Job details

Salary: £20,575

Employer: Selworthy Special School

Location: Taunton, Somerset,

Contract type: Permanent, Term time

Working pattern: Full time

Closing date: 9 June 2025 12:00 pm

About the job

Key information

Working Pattern: Full time- 39 weeks a year (term time only plus INSETS)

Working Hours: 37 hours a week

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £20,575

What will I be doing?

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.

What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?

  • Minimum of a grade C in GCSE Maths and English
  • Ability to prioritise tasks on a day-to-day basis
  • Experience of using information management systems and strong IT skills including recent knowledge of MS Office 365
  • A high level of verbal and written communication standards and interpersonal skills
  • Proven ability to show reliability and to work to meet key deadlines
  • Integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality

What is in it for me?

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.

Supporting documents and information

Closing date: 9 June at 12pm

Interviews: TBC

How to apply: Click fast apply on our career site

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