School Receptionist

Philosophy Education; London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A large secondary school in Haringey is seeking a full-time School Receptionist to manage reception and administrative duties this academic year. The role involves dealing with enquiries, maintaining records, and supporting office staff, ideal for confident applicants with strong English and IT skills. Applications are welcome from experienced receptionists or graduates looking for a rewarding opportunity.

Qualifications

• Experience as a school receptionist from any setting is preferred.
• Graduates with a confident, dedicated approach are also encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide reception duties, answering enquiries and signing in visitors.
• Assist with routine admin tasks as required.
• Maintain records and management information systems.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written English

Strong IT skills

Confident and positive approach

Education

Experience as a school receptionist or graduate

Tools

Management information systems

Word processing and ICT tools

Job description

• School Receptionist
• Full -time (8.30am – 4.30pm)
• Term-time only
• Sept start
• On-going contract

A large, well-organised secondary school in Haringey is looking fora new school receptionist to join their school for the new academic year.

Job role

In this role you will be providing reception and administration duties within the main school reception. Your role will include dealing with visitors, parent enquiries and supporting both the office staff and school management as required. The school are looking for two receptionists who have a confident and positive approach with excellent verbal and written English and strong IT skills.

As a school administrator your role will include:

• Reception duties, answering routine telephone, face-to-face enquiries and signing in visitors.
• Assisting with routine admin tasks and anyother duties as may be reasonably required by the Office Manager or school business manager
• Maintaining manual and computerised records/ management information systems.
• Undertaking typing, word processing and other ICT based tasks including updating the school website.
• Assisting with arrangement for visits by external companies.

The school are open to applications experienced school receptionists, receptionists from other settings and graduates with a confident, dedicated approach.

The school are looking for both receptionists to start at the end of the summer before the school year starts for training. The hours are 8.30am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday with a one-hour lunch break.The role is term-time only with occasional additional hours in the holidays.

The School

This large, diverse secondary school is based in the borough of Haringey with good local transport links. The school is well organised with a committed and driven leadership team who work closely with staff and parents to ensure the best outcomes for all pupils. Alongside the teaching staff team, there is an established school administration team who ensure all aspects of the day to day running of the school are accurate and completely efficiently.

To apply for this role, please apply with an up to date CV outlining your skills and experience.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.