Administration Officer

**Job title: Administration Officer**

**Location: Robert Ogden School - South Yorkshire**

**Contract: Part time - term time only, Permanent**

**Hours: 14 hours, term time only**

**Start Date: TBC**

**Salary: £7,078**

**Who we are**:
The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we’ve been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children.

We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers. Autistic people turn to us at key moments or challenging times in their lives, be it getting a diagnosis, going to school or finding work.

We change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and the difficulties many autistic people face. We also work closely with businesses, local authorities and government to help them provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws.

We have come a long way but it is not good enough. There is still so much to do to increase opportunities, reduce social isolation and build a brighter future for people on the spectrum. With your help, we can make it happen.

**Robert Ogden School** in Yorkshire opens up the world to each autistic child and young person, with a huge range of facilities and opportunities including enterprise. The school offers day and residential placements for pupils aged five -19. We have a very dedicated staff team who are specialists in working with autistic young people. Within our Inclusive Learning Hub, we also have a highly skilled group of staff who work with those pupils who may have very complex needs and who require a non-confrontational and non-directive approach.

**Who we are looking for**
- Provide administrative support mainly around pupil attendance and incident/accident reporting.
- Duties include:

- monitoring the pupil absence reporting line,
- taking telephone calls from parents regarding pupil absence,
- inputting pupil absence & accident reports onto the relevant system,
- informing the appropriate members of school leadership about pupil absence,
- providing data for reports such as Annual Reviews, Principal’s reports etc.
- Inputting data onto local authority systems.
- Responding to ad-hoc requests for data.
- Records to be accurate and reports timely.
- Where possible to improve administration processes and procedures.
- To adhere to the charity’s policies and procedures.

Skills/Abilities
- Competent in basic word processing & spreadsheets.
- Experienced in data inputting, ideally with school systems.
- Ideally some basic knowledge/experience in any/all of the following systems:

- Bromcom/SIMS.
- Caresys.
- Able to demonstrate:

- you can work as a competent team member, willingly providing support for co-workers when appropriate,
- good listening, oral and written skills,
- you can work to deadlines, under pressure and work flexibly in a working environment.

Knowledge
- Knowledge of MS Word and Excel at a basic level.

Experience
- Experience of administration duties in an office environment, ideally in a school.

Education& Certification
- GCSE English grade C or above or equivalent.
- GCSE Maths grade C or equivalent desirable
- NVQ 3 in Administration (or equivalent) desirable

**How to apply**

The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenges perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people. Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do.

To learn more about the job please read the Job Description

The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.

You can view the Safeguarding Children Policy here

We are an equal opportunities employer