School Receptionist

Selworthy Special School; Taunton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Selworthy Special School is seeking a dedicated School Receptionist to join their administrative team. This full-time role involves overseeing reception operations, managing inquiries, and providing essential clerical support. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and experience with IT systems.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Training to enhance administrative skills

Qualifications

• Strong IT skills, especially in MS Office 365.
• Ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• High verbal and written communication standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee reception, answer calls, and handle inquiries.
• Sign in visitors and monitor their presence.
• Provide clerical and administrative support.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Reliability

Education

Minimum of a grade C in GCSE Maths and English

Tools

MS Office 365

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Are you excited by job variety? Do you have fantastic communication skills? Are you wanting to make a real difference in your community? If so, Selworthy Special School has an exciting new position open for a School Receptionist to join a friendly administrative team and wider Trust family.

Job overview

You’ll be responsible for overseeing the reception facility, answering calls and dealing with face-to-face enquiries, signing in visitors and ensuring all visitors are appropriately monitored, as well as providing general clerical and administrative support and maintaining school records.

Job requirements

• Minimum of a grade C in GCSE Maths and English
• Ability to prioritise tasks on a day-to-day basis
• Experience of using information management systems and strong IT skills including recent knowledge of MS Office 365
• A high level of verbal and written communication standards and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to show reliability and to work to meet key deadlines
• Integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality

As our School Receptionist, you’ll be able to take pride in ensuring a friendly and courteous port of call is available for any enquiries, contributing as a key part of a wider team to ensure daily administrative operations run smoothly. You’ll have access to training and professional development opportunities within this post, building on key skills to ensure you have a comprehensive and full working knowledge of administration.

Hours

Full Time - 37 hours per week, term time + INSET days (39 weeks)

Contract

Permanent

Application Process

• Closes: 9th June 2025 @12pm
• Interview: TBC

Note to all applicants - The Oak Partnership Trust reserves the right to close an advertisement to applications ahead of the advertised closure date. For this reason, shortlisting may take place prior to the closing date on some occasions. Please apply early.

Safeguarding Statement

Selworthy Special School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.