Are you an organised administrator looking to use your skills to help keep our school running smoothly? 

About Us

Whitby School is a new school; an exciting development for the Whitby community. Our school will be a positive, warm, and welcoming school where pupils will aim to do their very best and take pride in their achievements. By constantly challenging our pupils to excel, we will nurture aspirations and strive to cultivate a lifelong love of learning in our young people.

We are looking for colleagues who will provide a creative, safe, and caring environment where every child is known and cared for as an individual. In this climate, every young person can thrive as they develop in personality, character and intellect and become a highly successful learner and individual.

Our opportunity

This is an outstanding opportunity to join our new secondary school (with sixth form provision). You will be the first point of contact for school visitors and will play a key role in ensuring our school office runs smoothly.

As our Receptionist and Administrative Assistant, you will be the heart of our office support team, your core duties will be acting as the first point of call for staff and visitors, answering and directing calls, assisting with school letters, signing pupils in and out, ensuring stationary and first aid stock is replenished, and taking minutes of meetings.

You will be a friendly face ready to support our staff, pupils and the wider community; greeting and answering queries from parents or carers, welcoming visitors and ensuring they sign in and wear suitable visitor badges to maintain a safe school environment.

This role is ideal for administrators with strong communication skills who enjoy helping people.

You will:

• Hold in depth knowledge of admin and office systems
• Experience in a role with administrative duties
• Enjoy working as part of a team
• Demonstrate good communication skills both orally and in writing

We can offer you

• A supportive, collaborative team who openly share ideas and best practice
• A school community that prides itself on engagement, generosity, dignity and inspiration
• Access to Mental health and Wellbeing support services
• Opportunities for CPD and career progression

We encourage applications from candidates who have a passion for supporting students in their education with individual needs and who wish to work in a setting which offers rewards and challenges, where no two days are the same.

Queries 

Please contact Chloe Bullen on 01609 536 964 or via chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk

Chloe has been engaged to support us with recruiting to this exciting opportunity.

Application Process

Download the job description

Please apply via NYC Jobs

An email will be sent to shortlisted candidates with details of the interview process / shortlisting outcome.

We do not accept CV’s

Please contact us if your need to apply in a different format.

When applying please take into account the following:

Supporting Information

The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the job description & person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.

References

When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this is your current and most recent employer. Please note your referee should ideally be a previous line manager or someone in a position of authority.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

This post is subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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