Receptionist

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the role

• Do you have excellent administrative skills and computer literacy?
• Are you highly efficient and organised?
• Are you able to communicate clearly and assertively whilst remaining calm, and tactful?
• Do you have a professional, flexible and cheerful outlook plus a willingness to support other members of the administrative team as required?
• Opportunities for overtime, due to staff absence.

If so, we'd like to hear from you. You will be expected to provide a high-quality service on a very busy school reception desk.

Applicants should possess excellent communication and organisational skills, be able to use their own initiative and manage their own workload and be able to prioritise high volumes of work. You should also have strong IT and problem-solving skills and an understanding of an educational environment and knowledge of Arbor (the school's database) would be desirable. The ability to handle calls professionally and maintain confidentiality while dealing with sensitive and personal information in an open environment is essential.

Our Receptionists are the face of Moulsham High School. They are the first contact for any visitor including external authorities, face to face and over the phone. They carry out duties including answering the telephone and monitoring emails but the role is much more than that. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Bridge Academy Trust may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

What the school offers its staff

Moulsham High School is part of the

Bridge Academy Trust

a collegiate and collaborative Trust, where, first and foremost, each school is a place of (high quality) learning, where young people ENJOY, ENRICH, ACHIEVE & ASPIRE. The core purpose is to provide high quality continuity of every child’s journey through education from 3 to 19, with a community and school-led school improvement approach and long-term sustainable strategy. Bridge Academy Trust is committed to its people strategy and prioritises staff’s development to ensure they too can enjoy, enrich, achieve and aspire.

Commitment to safeguarding

This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance and satisfactory references. Bridge Academy Trust welcomes applications from those of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnic groups.