Salary: NJC 4 - 6 point, £24,404 - £25,183 FTE; actual salary is £15,102 - £15,584 (pro rata salary) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits

Hours: 20 hours, 39 weeks

Contract: Part Time, permanent

Start date: January 2025

Come join our team and make an impact on a daily basis.

We are recruiting for a Receptionist to join our friendly and supportive administration team to ensure the smooth running of our school.

Within this post, you will act as the initial point of contact for visitors, serving as the face and voice of the academy. You will warmly welcome visitors, parents and carers with professionalism, offering assistance and guidance, demonstrating a passion for working to support our students. You're responsible for managing incoming calls, directing enquiries to the appropriate staff and signing in visitors, parents and students. They also schedule appointments, coordinate deliveries and disseminate crucial information with precision and efficiency.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone with a genuine passion for helping people, outstanding communication and organisational skills and some relevant experience.

About our school:

New Forest Academy is a successful and popular 11-16 academy adjacent to the New Forest National Park. We are proud to serve the Hythe and Waterside community.

Our vision is to enable ambitious futures for all members of our academy community. We strive to ensure that expert teaching of our exciting curriculum allows students from all backgrounds to fulfil their academic potential. We achieve this by sequencing the most important and compelling knowledge backwards from ambitious curriculum aims, and adapting what we teach to our local context. Our passionate team of subject experts deliver chosen content through research-based, best practice approaches. We provide exceptional opportunities to develop the unique interests and talents of our students, and to prepare them for life in modern Britain. Strong relationships and first-class support across the community ensure that students are safe, happy and successful.

All staff receive high-quality support which enables them to flourish at work. They are provided with training and opportunities for impactful collaborative work which allow all to thrive in their areas of expertise. We seek to develop outstanding educationalists and leaders of the future.

We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 57 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.

We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.

Ready to apply? Get in touch here. We can't wait to hear from you.

The role is due to commence January 2025. This is a part time, permanent position.

Closing date: 6 December 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.