School Administrator

SCHOOL OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
ASAP START
FULL TIME, 35hrs per week
PERM ROLE
SALARY UP TO £21,204.37
CAMBERWELL
INTERVIEWING NOW!!

Summary

An Independent School catering for SEMH needs is seeking a School Office Administrator to join them ASAP. This is a full time permanent role working 35hrs per week, Monday to Friday.

About the School

Is a specialist school that support young pupils with various SEN needs including mental health. Candidates understand that the role can be challenging on a day-to-day basis, dealing with complex emotional and behavioural needs of students.

Duties and Responsibilities

You will be working under the direction of the Headteacher / School Business Manager (SBM) and support with the following (not exhaustive):

• To provide direct administrative and clerical support within the administration team
• Are responsible for all administrative, designated financial and organisational processes within the school, maintaining
• Confidentiality always.
• Assist with all the planning and development of support services.
• Is the main point of contact/front of house for the school

At Reception

• To be a point of contact for both telephone and face-to-face enquiries and take messages where appropriate.
• To ensure school security arrangements are always complied with, including the issue of visitor’s badges and signing of
• the visitor’s book.
• To accept and sign for deliveries as appropriate.
• To provide hospitality for visitors to the school.

Clerical

• To input and process information, data and reports from school MIS system as requested (part of Cycle of Reporting)
• To be responsible for the preparation and maintenance of the manual and computerised pupil data records.
• To assist with the monitoring and maintenance of stock and order supplies as necessary.
• To provide general clerical support as required.

General

• Ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with the School’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
• To observe the Health and Safety at work regulations and to report any cause for concern to the SBM
• To contribute to the safety of children and young people and protect them from harm by reporting any cause for concern to the Head Teacher/SBM
• To value and promote people’s equality, diversity, and rights always and to conduct yourself in a non-discriminatory manner

To be successful, you will need:

• GCSE in English and Maths Grade C Minimum
• Enhanced DBS on the update service, or be willing to undergo a new check
• Experience of working in a busy office environment (desirable)
• Resilience, empathy, integrity and honesty
• Developing, managing and operating clerical/administrative/financial and organisational systems
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Office software. e.g. Excel, Word, Power-Point
• Good typing and communication skills
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to produce professional, accurate and factual documents
• Understanding of school policies and procedures
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise

Apply today! The school are actively conducting interviews now and will close the advert upon a successful application sooner than  the deadline!

Peak Education Recruitment Ltd is a specialist Education Recruitment Consultancy that supports Teachers and Support Staff find short and/or long-term temporary and/or permanent employment in Primary, Secondary and Special Education Schools throughout the UK. We are committed to Safer Recruitment and undertake checks on all candidates we work with. As part of the registration process, each candidate will be required to have a current DBS Disclosure and a subscription to the DBS Update Service, if you do not have one, we can support you with an application. We will also need to see all original relevant qualifications certificates before any work placement is agreed.