School Administrator

  • Stockport
  • Outcomes First Group

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Position: School Administrator

Location: Reddish Hall School, Stockport, Greater Manchester

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.00am - 4.00pm

Contract: Permanent; Term Time Only

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a School Administrator to join our close-knit team.

Are you organised and meticulous? A great communicator? Reddish Hall School is looking for a proactive thinker who can help keep the school organised, engage with the schools’ stakeholders and perform any administration duty required for the running of the School.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced School Administrator who can support with the following responsibilities:

  • Customer Focus
  • Reception
  • Administration
  • Stock Control
  • Finance
  • Data Management
  • Attendance Records
  • Admissions/Pupil Data
  • Safeguarding
  • And any other duties requested by SLT

Previous administration experience within a school is preferred but if you can demonstrate transferrable skills, we would love to hear from you!

Essential

  • Good IT skills with a knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
  • Well organised with the ability to work to tight timescales and demonstrate attention to detail
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills to effectively deal with a wide range of customers, contractors and staff teams
  • Ability to work individually and as part of a team
  • An understanding of the need to deal with customers sensitively and to keep information confidential
  • GCSEs A-C including Maths and English (or equivalent)

Desirable

  • Working in an office environment
  • Ability to take on individual project work and demonstrate initiative

About the School

Reddish Hall is an independent SEMH school situated in Stockport, meeting the needs of students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. The aim of the school is to encourage pupils to achieve and succeed personally, academically, socially and develop their self confidence that will enable them to cope in everyday situations and manage the transition from school to college or work environments. By rebuilding self-esteem and forging positive relationships, our pupils replace failure with success.

Reddish Hall School is based in Reddish, Stockport. The school is commutable from Manchester, Stockport and Surrounding areas.

We are part of the Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including :

  • Life Assurance
  • Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
  • “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including :

  • A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
  • 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
  • Cycle to Work Schemes
  • Electric Car Purchase Scheme
  • Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

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