Office Administrator / Receptionist

About The Role
We are recruiting an experienced Administration Assistant / Receptionist to join our friendly admin team providing a comprehensive administration service for our academy. The successful candidate will be a proactive team player with experience within an office environment. They will undertake general office duties including filing, parent communications, photocopying and scanning, and will support the Office Manager with the day to day running of Breakfast and After school clubs.

Excellent interpersonal skills are essential as the successful candidate will be the first point of contact for parents and visitors, filtering enquiries as appropriate. A good knowledge of ICT would also be beneficial. There will also be an requirement to liaise with caterers regarding food requirements for school trips, and organise refreshments for meetings and events.

About Us
At Cedar, we believe in a strong partnership between the school and parents, benefiting our children with stability and the ability to develop, an inspiring workforce who show a relentless dedication to school improvement.

“Staff feel well supported by leaders. Teachers recognise that leaders have worked hard to make sure their workloads are managed fairly.”
“Staff value the training and support they receive. Leaders recognise talent in staff and deploy them across the school to coach and support colleagues.”
Ofsted Report May 2019

We encourage pupils to be proud of their school and achieve in an exciting environment. We celebrate everyone’s success and provide each pupil with the life chances they deserve. We are relentless in pursuing the best and show care and hope for all our pupils who will become young adults of the future.

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across the South East, the South and the South West.

We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances.

Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:

• Think about their Thinking
• Be their Best self
• Shape their Success

In this way we transform life chances

What our Trust will offer you:

• A supportive working environment
• Excellent CPD opportunities across the Trust, wherever you are in your career.
• Focus on staff wellbeing, including 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, free flu vaccination and eye care vouchers.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Reduced membership of a fully-equipped fitness suite and classes – located on the site of New Horizons Children’s Academy and Rochester Grammar School
• Free parking in our secure staff car park
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• TSTARS Staff Recognition Programme, including seasonal rewards for all staff.
• Refer a Friend Scheme.

What you need to do now:
If you are interested in working at one of our vibrant and friendly schools, and benefitting from a supportive network of colleagues, then please apply today!

Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

Visits to our schools are encouraged, to arrange a visit please contact Danielle Donoghue ([email protected]).

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process, please email [email protected]

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: £19,564.00-£22,798.00 per year

Benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person