School Administrator

7 days ago


Huddersfield, United Kingdom Polaris Community Full time

Polaris Education Barraclough School

School Administrator

Basic Salary: £19,150.00 FTE £22,327.35

Contract: Term Time Only

Hours: 37.5 hours

Benefits: Company Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Discount Scheme

Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Start Date: January 2025

Are you ready to join a supportive and nurturing community that works together to achieve the very best outcomes for its pupils? If so, our new school in Huddersfield could be the perfect place for you to develop your career and make a real difference to the lives of children and young people.

About the School

Located in Huddersfield, Kirklees our new school offers a safe and supportive environment for pupils from 5 to 18 years old.

We are part of the Polaris Community and have been passionately improving the lives of young people for over 30 years. Within the Polaris Community, we have Six SEN Schools across the UK that work together to provide each pupil with a tailored, diverse, and appropriate education in a safe, supportive environment that promotes engagement, inspires learning, and encourages achievement. We're also incredibly proud that 100% of our inspected services have been rated as Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.

Role responsibilities

Polaris Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

  • Promote the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils and visitors
  • Promote and act on initiatives to improve Quality of Life and wellbeing for pupils and staff

Reception:

The school administrator will provide a warm welcome for parents, visitors and colleagues and deal with their requests in an efficient and professional manner

Key Tasks and Activities:

  • Answer the telephone in a friendly, professional and efficient manner and record and pass on messages as appropriate
  • Ensure visitors sign in, sign the safeguarding disclaimer and are provided with a visitor's badge
  • Accurately maintain the shared calendar and update the school information
  • Provide refreshments for visitors
  • Work on parent's evening and other evening events as required
  • Have an effective and efficient resource process, keeping the resource ordering up to date and chasing where appropriate
  • Inform the relevant staff member when deliveries arrive
  • Distribute internal and external post and correspondence as appropriate
  • Arrange the ID cards for all new starters and governors for the School
  • Liaise when necessary with transport services and taxi suppliers for pupil transport
  • Support education staff with providing work experience opportunities for pupils

Click Apply for a full list of tasks and responsibilites for this role.

Requirements

  • Excellent Interpersonal and Communication Skills - Written and Oral.
  • Knowledge and understanding of child protection and safeguarding practices and protocols
  • Excellent Organisation Skills with a systematic approach to workload management.
  • Excellent time management, planning and work prioritisation skills.
  • Experience of developing systems and processes.
  • Excellent understanding of Sims.
  • Ability to work within allocated budgets and monitor expenditure and costs.
  • Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice/legislation.
  • Ability to plan and develop systems.
  • Ability to relate well to children and adults.
  • Work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.
  • Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.
  • Confidentiality of information as appropriate.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Ability to work on own initiative.

The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS Check, cost of which will be met by Polaris Education.

Polaris Education is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

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