Admissions Officer and Clerical Assistant - The Buckingham School

Buckinghamshire Council; Buckingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

The Buckingham School in Buckingham is seeking an Admissions Officer and Clerical Assistant to manage the school’s admissions process and provide clerical support for all trips and visits. Based in Buckingham, this permanent, full-time role offers 37 hours per week across 42 weeks per year, with Bucks Pay Range 4 (£31,424 to £33,735 FTE) and actual salaries (£28,460 to £30,553).

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, work well in a team, and may

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Good presentation and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and implement the school's admissions process.
• Provide clerical assistance for trips and visits.
• Collaborate with teams across the school to deliver admissions-related tasks.
• Provide reception support as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Organisational skills

SIMS knowledge

Tools

SIMS database

Job description

Admissions Officer and Clerical Assistant - The Buckingham School

Location: Buckingham

Salary type: Bucks Pay

Salary Details: Bucks Pay Range 4 (£31,424 to £33,735 FTE) Actual Salary (£28,460 to £30,553)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 37 hrs per week, Monday-Thursday 07:45-16:15 and Friday 07:45-15:45 (42 weeks per year, including Inset and 3 additional week)

Interviews to be held: Friday 6th November

About us

The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.

The Buckingham School seeks to appoint an outstanding individual with excellent communication and organisation skills, to manage and implement the school’s admissions process, and provide clerical assistance for all school’s trips and visits. The Successful candidate will network with a team across the school to deliver on the different aspects of this role, so a key player is essential. You will also provide additional support when required for our school reception.

You will need to be someone who:

• Interacts well with young people and a good team member
• Communicates clearly and has excellent organisational skills
• Personable and approachable
• Well presented
• SIMs database knowledge would be desirable

In return, we will offer you:

• A professional and supportive team
• A personalised approach to continuing professional development
• A role in a school that has a clear vision
• A supportive and inclusive staff environment

Please see attached Job description for further information.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
• For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
• It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.