School Receptionist (Part Time, Term Time)

School Receptionist

Contract Type: Part-time, Permanent,
Hours: 25 hours per week.  8.30am – 1.30pm Monday to Friday, Term Time Only
Salary: £12.37 to £12.71 p/hr / £13,814.20 to £14,193.89 per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Location: St Ives, Cambridge 

Aurora Fairway School 

We are looking to recruit a part time Receptionist to join our team at Fairway School in St Ives, Cambridge.

Fairway is a warm and welcoming school which places student wellbeing and safety at the heart of our provision. Our building is a converted golf pavilion and we have adopted our vision of ‘Driving Futures Together’ from that sporting sentiment.  Our students are aged 11-16 year olds with a range of complex learning needs including social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication difficulties and autism.  

To take a virtual look around our school please click here: Aurora Fairway School (mpembed.com) 

Key Duties:

First impressions count and this role is key for welcoming and looking after visitors at reception and managing telephone enquiries, along with administration tasks such as diary management and taking deliveries. 

Other duties include:

• Organising meeting rooms
• Helping to processing pupil administration
• Copying, collating, preparing and distribution of documents
• Typing and setting up documents such as letters and reports
• Keeping computer records up to date
• Maintain confidentiality, and report any safeguarding concerns immediately
• Managing post
• Circulation of announcements as required 

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Fairway School when required. Please see the link below for our full job description: Receptionist - Fairway JD.docx

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Good level of literacy and numeracy (at least 5 GCSEs above C (or equivalent) to include English and Maths – Preferred).
• Demonstrable experience of working in an administrative role.
• Computer literacy – Excel, Word, Outlook and Powerpoint and ability to use range of databases once trained.
• Ability to manage own time to deal with multiple tasks.
• Discreet, confidential and reliable.

What’s on offer?

• Training and Development

Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support.  We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career. 

• Save money on your bills!!

With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further.  Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are.  You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more.  You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme. 

• Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations.  We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension and Life Assurance.

• UK Health Cash Plan

This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills.  You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7. 

• Refer a friend for £1,000

We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

How to apply?

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.