At Maypole School (Streatham), we have a new position open for an Admin Assistant to join a friendly administrative team, providing an efficient point of contact within our reception.
Job overview
You’ll be responsible for overseeing the reception facility, answering calls and dealing with face-to-face enquiries, signing in visitors and ensuring all visitors are appropriately monitored, as well as providing general clerical and administrative support and maintaining school records.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake all duties and responsibilities in accordance with: company policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines, standards; good professional practice, Ofsted and other regulatory requirements, relevant legislations, all legal and contractual obligations.
- To review and amend pupil documents and other related paperwork as directed by the Assistant Headteacher
- To provide effective organisation skills to support the management team
- To assist in the day-to-day admin support of running of the school such as; answering/ responding to emails, welcoming visitors, arranging transportation for PE activities, coordinating PE activities
- Complete purchase requests and orders
- Petty Cash management
Job requirements
- Ability to prioritise tasks on a day-to-day basis
- Experience of using information management systems and strong IT skills
- A high level of verbal and written communication standards
- Proven ability to show reliability and to work to meet key deadlines
Why join us?
As our Admin Assistant, you’ll be able to take pride in ensuring a friendly and courteous port of call is available for any enquiries, contributing as a key part of a wider team to ensure daily administrative operations run smoothly. You’ll have access to training and professional development opportunities within this post, building on key skills to ensure you have a comprehensive and full working knowledge of administration.
Maypole School (Streatham) 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. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.