Receptionist & Administration Assistant

Receptionist & Administration Assistant

Required from May 2025

Full Time 37.5 hours a week, Term Time Only + 3 weeks (8:00am – 4:00pm/9:00am – 5:00pm)

Salary: Scale 4 Points 7 – 10 £30, 987 - £32, 346 per annum, pro rata (Full Time Actual salary payable £30, 888 - £32, 243)

We are seeking to appoint a Receptionist and Administration Assistant to provide a professional, welcoming, positive, and highly efficient service to Oaklands School, and to contribute to the active promotion of the School’s vision and ethos. The working time is on a roster to cover the full opening hours of the main Reception. The post holder will co-ordinate communications for callers, visitors, staff and students, and render an efficient front-line reception service at the School.

Applicants must possess excellent literacy and communication skills, an excellent telephone manner, the ability to pay attention to detail and to work under pressure. You must have excellent administrative skills in order to undertake a wide variety of administrative tasks, and the confidence and ability to work independently and unsupervised. Experience using an MIS such as SIMS is highly desirable. The ability to speak Bengali is desirable but not essential.

We are keen to hear from you if you:

• Aspire to develop further as a professional
• Are flexible and adaptable
• Are ambitious, hard-working and a team player

We can offer you the opportunity to join:

• A highly committed and dedicated staff
• Excellent CPD opportunities
• Students who love their school, are ambitious and want to learn

Oaklands School is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications for all posts from appropriately qualified persons regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be DBS checked.

To apply, please complete an application form and return to hr@oaklandsschool.com.

Closing date for all applications: 9am Tuesday 22nd April 2025.