Receptionist

**The Birkenhead Park School**
Wirral

£19,860 per year

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**Salary**:

Grade 2, SCP 2

**Job type**:

Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:

November / December 2024
30 October 2024

**Job overview**:
**_ Interviews planned in for Tuesday 5th November_**

**We are looking for** a professional receptionist to be the welcoming face of the school (either in person or over the phone). Your personality and interpersonal skills are key to this role. Your main responsibility will be giving the highest standard of customer service in a friendly, calm and professional manner. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential, as well as good organisational skills.

**This is an exciting opportunity because** you will be the first interaction that visitors and parents will have on visiting the school, showcasing our school values of positivity, ambition, resilience and thoughtfulness on a daily basis.

It will suit someone who thrives in a fast paced environment who wants to make a positive difference on a daily basis. You will also undertake a range of administration duties supporting departments across the school.

Responsibilities will include:

- Greeting and checking-in visitors
- Making and receiving phone calls
- General administrative tasks such as filing, scanning and sorting the post
- Responding to queries and signposting appropriate support

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- Job Description
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**About **The Birkenhead Park School**:
**The Birkenhead Park School**
- Park Road South, Prenton
Merseyside
CH43 4UY
United Kingdom
+44 151 52 1574
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The Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16 and has over 700 students on roll.** It is an exciting time to join us as we are on an ambitious journey of transformation and are looking for staff who are motivated to make a real make a difference to the community we serve.**

The school is very proud of its caring commitment and innovative approach to educating the community of young people in the area, with award-winning programmes designed to help students in Year 7 - 11 thrive in a high school environment and open pathways to their future.

As part of the BePART Educational Trust established by nationally leading sixth form, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, the school encourages students to raise aspirations and unlock their true potential through adopting the school values which are intrinsic to everything we do, across all staff and students - **Positivity**, **Ambition**, **Resilience **and **Thoughtfulness**. Our values shape every interaction with have and are core to our success in nurturing both academic and personal success for every student.

We have recently been awarded a Silver Award by the Teacher Development Trust Network. This follows being awarded a Runner-Up prize in Educate North Awards’ Innovative and Creative Literacy accolade, acknowledging the school-wide Literacy Programme that has proven to have a significant effect in raising students’ reading ages and all-round academic ability.
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