial administration e.g. processing orders

Skills

We would like to hear from you if you have:

  • NVQ2 or equivalent qualification or experience in relevant discipline
  • Good numeracy/literacy skills
  • Minimum of two years’ school office experience
  • Experience of general clerical/administrative/financial work
  • Knowledge of safeguarding procedures for young people
  • Experience of Reception duties including dealing with visitors to the Academy

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

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