Afternoon School Receptionist - Experience Required

Experienced Afternoon School Receptionist needed for an East London School with great transport connections

Monday – Friday (Term Time)

ASAP Start with permanent potential

£16.00ph PAYE

Full registration/compliance clearance and enhanced DBS required before you’ll be considered for short-listing.

Personal Requirements:

• Excellent punctuality and attendance record
• High level of professionalism
• Reception experience, ideally in an educational setting
• Ability to think on your feet and use initiative
• Strong administrative skills
• Excellent telephone manner
• Reliable and trustworthy
• Team player
• Quick learner
• Discreet

Post Responsibilities:

• Providing an efficient receptionist/switchboard service, interacting with all visitors both on the phone and in person, promptly and courteously
• Acting as the first point of contact for all visitors and ensuring relevant safeguarding documentation is collected and passed to the HR Manager
• Contributing to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare and personal care of children and young people

Reception and Switchboard Duties:

• Operating the switchboard, handling calls in a polite, friendly, and efficient manner, taking messages, and ensuring their onward transmission

Upholding safeguarding principles at all times by:

• Adhering to safeguarding procedures for visitors
• Checking that all visitors have the necessary safeguarding proofs and have completed the relevant forms
• Checking all visitors against the InVentry database
• Ensuring all visitors sign in using the InVentry system and wear a name badge
• Informing the HR Manager of any visitor without the necessary safeguarding proofs
• Issuing all visitors with the correct coloured lanyard
• Welcoming all visitors, staff, parents, and students in a polite and friendly manner
• Printing access control passes for staff and students as directed

Other General Administration Duties:

• Undertaking a variety of shared general administrative tasks as required
• Producing documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel databases
• Liaising with staff, students, visitors, and external agencies in a professional manner
• Undertaking first aid training and administering first aid to staff and students once qualified
• Evaluating and improving own practice, contributing to the day-to-day running of the institution, and taking responsibility for personal professional development
• Participating fully in the appraisal process
• Performing any other duties, including covering the essential work of absent colleagues, as directed by the Line Manager
• Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, following the safeguarding policy

Apply now for the opportunity of being short-listed.