Receptionist & Administrator- Oxford Road - Term Time

Five Acre Wood School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-7056-662S
• Posted:12/09/2024
• Pay:KR6 (actual salary £21,804.36 inc. FAW allowance)
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:27/09/2024 at 10:00
• Interviews:TBC

Advert

Five Acre Wood School is seeking to appoint a Receptionist & Administrator to work within our friendly team at our Oxford Road site.

The role is for 37 hours per week (8am-4pm, Monday to Friday), term time only.

The candidate must be highly organised, a good team player, proactive, have excellent communication and ICT skills with a high standard of literacy and clear, concise hand writing.  In addition the candidate must also have a high regard for confidentiality, be reliable, have experience with a good understanding of Microsoft office packages, good typing skills and be confident working with a wide range of professionals.

Job Description:

Purpose of job:

To manage and operate a secure and welcoming reception for all visitors. To provide a comprehensive range of receptionist and general office services within the school office. To provide a comprehensive range of general office services within the school office to include EHCP’s and financial support.

Principle accountabilities:

Provide high quality efficient customer service when receiving or making telephone calls on behalf of the school. To take messages and enquiries and ensure that they are passed on to the relevant member of staff. Receive, account and safely store all monies that come into the site. Allocate monies in and out of the site. Liaise regularly with the Main School Admin Team. Ensure payment deadlines are met (both internally and externally). Manage correspondence and admin for SLT at Oxford Road.

Work closely with parents, filtering as needed. Administration of pupil appointments with external agencies including nurses and physios. Support SLT and the admin team in administrative tasks. Liaise with Parents and External agencies on regular basis as part of the EHCP process. Support with administration for accreditation paperwork. Book events and activities.EFL – involved in the leaving process and liaises with SEN Officers. Taking the minutes at annual review meetings of EHC Plans at all sites and arranging for the checking and distribution of the minutes/plans to include chasing Teachers for new provision plans and SLT for checking of minutes and provision plans. Organise parent tours and transition meetings for Oxford Road. Collation of transition packs. 

For further information about Five Acre Wood School, please visit our website, www.fiveacrewood.co.uk 

Information about the school

Five Acre Wood is a successful outward looking and expanding Special School based over 4 sites in and around Maidstone, Kent. We are one of the largest special schools in the country with over 800 pupils on roll aged 2-19 years with profound, severe and complex needs.

Our ‘Outstanding’ school will continue to expand and we are looking for people with a positive approach to join us who share our vision of ‘Only the best will do’ for all our students and staff. We are a Teaching School and part of a collaborative alliance with other special schools. We really value our people and want to work with them to fulfil their career ambitions.

In addition to your salary, FAW allowance and pension benefits, we have excellent additional staff benefits including:

Confidential staff counselling service A range of staff social and well-being events Annual flu vaccinations

Sometimes words cannot explain how something really is, we would encourage you to view the links below:

We hold an annual music festival for our pupils, it gives them the opportunity experience something they may not ordinarily be able to access. You can see it here.

Woodstock 2023 – Woodstock 2023 Festival at Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

Woodstock 2022 - Woodstock 2022 Festival at Five Acre Wood Schools - YouTube

Woodstock 2019 - Five Acre Wood School's "Woodstock 2019" - Amazing Festival in a Day! (Longer Film) - YouTube

We produced our own songs and music videos, you can watch them here: -

Beautiful – Five Acre Wood School featuring Taryn Charles - Youtube

Five Acre Wood School Featuring Jack Rose - Hall Of Fame - YouTube

Don’t Give Up – Nathan Grisdale and Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

We look forward to hearing from you.

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references. The school will also, as outlined in Keeping children Safe in Education 2022, complete an online search for shortlisted candidates.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Nicola Devereux
• Address:Boughton Lane, Maidstone , Kent, ME15 9QF
• Telephone: (01622) 743925
• Email: hr@five-acre.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01622 744828

Documents

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• Receptionist and Pupil Administrator JD