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Southend High School for Girls
Receptionist and First Aider
37 hours per week term time + 10 days
Monday - Wednesday 8.30 - 5pm
Thursday - Friday 7.30am - 4pm
Starting Salary Scale 4 Point 6 ( Actual Salary £17,953)
Closing date: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Application forms available at www.shsg.org/vacancies/#how-to-apply
Applications and supporting letters to be submitted to recruitment@shsg.org
We are seeking an experienced receptionist to join our existing team in providing a friendly and professional first point of contact for all telephone calls and personal visitors to the school.
Additional responsibility of providing first aid cover for all students reporting to the medical room is a requirement for this role. Training will be provided for the successful candidate.
The successful candidate will:
- Have excellent communication skills with a professional and friendly manner.
- Have a good working knowledge of SIMS and good IT skills.
- Be able to work well as part of a team and keep calm under pressure.
- Administer first aid and monitor students in medical room.
- Be organised and efficient.
We can offer you:
- A strong, highly qualified staff team and an ethos of tolerance and respect with a family community spirit.
- A commitment to ongoing professional development and staff wellbeing.
- An environment which promotes innovation.
Southend High School for Girls is a highly successful and oversubscribed girls' grammar school rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted.
This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues to move forward under the leadership of its Headteacher, Mr Jason Carey.
Shortlisting Friday 27th May 2022
Interviews w/b 13th June 2022
For further information and a full job description please contact Karen Lacey at klacey@shsg.org
All staff at Southend High School for Girls have a responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. This is a customer-facing role needing fluent spoken English.
Information about the School
“Pupils flourish and excel at Southend High School for Girls.”
– Ofsted, July 2024
Southend High School for Girls (SHSG) is an outstanding grammar school with academy status, proudly educating generations of students for over a century. We blend tradition with innovation, creating a dynamic learning environment where students are safe, happy, and successful.
Our school is a family-orientated community where pupils thrive. Students achieve exceptionally high outcomes and benefit from an ambitious curriculum and an exemplary careers education programme. As one pupil told Ofsted, “The school will literally help you do anything you want to do.”
We offer a vast range of clubs, trips, productions, and leadership opportunities, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and World Challenge. Students are encouraged to lead and contribute, with many acting as ambassadors and house captains.
SHSG is proud to be a member of NACE (National Association for Able Children in Education), reflecting our commitment to stretching and challenging all learners. Our curriculum goes far beyond the National Curriculum, with students in Key Stage 3 studying three separate sciences and two languages, and engaging in ‘super-curricular’ tasks that promote independent research and critical thinking.
Staff are passionate, well-supported, and receive high-quality professional development. Our shared ethos of high expectations, mutual respect, and continuous improvement makes SHSG a truly special place to work.
If you are enthusiastic about education and excited to join a high-performing, caring school community, we warmly invite you to explore our current vacancies and consider becoming part of the SHSG family.