Senior Administrator - Merton, United Kingdom - Lavender Lodge School

Lavender Lodge School
Lavender Lodge School
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Merton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Team:
Education and Teaching


Location:
Mitcham, Surrey


Salary:
£32,531 - £36,596 + excellent benefits


Contract Type:
Permanent


Position Type:
Full Time


Interview Date:
Tuesday, 05 September 2023


Closing date:
Sunday, 27 August 2023, 23:59


Huge Small Victories


Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

There's lots of ups and downs, and to some of our young people, sitting through a lesson can be a big win.

We call these huge small victories and whilst they may seem small on the surface, they add up to make a big difference


Get out what you put in


You'll be in charge of managing the office, ranging from meeting and diary management and providing support to the Head Teacher, HR administration and checking payroll with attendance records.

You'll be involved in running the reception and responsibility for accurate files. With your efficient, professional approach and ability to set up processes and systems, you'll keep things running smoothly.


One of the best environments in SEND
Lavender Lodge school resides within an 18th Century building in the heart of Mitcham.

Our pupils come from many different boroughs to attend our school and are lucky to experience 'a life changing love of learning.' We are proud of our pupils and our dedicated team and pupils leave us with a sense of achievement.

We were recently recognised as Good by Ofsted.

Skill set requirements

  • Must have worked with pupils who are autistic and have previous experience of this
  • Needs to be able to communicate in a variety of ways as 70% of our pupils are nonverbal e.g. can use Makaton, picture display symbols we use PEC's and PODD, have experience working with non verbal pupils
  • Have worked with pupils who display challenging behaviour but would have the will and desire to support pupils to manage their behaviour and also for you to work to understand the function of the behaviour
  • Be flexible to work with pupils from 4 through to 11 years old
  • Be able to think outside the box in regards to delivering lessons. We have lots of tools to help support this, but our pupils need a bespoke and accessible curriculum
Have an awareness of autism strategies such as TEACCH, attention autism and use of PODD and be able to use these in practise


What we do for you
We know you're going to do great things.

For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector.

With us, you'll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:

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Training: A full induction and on the job training
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Holiday: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with 35 days holiday including bank holidays
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Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits
here:


  • Wellbeing:a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
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Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of
high-street discounts:


  • Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities
  • check out our schools
    here:
  • A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £2,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole-self to work


Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs - and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves.


The kind of person we're looking for will:

  • Have previous administration experience
  • Ideally have experience managing a team of administrators
  • Have a high degree of computer literacy
  • Be able to keep a lot of plates spinning
  • Be hard working, friendly and dependable and able to build a natural rapport with our young people

Interested in joining us?
Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams.

You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

For a full job description and person specification, please see the attached document.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

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