Career Receptionist for Leading Independent School (ID:19708)
*TERM TIME ONLY*
My client is looking for an outstanding communicator who is a real people person and who can handle a busy reception. You would be joining a friendly, supportive and dynamic team. This is term time only with great benefits!
The role
- Acting as the first point of contact for parents, visitors, enquiries and students – being the true lynchpin for the school
- Contributing to the smooth running of reception including managing the internal inbox and phone lines
- Monitoring the taking of registrars and attendance – knowing where each student is at all times
- Preparing and presenting attendance reports
- Stakeholder management
- Providing ad-hoc administrative support to the wider teams
The candidate
- Prior experience of having worked in a school is desired
- Professionalism, efficiency and strong attention to detail
- A true people person
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to relate well to people on all levels
- An excellent telephone manner and the ability to deal confidently with enquiries
- The ability to multi-task
- IT savvy with the ability to remain calm under pressure
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Discreet and confidential
- Friendly, approachable, helpful, polite, professional, calm and confident with a good sense of humour
The ideal candidate will be articulate, polished and have forensic attention to detail. You will be a collaborative people person, proactive and happy to help. Interviewing now, apply ASAP!