Receptionist

What skills and experience we're looking for

Shaw Education Trust are seeking a highly motivated receptionist for their front desk at Head office. Excellent customer service skills both face to face and on the telephone are a must, along with strong administration skills. Ideally you will have experience of an educational setting, school reception or administration office and be able to work under pressure and multitask effectively.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

• Placing orders as required and receipt/return of goods
• Welcoming visitors, ensuring sign-in, providing refreshments
• Answering telephone and monitoring enquiries email – forwarding as appropriate
• Receiving and forwarding SET post
• Administration services to Directors e.g. typing, reprographics, shredding etc
• Maintain SET Photo Walls/celebration displays
• Maintaining SET kitchen (tidying/dishwasher etc)
• Distribution of items to schools
• Liaison with KSS Caretaker

Shaw Education Trust are a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.

Our values are To Be Pupil and People Centred, To be Best in Class, To be Accountable, To be Innovative, To Act With Integrity

What the school offers its staff

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
• Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as: Protecting children from maltreatment Preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes Shaw Education Trust recognises that in order to keep pupils safe, leaders must create where pupils and staff are able to speak freely and share any concerns they have.