- Educated to level 2 or above (or equivalent
- Confident user of software packages, including MS Office, Excel and Outlook
- An excellent communicator and have an excellent level of oral and written skills
- Extremely well-organised with an ability to multi-task
- Proactive and able to use initiative
- Able to work effectively and calmly under pressure
- Able to relate well to adults and young people
- Committed to the ethos and values of Wycombe High School
Reception Administrator - High Wycombe, United Kingdom - Buckinghamshire Council
Description
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
Do you want to work in an outstanding girls' grammar school? We are seeking to appoint a Reception Administrator to maintain a high quality reception service so that visitors to the school are managed appropriately and requests for help from students and staff are dealt with courteously and in a timely manner.
This is an excellent opportunity to work within a friendly, vibrant, forward-thinking School, recently voted The Sunday Times Parent Power 'Secondary School of the Year 2023'.
Salary details: Bucks Pay Scale 1b, point 10 currently £24,223 per annum, pro-rata for 3 days per week (22.5 hours), 40 weeks per annum (Term time, plus 3 Inset Days, plus 3 days over the summer exam results period. Actual annual salary is £11,193
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Part-time, 3 days per week (22.5 hours), 08:15 – 16:15
Closing date: 09:00 am on Thursday 6 June 2024
Interviews: week commencing 10 June 2024
About us
Wycombe High School is an outstanding all girls' grammar school based in High Wycombe. Mental health and wellbeing are high on our agenda, for both students and staff, and we are proud to have been awarded the Mind Wellbeing Index Gold Award for and the National Whole School Wellbeing Gold Award for 2024.
We have also been acknowledged by The Sunday Times Parent Power as 'Secondary School of the Year 2023'. We offer staff an Employee Assistance Programme, which is free, confidential and offers 24/7 counselling, plus medical, legal and financial advice. Other benefits of working at Wycombe High School include the Cycle to work scheme, subsidised onsite yoga classes, very generous employer pension contributions (22.8% employer contributions) and free onsite parking.
At Wycombe High School (Girls) we aim to develop our students' ability to think independently, solve problems, communicate and live happy and fulfilling lives. We always remember that the young women who leave our school will help to shape the twenty first century.
About the role
We are seeking to appoint a Reception Administrator to maintain a high quality reception service so that visitors to the school are managed appropriately and requests for help from students and staff are dealt with courteously and in a timely manner.
The successful candidate will carry out secretarial and administrative tasks, such as collating, photocopying and filing; make and receive telephone calls, and provide support for colleagues in the education support team with the organisation of events. S/he will produce the daily student bulletin, amending slides as necessary.
We offer the opportunity to work in a friendly, vibrant and outstanding school, provide an extremely generous pension and a free Employee Assistance Programme. In recognition for its work on mental health, Wycombe High School is a Mind Index Gold Award holder.
About you
We are looking for the right person to fill this vacancy; you are looking for the right school to work in. The characteristics that we are looking for include: