Administrator

Description:

Integrated Services Programme (ISP) School - Whitstable
Part-Time Administrator
Basic Salary: £14,565.47 actual pro-rated salary (£20,391.65 FTE)
Hours: 25 hours per week
Working Pattern: 8:30 am - 1:30 pm, Term Time Only
Location: Whitstable, Kent

Benefits

Company pension

Life assurance

Employee Discount Scheme

About Our School

ISP School is an independent specialist provision serving children and young people in Kent and Medway who live with their families, foster carers or in residential children's homes.

Our school supports children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH).

We provide high-quality education, adopting a holistic and tailored approach complemented by a full range of support services for each and every one of our pupils.

Role Responsibilities

Promote the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils and visitors

Promote and act on initiatives to improve quality of life and wellbeing for pupils and staff

Key Tasks and Activities

Communicate with ISP staff and other professionals within the school, ISP centres and local authorities from Kent, Medway, Thanet and London

Communicate with parents and carers by phone, text and email

Receive and host visitors, maintenance staff, contractors and guests at the school

Manage school correspondence, emails and phone calls

Arrange and attend meetings, taking minutes as required

Produce minutes for network meetings, staff meetings, briefings and inclusion meetings

Manage the delegated budgets for the Whitstable site

Manage petty cash for the Whitstable site

Maintain school and associated documents using SIMS & BehaviourWatch

Support the school's mission by carrying out other associated duties and tasks as directed by the Headteacher from time to time

Requirements

Excellent written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills

Excellent organisational skills, with a systematic approach to workload management

Excellent time-management, planning and work-prioritisation skills

Experience of developing systems and processes

Excellent understanding of SIMS

Ability to work within allocated budgets and monitor expenditure and costs

Full working knowledge of relevant policies, codes of practice and legislation

Ability to plan and develop systems

Ability to relate well to children and adults

Ability to work constructively as part of a team, understand school roles and responsibilities, and recognise your own position within these

Ability to evaluate your own learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities

Ability to maintain the confidentiality of information where appropriate

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to work on your own initiative

We are initially looking to appoint a candidate on a part-time basis. The position is expected to develop into a full-time, term-time role as pupil numbers grow within the school.

The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check, the cost of which will be met by ISP School.

ISP is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

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