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Attendance Officer/Receptionist - Term Time

St Mildred's Primary Infant School, Broadstairs

  • Ref:KCC886-2328-94S
  • Posted:07/02/2023
  • Pay:KR3 Full time salary £19,293, pro rata £13,168
  • Start Date:As soon as possible
  • App Close Date:07/02/2023 at 15:00
  • Interviews:To be arranged

Advert

We require an Attendance Officer/Receptionist with Admin Duties to join our Admin Team.  This will be a permanent position.

The position would be 38 weeks per year, term time only.  The working hours for this role are 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8.45 am - 3.15 pm with a 30 minute lunch break.

The Receptionist role will consist of:

  • Provide a friendly, welcoming, first point of contact for parents/carers, visitors and staff
  • The ability to cope with conflicting demands, deadlines and interruptions and work to deadlines in a methodical manner observing confidentiality at all times
  • Undertake general office duties including; filing, collating, parent/carer communications, photocopying and scanning
  • Undertake general typing tasks including maintenance of spreadsheets, newsletters
  • Helping to update the school website
  • Assist with administration of pupil admissions to the school

The Attendance role will consist of:

  • To liaise with staff, the Local Authority, relevant outside agencies as well as parent/carers to improve and maintain attendance and punctuality
  • To ensure that attendance registers are completed accurately.  Follow the school's first day calling procedures to ensure there are no missing marks or unexplained absences
  • Use the school management information system to produce reports and interpret the information relating to attendance patterns and breakdown of vulnerable groups e.g LAC, EAL, PP, FSM etc

What you will need to succeed:

  • Willing and flexible
  • Have excellent interpersonal skills
  • Strong organisational and administrative skills
  • Strong ICT skills
  • A team player

St Mildred's is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process.  The school will also, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 complete an online search for shortlisted applicants. 

Information about the school

St Mildred's Primary Infant School is a Co-operative Foundation Primary School which believes strongly in the Co-operative ethos. As part of Thanet Endeavour Learning Trust we work in very close partnership with Bromstone Primary School with whom we are federated, and with Garlinge and Parkside Primary Schools. We share our Executive Headteacher with Garlinge, Bromstone and Parkside Schools.

St Mildred's has a well developed creative curriculum, which provides our children with exciting opportunities for learning, both in the classroom and in the wider environment. We place high value on the Arts and outdoor learning; we have established a Forest School in our grounds. Our staff are friendly, enthusiastic and very committed to providing the best education we can for our pupils

All posts at St Mildred's Primary Infant School are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

St Mildred's is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) with barred list check is required for all successful applicants. We will carry out an online search for all shortlisted candidates.

Please note that we will only accept applications made electronically through this site. Applicants will always require the relevant child safeguarding checks to be successful.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.