Receptionist and Administrator

From January 2027

Term time only, 2 days (15 hours per week)

Thursday and Friday

Band E points 5-6

£25,583 - £25,989 per annum pro rata

Actual salary: £8,672 - £8,809 per annum

The Role

We are looking to recruit a suitably experienced Receptionist and Administrator for a job share role to work Thursday and Friday to provide an efficient reception and administrative service for Kenilworth School and Sixth Form.

As a first point of contact for the school, the successful candidate must have excellent customer care skills and be organised to multi-task on a busy reception.

The reception is busy and the workload is varied, so the ideal candidate will be organised to manage and prioritise their own workload, meeting deadlines with the ability to work calmly with interruptions to assist students’/parents’/carers’ throughout the day.

Previous experience of customer care and/or reception duties in another setting would be advantageous, but training can be given to a suitable candidate.

You will be IT literate with the ability to use Microsoft packages, to include Word, Excel and data bases. The ability to manage your own workload and meet deadlines is required.

Typical duties will include:

-managing a busy switchboard, channelling calls as appropriate

-operation of the external main gates

-welcoming visitors, parents and students dealing with a range of queries

-managing contractors for DBS and safeguarding compliance

-processing external and internal post and parcel deliveries

-daily management of the school’s email system

-various administrative duties using email, Word, Excel and an internal database

-dealing with students’ queries throughout the day, as required at the designated student enquiry point in reception

-undertaking administrative duties

The role requires the post-holder to be pro-active to plan ahead; have an attention to detail; have good communication and written skills across a range of audiences with the ability to work with interruptions throughout the day.

Working Hours

The working hours with an unpaid 30-minute lunchbreak are:

Thursday and Friday: 8.15am to 4.15pm

To Apply:

Please complete an application via MyNewTerm to apply for the role.

Please note we cannot accept a CV as an application.

We reserve the right to close this advert early and invite candidates to interview before the closing date should we receive a sufficient number of applications, or a suitable candidate be found. We will be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore early applications are advised and welcomed.

Closing date: 9am Monday 2 November 2026