School Receptionist

Office Angels are currently recruiting for a School Receptionist for our client based near Wallingford.

Role: Temporary School Receptionist

Location: Berinsfield, Wallingford

Hourly Rate: 13.50ph

Working Hours: 8:30am - 2pm

Start Date: Monday 8th June

End Date: Friday 17th July

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake reception duties, answering the phone, face to face enquiries.
• Prepare meeting rooms and provide refreshments for visitors as required.
• Ensure that enquiries by person, phone or email are dealt with promptly and efficiently.
• Ensure that all visitors to the school are authorised and provided with security badges.
• Answer the telephone promptly and politely.
• Take and pass on messages to teaching and other staff.
• Liaise with line manager to ensure that the reception area is covered during core hours.
• Open and distribute incoming mail and emails, following up where required and ensuring an accurate and timely response.
• Distribute information to parents in all forms of appropriate media, i.e., letters, emails etc.
• Ensure the office keep medicines and consent forms up to date.
• Ensure the relevant paperwork is in place to administer medication to pupils whilst on school site.
• Contact the parents/carers of children who are unwell.
• Ensure attendance registers are completed on Integris.
• Collate school meal numbers and provide daily to the kitchen using Bromcom
• Keep a record of the children arriving late or leaving early, ensuring registers can be updated.
• Ensure 'first day' response daily to parents/carers of children who are absent from school, reporting concerns to relevant staff.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Hold a current DBS certificate or able to obtain one
• Previous school reception experience is beneficial

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Your application will be handled with strict confidentiality.

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.

Office Angels is an employment agency. We are an equal opportunities employer who put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

Office Angels is an employment agency and business. We are an equal-opportunities employer who puts expertise, energy and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities and more. By showcasing talents, skills and unique experiences in an inclusive environment, we help individuals thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

Office Angels acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Office Angels UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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