Attendance & Admissions Officer Job Belfast area,Northern Ireland UK,Education / Teaching

Hazelwood Schools – Job Advert Attendance and Admissions Officer

Salary Scale:
Scale 4 or 5 based on experience

Scale 4 (£28,036 – £29,684)

Scale 5 (£30,248 – £32,537)

Hours
:
Working hours of 37.5 hours per week x 39 weeks per year

Monday–Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm (some flexibility on hours may be possible)

Contract Term
:
Permanent

Start Date
: ASAP

Do you want to support our children and their families to make a real, positive difference to their lives?

Hazelwood Schools are seeking to recruit an optimistic, dedicated and enthusiastic individual to provide exceptional administration and front of house service in our busy main office, leading on attendance and admissions. You will need to be a problem solver who is able to work creatively in a variety of ways to help support our children, staff, parents and visitors. The role is a flexible one, with no two days the same.

We are a friendly, over-subscribed 3-form entry community school, with a large Nursery, that is creative, inclusive and fully committed to achievement for all. As a member of staff at Hazelwood Schools, you will be part of an incredible team, all working towards the school vision of ‘nurturing responsible citizens to achieve educational excellence by inspiring awe and wonder through a real, relevant, immersive and purposeful curriculum’.

We hope you will want to join us on our journey…

The ideal candidate will:

Have previous admin experience, ideally working in schools
Have very good interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral), with the ability to work positively and flexibly in our busy team
Have excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan workloads, prioritise tasks, high attention to detail and meet deadlines
Have excellent computing skills, including a good understanding of IT systems and software packages
Demonstrate discretion and confidentiality
Be able to use their own initiative and be pro-active
Be resilient, committed, and hard working
Be patient and nurturing, as well as being able to empathise with the needs of parents
Build positive relationships with all stakeholders (staff, parents, visitors)
Have a commitment to safeguarding children
Be able to support and promote our vision and values

In return, we can offer:

Enthusiastic, well behaved, friendly children with a love of learning;
A strong and ambitious leadership team with a clear sense of strategic direction;
Supportive, motivated colleagues with a “teamwork” ethic;
A creative and inclusive school with a ‘can do’ ethos where success is recognised;
An opportunity to be creative, innovate and take risks;
Supportive parents and governors within in a fabulous school community;
Opportunities for training to further develop the role as appropriate

Visits to the school are strongly recommended and warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office on or email off to arrange a tour.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will undergo full DBS checks. Hazelwood Schools is an equal opportunities employer. All schools in Enfield are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work in our schools is expected to share this commitment. We reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any time.