Receptionist/Administrator - Swindon
School: Nova Hreod AcademyJob Title: Part Time Receptionist/AdministratorRequired: ASAP
Salary: £8,435 per annum term time onlyHours: Monday 8am–4pm, Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Nova Hreod Academy is looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic Receptionist/Administrator. In this exciting role, the successful candidate will provide an outstanding front of house and customer service to all stakeholders of the Academy whilst ensuring the safety of all staff and students.
This is an interesting and wide-ranging role, which will be suited to an adaptable and detail-oriented individual. Candidates must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, be flexible to change and be able to manage a diverse, but interesting workload.The successful candidates will be people-focused, have a positive outlook and be able to build strong relationships.
The ideal candidate will:Be educated to a good standard and have a minimum of good GCSE level Ability to relate well to both children and adults; able to develop and maintain positive working relationships with students, their families, colleagues and other professionalsHave relevant administrative and customer facing experience
Have experience of using data/ information systems, spreadsheets and word processing
Ability to use or learn different school platforms i.e. Arbor, Epraise
Have experience of working with young people within schools, working with students and parents
Have experience of working successfully as part of a team which plans workload and has to respond to situations which arise
Have ability to use initiative and problem solve
Demonstrate tact and sensitivity where appropriate
Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response. Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.Why choose us
At Nova Hreod Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.
We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to have been the most improved school in Swindon.Nova Hreod Academy has approximately 1000 pupils in Years 7-11. The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford.
After a visit from Ofsted in November 2022, the academy received a second ‘Good’ judgement in a row.
United Learning
Nova Hreod Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.
As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme.It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.