Receptionist & Administrator

Unique opportunity to join a new school in North London. Are you passionate that all children get the best start in life? Do you want to play a key role in the development of an exciting and innovative school? Do you want to move your career forward in an environment that nurtures talent and has scope for career progression?

One Degree Academy has been given a rare opportunity to raise standards of education in North London. Our school is consistently in the top 2% of over 16,300 primary schools nationally. We know that success and habits of excellence are achieved through perseverance and incremental improvement - ‘one degree’ at a time. This idea is at the heart of our school. Whether you are experienced working in schools or someone seeking to enter this profession, you will play a key part in the academy’s development. As with our students, we want to grow and develop our team, ‘step-by-step’: all staff receive professional development in line with their role, with potential opportunities to progress as the school grows.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Receptionist and Administrator to help shape the future of our school. We are looking for someone with a positive and professional attitude, who will thrive serving the needs of our school community. This is an exciting and rare opportunity to help grow One Degree Academy and to be part of something profound and special.

Successful candidates will have an opportunity to:

• Have an unfaltering commitment to serving the Academy, its students and staff
• Welcome feedback and be committed to the idea of continuous improvement and self-development
• Be committed to the One Degree Academy vision and values

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Join an engaged team and organisation utterly committed to developing its staff through incremental improvement, step-by-step
• Play a key role developing our school, with the potential to progress as we grow
• To be part of something profound and special

Successful candidates will:

• Have an unfaltering belief in the ability of all children to achieve through great teaching and a culture of high expectations
• Welcome feedback and be committed to the idea of continuous improvement and self-development
• Have the skills and dedication to have a positive impact on the lives of our students and on the school community

Your Role:

• To provide a high level of service to visitors, staff, parents and students
• To maintain effective systems and processes in the administration of the academy

Key Responsibilities:

• Receive visitors/callers to the academy in a friendly, professional and welcoming manner
• Provide high-quality customer care and assistance and show sensitivity when required
• Deal effectively and efficiently with telephone enquiries, routing calls and taking messages in accordance with academy procedures
• Ensure security, safeguarding and health & safety requirements are followed and the Reception area is welcoming, tidy and safe
• Support with emergency evacuation procedures by ensuring that all visitors and staff are accounted for
• Carry out First Aid duties and undertake training as required
• Maintain and update paper and electronic records, with an appropriate level of discretion
• Provide effective communication with all stakeholders

• Follow standard operating procedures to ensure the smooth running of academy administration processes
• Maintain academy filing systems and databases, and assist with creating new student files and archiving activities
• Administration of the academy sign-in system, ensuring this is used consistently by staff and visitors
• Support with meeting arrangements and oversee use of the meeting rooms and other specialist rooms, arranging facilities and refreshments, greeting and escorting visitors and liaising with staff and external agencies as required
• Provide full clerical and administrative support to senior and middle leaders as required
• Support with producing and maintaining high-quality displays of work and signage in the academy buildings
• Work cooperatively and support the academy’s self-improvement procedures, and commit to your own continued professional development
• Undertake such training as is necessary to operate the academy systems effectively and ensure that academy procedures are adhered to
• Undertake any other duties within the scope and purpose of this post as directed by the line manager

• Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Principal
• Support the academy’s values and ethos

This list is considered to provide an outline of the areas that this role involves. This list does not preclude the post-holder developing systems and structures not specifically mentioned but related to his/her broad areas of responsibility. The roles outlined above are indicative and do not preclude anything else which may be reasonably requested commensurate with the post held and duties undertaken.