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Receptionist

Temporary in the first instance for the 2023/2024 academic year

Outwood Alternative Provision Eston

Full time, 37 hours per week, working term time only plus 5 PD days.

Actual salary £17,861.21 to £18,184.76 per annum.

Outwood Alternative Provision Eston are seeking a friendly, professional and efficient Receptionist to join their business and administration team. This is a forward facing role and the successful candidate should provide exceptional front of house service for our Centre. You must be approachable and welcoming along with having excellent organisational skills. The successful candidate will be confident and have great communication skills with an understanding of safeguarding children.

Some but not all duties include:

• Communicating with other academy staff to ensure pupils receive the support they require
• Dealing with queries from parents and carers
• Coordinating student transport to and from the Centre.
• Supporting with admin tasks, such as composing academy letters and assisting with communication to parents via SMS.
• Preparing items for postage
• Ensuring all visitors to the academy follow the sign in procedure and have the appropriate security clearance.

Full training and support will be given for the right candidate.

Job share applicants are welcomed! If you are an applicant who is applying on a job share basis, please state this in your application form.

Outwood Alternative Provision Eston is an innovative alternative provision centre, principally for students from Outwood Academies in the Northern Region who need additional behavioural, social, emotional or mental health support. In line with our absolute commitment to inclusion in its widest sense, this is an alternative provision for vulnerable students who display challenging behaviours and are often at risk of high levels of fixed-period exclusions or permanent exclusion.

We are an inclusive, and caring centre recently judged ‘good’ by Ofsted. At heart, we aim to ensure we best meet the needs of our students. Our centre supports the most vulnerable students including those who have SEND and are disadvantaged. Many of our students experience significant barriers to learning and some have adverse childhood experiences.

Operating much smaller classes than our mainstream academies, this alternative provision focuses on personal development and the health and well being of students, whilst not losing academic rigour. We will focus on ensuring that all students can achieve well and are able to move to their next stage with confidence, be it education, employment or training.

The centre is a collaborative provision between Outwood Academies Acklam, Bishopsgarth, Bydales, Normanby, Ormesby, Redcar and Riverside. The centre will be located on Burns Road, Eston in a modern building with excellent facilities.

When completing your application, please give due regard to the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Please note that all of the essential criteria listed on the Person Specification will be used to shortlist candidates for interview. If you do not demonstrate and or/evidence that you meet all of the essential criteria, you will not be selected for an interview.