Primary School Admin & Reception Specialist

HARRIS FEDERATION; City Of London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Primary Academy Haling Park invites applications for an Administrative Assistant. This role supports general administrative and financial tasks, including reception duties, data records, and ordering.

The successful candidate will have ICT skills and a caring approach to pupils and staff, with experience or a willingness to work in an educational environment. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract with a salary of £26,232.75 for 37.5 hours per week across 39 weeks per year, based

Qualifications

• NVQ2 or equivalent qualification or experience in relevant discipline.
• Good numeracy/literacy skills.
• Minimum of two years' school office experience.
• Experience of general clerical/administrative/financial work.
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures for young people.
• Experience of Reception duties including dealing with visitors to the Academy.

Responsibilities

• Represent the Academy in a professional and welcoming manner to visitors, staff and students.
• Undertaking reception duties, answering general telephone and face to face enquiries and signing in visitors.
• Completing first day of absence calling for all students who are absent, recording reasons on Bromcom, recording calls in attendance events, checking directly with AWO if there are any concerns.
• Assist with pupil first aid/welfare duties.
• Assist in arrangements for school trips and events.
• Providing general clerical/admin support.
• Maintaining manual and computerised records.
• Producing lists, information and data as required.
• Typing, word processing and other IT based tasks.
• Sorting and distributing mail
• Ensuring reprographics requests are fulfilled on time.
• Operating relevant equipment/ICT packages (e.g. word, excel, databases, spreadsheets, internet)
• Maintaining stock and supplies, cataloguing and distributing as required.
• Assisting in ordering uniform
• Providing general advice and guidance to staff, pupils and others.
• Undertaking general financial administration e.g. processing orders.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Reception duties

Clerical experience

Administrative support

Customer service

Education

NVQ2 or equivalent

Tools

Bromcom

Word

Excel

Databases

Job description

Harris Primary Academy Haling Park invites applications for an Administrative Assistant. This role supports general administrative and financial tasks, including reception duties, data records, and ordering.

The successful candidate will have ICT skills and a caring approach to pupils and staff, with experience or a willingness to work in an educational environment. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract with a salary of £26,232.75 for 37.5 hours per week across 39 weeks per year, based