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Receptionist - 38 week

Employer
St John's School and College
Location
Brighton, East Sussex
Salary
£14,724
Closing date
28 Mar 2019

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Sector
Healthcare
Function
Administration
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm term time

 

This is a challenging and demanding role which involves various general reception duties including, among others, answering and directing calls and passing on messages, maintaining and distributing the main diary, receiving and reporting staff and learner absences, greeting and signing in visitors, receiving incoming post and deliveries and franking and posting outgoing correspondence. Reception can become very busy, with a high volume of traffic from staff, learners, visitors, contractors, phone calls, radio communication and emails, and thus with this amount of bombardment and demand, a high level of vigilance and awareness towards possible incidents and situations is required to help support the staff team. As the first point of contact for many, including prospective parents and external professionals, the role demands a cheerful and positive demeanour and attitude, excellent communication skills, a high level of integrity and resilience combined with sensitivity and understanding. Person Specifics

 

The receptionist is required to maintain the highest levels of confidentiality at all times, in accordance to data protection policy The receptionist should present a professional and courteous image at all times Be able to prioritise their workload accordingly Be approachable with good interpersonal skills Be highly organised All job applicants will be required to provide 2 referees (one must be your most recent employer) and undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure. This process forms part of our recruitment and safeguarding policy.

 

For further information please visit our website to see a full job description and complete an application form.

 

Please contact us for more details 01273 244048 or send your CV via Indeed.

 

Company

St. John’s is a charity that provides education, care and therapy for learners with complex behaviours from 5- 25; we are based in Brighton and Seaford. We also offer training across the region and sector.

 

St. John’s is about improving lives by making a practical difference to the learners who access our services and by embracing their unique diversity. Our core mission is to enable our learners to achieve aspirational goals and to live their lives to the full. Recognising the complexity and scale of this task we focus our work around five placement outcomes which inform and guide all that we do:

 

• We promote well-being, the basis of effective learning

• We develop communication, the basis of engagement in society

• We focus on skill development, the basis of a productive life

• At all times we promote independence, a fundamental human right

• We passionately believe that all our learners can be employed, in some form, during their lives.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
01273 244 048
Location
Walpole Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 0AF
GB

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