Receptionist

**Key areas of Responsibility**:

- To act as the first point of contact for the school for students, parents / carers and visitors
- Respond to telephone / student queries, receiving and passing on information between parents and teachers, taking messages when required
- School Reception/Environment
- Switchboard
- Administer first aid when required
- Outgoing post/distribution of incoming post and deliveries
- Updating staff telephone list

**Key Tasks**:

- Welcome all visitors, ensuring correct safeguarding procedures are carried out.
- Signing out of students, ensuring correct procedures are followed.
- Organise the Reception environment, ensuring that the reception area is kept tidy at all times
- Pass on all messages promptly
- To ensure the efficient operation of the Franking Machine
- Manage outgoing post, incoming post and distribution of delivered items
- To call Site team for any immediate repairs to the school
- Filing of reception paperwork as necessary
- General administrative tasks

To undertake other reasonable tasks as required from time to time at the discretion of the Headteacher and/or Office Manager.