Receptionist (Sport Centre)

Oldham Sixth Form College; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

An educational institution in Greater Manchester is looking for a part-time Receptionist to manage the College Sports Department. Key responsibilities include administration support, managing health and safety assessments, and providing excellent customer service. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and organisational skills, along with proficiency in IT. This position offers a pro-rata salary based on a fixed term contract.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential for this customer service-based role.
• You will need to be proactive and flexible in your approach.
• Excellent IT skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Support the teaching staff with general administration.
• Conduct health and safety risk assessments.
• Provide effective reception services and day-to-day support.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Proactive approach

Flexibility

Excellent IT skills

Job description

We are looking to appoint a Receptionist to work in the College Sports Department to be a welcoming and efficient first point of contact for students and users of the Sports Centre facilities. Duties will include supporting the teaching staff from the Sport, Performing and Visual Arts Curriculum Area with general administration, liaising with external organisations, organising educational trips, visits and sports fixtures, alongside providing effective reception services and day-to-day support for students and staff.

The post-holder will also be a first aider (training provided) and will conduct health and safety risk assessments. This post will also include the cover of other reception areas over lunchtime periods.

Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential for this customer service-based role, and a desire to maintain our high standards. You will need to be proactive and flexible in your approach as you will be required to deal with multiple and varied situations in a timely and effective manner. Excellent IT skills are required.

About Us

OSFC is an award-winning college for 2,350 students in Oldham and beyond. Our mission is to 'transform the lives of young people through academic excellence and outstanding support'. Our broad curriculum enables us to offer more than 60 A Levels, vocational diplomas and T Levels.

We are proud of our strong reputation for providing excellent academic and vocational education to a diverse range of students. We offer our students exceptional pastoral care, extensive enrichment activities and support from a team of Progress Tutors. We celebrate students' uniqueness and support our young people to flourish and become responsible, successful citizens who contribute positively to their communities.

Benefits

We support our own staff and other schools/colleges through an effective suite of CPD opportunities, and training, as a Research School, Science Learning Partnership Hub and Delivery Lead for NPQs. We have been at the forefront of using technology within teaching and learning and are recognised as a Google Reference College and winner of a Curriculum Innovation Award for our work in delivering digital education.

All students and teachers are issued with a Chromebook/laptop. We genuinely care about each other and the real difference we can make to students' futures, and so we want to recruit staff who share our vision to transform our students' lives.

Working for The Pinnacle Learning Trust

We are a locally focused, cross-phase Trust, with a rigorous culture of high aspirations and strong academic performance that will improve the life chances of our young people through an understanding of the communities we serve. Our academies provide high quality inclusive education and an ethos whereby our children and young people learn by example and grow morally and socially.

Our vision for our workforce is one in which diverse, dedicated, skilled and high-performing staff are operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment; enabling everyone to feel valued, respected and encouraged in order to contribute their best to support us in achieving our mission.

Job Details

Part Time (30 hours per week), 39 weeks per year, 12.00pm - 18.00pm Monday - Friday. To commence ASAP. Fixed Term until 18th August 2026 in the first instance, but may be made permanent.

Salary: Pro-rata of Points Pro rata of Points 6-9 of the Sixth Form College's Support Staff pay spine, currently £25,558 - £26,818 per annum. (Actual salary £18271.41 - £19172.19)