School Secretary

**Hours: 10.00am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday, t**erm-time only, plus 2 week (37 weeks total)**

**Start date: Immediate**

**Salary: £17,000**
- Answering the telephone and ensuring messages are taken accurately and passed on quickly.
- Answering and dealing with queries from parents and helping children and staff with queries throughout the day.
- Signing pupils and visitors in or out as necessary.
- Type and distribute correspondence, notices and minutes for staff.
- Work in the school’s management information system (iSams) to monitor morning and afternoon registration on a daily basis, liaising with form tutors and following up unexplained absences with parents, entering diary dates, pupil messages etc.
- First Aid training to be undertaken in order to provide cover for the School Nurse.
- Administration of the School’s Breakfast and Biscuit (After School) Clubs.
- Any other tasks as required.

**Person Specification** **Excellent IT skills**
- Experience of working in a busy front office would be advantageous but training will also be given
- Unbeatable customer service skills and a confident telephone manner
- Neat and tidy worker with excellent attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Honest, trustworthy and dependable
- Punctual, personable, proactive and good at prioritising
- Tactful, diplomatic and discrete
- Must have a good sense of humour

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any job offer would be conditional upon suitable references and DBS disclosure.

**Salary**: £17,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Discounted or free food
- Gym membership

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday