Receptionist

Teaching Vacancies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Girls’ School, Waltham Forest, part of the Star schools network, invites applications for a school business support role. You will support pupils, teachers and stakeholders, delivering excellent customer service while coordinating administrative tasks to maintain an orderly, high-performing learning environment.

The role emphasizes teamwork, organisational accuracy and familiarity with MS Office and school data systems.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering outstanding customer service.
• Strong organisation and time-management abilities.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with pupils, staff and external stakeholders.
• Proficient in MS Office and school data systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide an exceptional business support service to pupils, teachers and stakeholders.
• Be a committed team player within the school’s business support team and contribute to an outstanding learning environment.

Skills

Customer service

Organisational skills

Relationship building

Communication

Education

NVQ Level 1/Level 2 or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

School databases

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a talented individual to provide an exceptional business support service to our pupils, teachers and wider stakeholders. As a key member of our school’s business support team, your expertise will help to deliver an outstanding learning environment for our young people.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and specialist technical skills. You will have extensive experience of delivering outstanding customer service and possess the ability to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.

You will have:

• A NVQ Level 1/Level 2 or equivalent qualification. Good level of literacy and numeracy skills to GCSE standard or experience in relevant discipline.
• Experience in an administrative/reception role.
• Proven experience of dealing with people, either in person or over the telephone to the required standards of service.
• Experience of effective use of IT software packages e.g. MS Office and data bases and its application in schools.
• Understanding of relevant processes and systems in use within schools to deliver effective customer care.

What the school offers its staff

About Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest

Eden Girls’ School, Waltham Forest is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for girls, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in Walthamstow in 2014 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism. We are extremely proud to be one of the highest performing schools in the country, with a Progress 8 score of +1.2 for our 2023 GCSE results. We were graded as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted during our latest inspection in September 2022.

We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.