Receptionist – Start Date As soon as possible on a 1 Year Fixed Term Contract
St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Academy
Woolton Hill Road
Liverpool
L25 6EG
Tel:0151 288 1000
Receptionist – Term Time plus 10 days. This is a 1 Year Fixed Term Contract.
Start Date- As soon as possible.
St Francis Xavier’s College, founded in 1842, is a Catholic Converter Academy with a co-educational Sixth Form with a strong academic tradition and 1000 pupils across KS3/4. The Sixth Form has strong collaborative links with partner schools across the city.
As we look to the future and continue our improvement journey, we have recently joined St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust. We are excited about joining St Joseph’s as they become the CMAT for our part of the Archdiocese. Through the Trust, we can offer you a firm commitment to your own professional development, which is at the core of their offer for all staff. You can find more information here www.sjcmat.co.uk
ROLE DETAILS
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional, confident and reliable candidate to join our administrative team and to make a real difference in our school. Ideally, you will have experience of working in a school-based environment, however training and support will be provided for the successful candidate.
You must have the ability to work professionally under pressure and to deadlines. Operating flexibly within the changing needs of the school is essential. The successful candidate will undertake general office administration together with maintaining information systems, databases and other associated records. You will be required to cover the main reception desk and area, including switchboard, filtering all incoming calls and general enquiries as appropriate, mail distribution and visitor management.
You will also have the ability to multi-task and liaise with students, parents and external agencies on a daily basis. The successful applicant will be the first impression many people have of our school and it is essential that we deliver a first class service to students/parents/visitors and external agencies.
The hours of work will be 37 per week. Monday to Friday, term time plus 10 days.
Monday – 08.00 – 16.00 – with a 1 hour unpaid lunch. Tuesday to Friday 08.00 – 16.00 – with a 30 minute unpaid lunch.
Salary – Grade 3 SCP 5-9 FTE £23,500 – £25,119. Actual pro rata £21,820.90 – £23,324.22
If you have the vision and skills to deliver inspirational support whilst having the focus and drive to ensure successful outcomes with our students, then we’d love to hear from you.
Please see Job Description for more details.
In addition, we are looking for the following qualities in the successful applicant:
PERSONAL QUALITIES
· Ability to work under pressure
· Energy, enthusiasm, good sense of humour
· Emotional maturity and resilience in dealing with challenging behaviours.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
A commitment to support your professional development.
Working as part of a committed and talented team of professionals.
Opportunity for additional paid duties.
Access to Trust-wide professional development opportunities.
Employee Assistance Programmes.
If you believe that you have the energy, passion, resilience and drive to be part of our positive journey we would love to have you on our team. Please see further details in the Job Description.
Early applications are strongly encouraged and visits to the School are welcomed.
The role is deemed to be in regulated activity with a high level of contact and responsibility for children on a day to day basis.
Please visit our website for details and application form at
For further information and school visits please contact
Forward completed applications to: vhill@sfx.sjcmat.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Monday 21st October 2024 at 12pm
Shortlisting: Monday 21st October 2024
Interviews will be held on: Thursday 24th October 2024
Please note – Only applicants who are shortlisted will be contacted following the closing date. For shortlisted applicants an online search will be conducted prior to interview.
Safeguarding of our pupils is a priority. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS disclosures
This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) and will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate with a children’s barred list check. You will also be required to complete a criminal self-disclosure form if you are short-listed for the post.’
Please note that guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This enables us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at an interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.
To apply for this job please visit: www.tes.com.
Please mention catholicrecruitment.co.uk when applying.