At Oasis Academy John Williams, we have a temporary position open for an Receptionist to join a friendly administrative team, providing an efficient point of contact within our reception.
Position: Receptionist
Contract type: Temporary, Term Time Only
Start date: 09/11/2026 or ASAP
Contracted hours: 20 hours, Term Time Only
Working Pattern:
- Wednesday 12.00 - 16.45
- Thursday 08.00 - 16.15
- Friday 08.00 - 16.15
Salary: FTE 26,016.00 per annum
Day rate: approximately £92 per day
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.
You may also be required to support wider administrative duties across the academy, away from the reception area, to assist the administration team as needed.
Job requirements
- Minimum of a grade C in GCSE Maths and English
- 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
- Full availability for the hours listed above
Desirable
- Registered to the DBS Update Service with an Enhanced DBS in education
Why join us?
As a Receptionist, 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 within this post.
Oasis Academy John Williams 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.
