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Are you excited by job variety? Do you have fantastic communication skills? Are you wanting to make a real difference in your community? If so, Selworthy Special School have an exciting new position open for a School Receptionist to join a friendly administrative team and wider Trust family.
Job overview
You’ll be responsible for overseeing the reception facility, answering calls and dealing with face-to-face enquiries, signing in visitors and ensuring all visitors are appropriately monitored, as well as providing general clerical and administrative support and maintaining school records.
Job requirements
1. Minimum of a grade C in GCSE Maths and English
2. Ability to prioritise tasks on a day-to-day basis
3. Experience of using information management systems and strong IT skills including recent knowledge of MS Office 365
4. A high level of verbal and written communication standards and interpersonal skills
5. Proven ability to show reliability and to work to meet key deadlines
6. Integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality
Why join us?
As our School Receptionist, you’ll be able to take pride in ensuring a friendly and courteous port of call is available for any enquiries, contributing as a key part of a wider team to ensure daily administrative operations run smoothly. You’ll have access to training and professional development opportunities within this post, building on key skills to ensure you have a comprehensive and full working knowledge of administration.
Hours: Full Time - 37 hours per week, term time + INSET days (39 weeks)
There may be some flexibility with hours, please state this in your personal statement so it can be discussed at interview stage.
Contract: Permanent
Application Process:
7. Closes: 14th December 2025
8. Interview: TBC- w.b. 15th December 2025
Note to all applicants - The Oak Partnership Trust reserve the right to close an advertisement to applications ahead of the advertised closure date. For this reason, shortlisting may take place prior to the closing date on some occasions. With this in mind, please do not hesitate to apply early.
Safeguarding Statement
Selworthy Special School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.