Term Time Administrator

A leading independent school in Oxford are looking for a Term Time Administrator to join the administration / office team in the school. This role is 37.5 hours per week, term time - 34 weeks a year, plus 3 additional weeks in the school holidays.

Job Description

This position is to provide high-quality administrative support to the Senior Site and to the Head, supporting the efficient running of the school and promoting the ethos of the school in relations with parents, students, staff and the wider community.

Reception

Providing and maintaining a positive and welcoming first point of contact for prospective and current students and parents, promoting the distinctive friend, caring ethos of the school.
Welcoming visitors to the school, ensuring they are well cared for, and the visitor areas are well kept
Cover the reception desk, including a wide range of duties associated with a busy school front desk, especially student-facing care
Dealing with personal, telephone and email enquiries; taking and passing on accurate messages, being quick and efficient in transferring calls to the relevant colleagues and generally ensuring an efficient and friendly manner
Responding to parent and guardian queries regarding our pupils
Liaising with teachers and other staff to provide pastoral support for students
Helping students with other administrative matters such as arranging appointments and transport arrangements
Answering queries from students and staff and passing on messages as necessary
Using Outlook calendars to book rooms and review appointments and manage the bookings for events and visits; and
Dealing with incoming and outgoing post, deliveries, and couriers.Administrative Support for Staff

Providing administrative support for staff, including document preparation; photocopying; printing; information collection, coordination and distribution and report creating
Oversee staff and student common areas and meeting rooms, ensuring spaces are well kept and notice boards are up to date
Ensure that current student records are accurately maintained and updated using the school's management information system, working with the Academic coordinator to ensure subject and timetable information is correct
Provide liaison with maintenance, catering, and IT staff

Support with the administration of taster days and assessments for new students; dispatch prospectuses and other literature to prospective families
Monitor and record pupil attendance; follow up on absences and compile absences reports as required; Assist with the dispatch of student reports; and
Create and co-ordinate communications, in liaison with teaching staff, to be sent to parents and guardians
Create tables and reports, mailing lists and other information using the student database.This position is term time only, 34 weeks + 3 weeks in the holidays, 37 weeks per year, salary offered is £25,000, pro rata to £17,788

Free lunch in term time, pension, cycle to school scheme, eye care vouchers, access to health and wellbeing and discount to local sports and leisure clubs and discounted fees to children of staff attending the school