Receptionist

Job Description

Part- Time Receptionist

Local Government Band 2 to midpoint

Actual Salary at point 11: £10,005 per annum

25 Hours per week, 40 weeks per year (38 weeks' term time, 1 week non pupil days and 1 week during the school holidays).

Working Pattern for this post:

12:00pm - 5:00pm Monday - Friday

This is an exciting opportunity to join St. Helena School in Colchester.

In this role you will provide a professional receptionist service to the School

We're looking for you if you have:

• Experience of reception work/school office work
• General understanding of the operation of a school
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to manage own time effectively
• Understanding of procedures and legislation relating to confidentiality

Some of the key responsibilities are:

• Be the first point of contact for both telephone and face to face enquiries and take messages where appropriate.
• Undertake general administrative duties as required by the Office Manager.
• Receive and deal with enquiries from visitors, parents, staff, Governors, both over the telephone and in person.
• Ensure school security arrangements are always complied with, including the issue of visitor's badges and signing in and out of the visitors' book taking photo ID as required and updating the Single Central Register of visitors.
• Manage the diary for meetings, room bookings both internal and external and for outside agencies as required.

(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Role Specification).

What we can Offer:

A competitive Salary
Employee benefits: Pension Scheme, Holiday Pay, Employee Assistance Programme and Childcare Voucher Scheme
A full continuous Professional Development Programme
Training Opportunities through our membership of The Sigma Trust
Additional Information:

For additional information about our school, please visit St Helena School website

Please note that CV's cannot be accepted, the attached Sigma Trust Application form must be completed by all applicants.

Closing Date: 26th October 2018.

Information about the School

St Helena School, part of the Sigma Trust, is a highly-regarded 11-16 co-educational Academy, recognised as Good by Ofsted in 2014 and now on a journey to Outstanding. Located on 17 acres in historic Colchester, the school has a fine blend of traditional and modern facilities and opened a £2.5m new Science block in 2015, and a £2.5m all weather pitch facility in February 2016.

On 1 September 2016, the school joined The Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools with The Stanway School, The Thomas Lord Audley School, Clacton County High School, Monkwick Junior School and Monkwick Infants School and Nursery. Working in collaboration with all the schools within The Sigma Trust, St Helena has developed and enhanced its development of outstanding professional practice.

Safeguarding The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.