Oakgrove School is looking for a hardworking and motivated individual to join our Reception team as a General Administrator at our Secondary school site. The ability to initiate, build and maintain good working relationships with staff, students and parents is essential for this role. The successful candidate should have good IT skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Good organisational skills are also essential; the successful candidate must be able to manage their workload around core times of day. As this is a student facing role, confidence in dealing with young people is essential.

The working pattern for this position is two days per week, ideally Thursday and Friday 8am-2pm Term time only.

Main duties will include but are not limited to:

• Undertake reception duties, operating the switchboard and dealing with face-to-face enquiries and signing in of visitors and receiving post/deliveries
• Welcome visitors in a warm, helpful and confident manner on entry into the school and provide a professional front of house service at all times, maintaining a welcoming and organised environment
• Provide general clerical support using Google and Microsoft systems alongside SIMS and other software packages
• Working effectively as part of the administration team, supporting other colleagues in their roles and participating in relevant training and professional development
• Establish productive working relationships with students; acting as a role model and setting high expectations
• An understanding of confidentiality at all times

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised if we receive a high volume of applications.

For more information about the school or this vacancy, please contact hr@oakgrove.school