Sixth Form Receptionist/ Clerk Middlesbrough, England
Job description
Job Title: Sixth Form Receptionist/ Clerk
Salary: From £17,722 - £19,601 per annum (actual salary) subject to a progression criteria
Contract: MC Business Support,
Full-Time, Term Time – 40 weeks, Permanent
Hours: 37 per week
Pension: NEST Pension Scheme
About the College
Do you want to be part of a forward thinking, dynamic, successful and caring organisation, Middlesbrough College Group:
- Is the largest and top performing GFE College in the Tees Valley.
- Is commitment to staff development and long-term career planning.
- Offers excellent non pay benefits
- Is commitment to staff wellbeing.
- Has excellent facilities and working environment.
- Is financially strong with ambitious ongoing staff and campus expansion and development plans.
- Offers job satisfaction - creating opportunity for all.
- Has happy staff - 9 out of 10 staff would recommend working here!
About the role
General reception duties, the successful candidate will be organised and have good time management skills.
The successful candidate will have:
- Minimum Level 2 Administration qualification or equivalent
- Grade C/4 or above in Maths and English (or equivalent)
- Experience of working in a customer-facing role, ideally with the public and / or young people.
- Experience of working with sensitive and confidential information and with an understanding of Data Protection requirements
- Excellent word processing skills
- Confident in the use of IT (including Outlook, Word, Excel and other Office 365 systems and the bespoke college information systems)
- Good range of administrative skills and experience of handling internal and external telephone calls.
- Ability to prioritise workload at all times and work under pressure in a busy environment.
- Good interpersonal skills with the capacity to accurately communicate information to students, staff, parents, and other College stakeholders.
- Able to work with sensitive and confidential information and occasionally difficult situations using tact and discretion.
Safeguarding our students
Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to be suitable to work with these groups and share this commitment. The college will ensure that all children, young people and vulnerable adults who access the college facilities feel safe and will put in place college-wide procedures and staff training to achieve this.
As a member of teaching / curriculum staff, your role will engage with children on a regular basis for teaching, instructing, caring or supervising. Therefore, this role is defined as being within ‘regulated activity’. At Middlesbrough College , we pride ourselves on our dedication to safeguarding all students, to do so we follow a strict vetting process whereby any offer of employment will be subject to the appropriate checks, including an Enhanced DBS Check.
Before applying for a role with Middlesbrough College, it is important to note that it is an offence to do so if you believe you are a persons whom is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
To read more information in relation to the DBS Code of Practice please follow this link: Revised Code of Practice for Disclosure and Barring Service Registered Persons (publishing.service.gov.uk)
Want to know more?
For any queries regarding the post, please email Carolyn Yule – Assistant Principal MC6 - and someone from the team will get back to you.
Middlesbrough College 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.
As a College we are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Applicants must demonstrate in their application the ability to meet the key responsibilities, qualifications / skills and experience detailed within the job description. Salaries are based on skills, qualifications, and experience.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.
