- Vacancy Reference
- JOB002840
- Job Title
- Receptionist
- Job Start Date
- 1 February 2025
- Salary Range
- £24,027 to £25,992
- Hours Per Week
- 40 + 2 weeks in the holidays
- Working Pattern
- Banked hours
- School Address
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Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Victoria Road
Acocks Green
Olton
Birmingham
B27 7XY - Contact Email
- recruitment@ilsley.bham.sch.uk
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 10 January 2025, midday
- Job Information
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Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and friendly person with great communication skills who is a team player and ideally with experience of working in a similar role.
The successful candidate will undertake a variety of tasks including cover for Reception, offering a ‘front line’ service to pupils. Other duties will include operating the switchboard; dealing with a range of enquiries from pupils, parents, staff and other visitors; word processing and date entry:
- have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with pupils, parents, staff and visitors
- a ‘can do’ attitude and able to multi task
- the ability to keep calm and work well under pressure
- remain professional at all times
- understand the need for complete confidentiality
- support the Catholic ethos of the school
- be prepared to undertake any necessary training
Archbishop Ilsley is a large oversubscribed Catholic Secondary School in Acocks Green on the border of Hall Green and Yardley, that caters for pupils between the ages of 11 and 18. There are 210 pupils in each year and the sixth form is predicted to grow considerably over the next five years. OFSTED rated the school ‘good’ when they last visited in June 2018. Our GCSE results are strong and over 50% of last year’s Year 13 received a grade B; 25% achieved an A or A*.
- This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
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Please complete a CES application form for support staff and return to recruitment@ilsley.bham.sch.uk
Interviews are likely to take place on the following date: Wednesday 15th January 2025
- Safeguarding
- This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
- enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
- References
- All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
- Short-listed candidates
- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
- Terms and Conditions
- This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
- Rehabilitation of Offenders
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
- Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
- Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.