Full-Time Administrator / Receptionist
37 hours, 40 weeks (term time only plus 2 weeks including Inset)
Salary £20730 for hours and weeks worked (£23500 full time equivalent) (pay award pending)
At Cumbria Futures Federation, we work at the heart of our communities. Our small secondary schools are inclusive, welcoming and ambitious. With a wide range of abilities in each class and a broad and balanced curriculum, our ‘Good’ schools punch well above their weight and provide a unique experience for our students.
We are seeking a friendly and effective administrator and receptionist to work as part of a small team that provides administrative support for our schools. You will be in sole charge of the busy office at Beacon Hill, including ensuring student attendance information is processed and actioned in good time each morning, ensuring student and other records are kept up to date, and providing general admin support to our Deputy Headteacher and other senior leaders.
Our ideal candidate will be able to provide excellent customer service to parents, students and members of the public while adhering to our policies and procedures, including safeguarding. We have high expectations of everyone’s behaviour, including staff, students, parents, and governors, and we work hard to form positive relationships and instil a respectful and calm atmosphere in our school. As a vital part of the team, you will be the face of Beacon Hill and will be pivotal to supporting our values and ethos and positively engaging with our wider community.
If you feel you share our values, we would like to hear from you. To arrange an informal conversation about the role and what it is like working for us, please contact the school office to arrange a chat with our Finance and Admin Manager, Director of Finance, or Deputy Headteacher.
For additional information and to apply please visit our website www.beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk, or call 016973 20509 for an application pack.
Closing date for applications 18th October 2024. Interviews will be held the following week.
Cumbria Futures Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced check with regulated activity via the Disclosure and Barring Service. See below for more details of our safeguarding and other policies.
Job Description and Person Specification
TO APPLY
Complete the application form and send with a covering letter outlining why you are the right person for this job to:
beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk
Please ensure that you complete your full job history before submitting your application – please continue in a separate document if needed.
EXAM INVIGILATORS – Casual
We are seeking Exam Invigilators to support our summer exam series.
This is a casual (zero hours) contract, and may include some or all of our external exams. Exams last from 1-3 hours and you will be expected to be in attendance for at least 15 minutes before and after each exam you invigilate.
Invigilation can include being in charge of an exam room with multiple students, or supporting an individual student with access arrangements, for example reading the exam paper or scribing for them. You will be able to specify which sort of invigilation you prefer.
Before you can invigilate you will need to:
– Complete a full application form including full work history
– Undergo a DBS check
– Have an interview
– Provide 2 references
– Undertake invigilator training (we will pay you for the time this takes)
– Follow your training and other instructions accurately in order that the exams are conducted according to regulations, policies and procedures
This role is dependent on our need for casual invigilators and will generally be throughout the annual exam periods (May and June) although we also conduct mock exams in November, March and school annual exams in June and July. Rate of pay is £12.00 per hour.
For more details please call our Exams Officer on 01697320509 or email beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk.
We are seeking to appoint someone ASAP and so are flexible with interview dates.
Cumbria Futures Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced check with regulated activity via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
TO APPLY
Complete the application form and send with a covering letter outlining why you are the right person for this job to:
beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk
Relief Kitchen Assistants and Cleaners – Casual hours
We are seeking Relief Kitchen Assistants and Cleaners to work flexibly covering absence, illness and holidays across both of our schools in Silloth and Aspatria. Rate of pay £10.90 per hour.
We are also seeking a fixed term, temporary Kitchen Assistant to work in our kitchen until the end of December, possibly longer. 3 hours per day at £10.90 per hour (15 hours per week Monday to Friday).
TO APPLY
Complete the application form and send with a covering letter outlining why you are the right person for this job to:
beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk
Cumbria Futures Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced check with regulated activity via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Safeguarding our students is vitally important to us. Our safeguarding policy underpins everything we do.
Other policies and notices:
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or via the Unlock website.
Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
In addition to the above, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on short-listed candidates. This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online. Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
As part of the Prevent strategy our Federation promotes Fundamental British Values that reflect life in modern Britain.
These 4 fundamental British values are:
- Democracy
- Rule of Law
- Respect & Tolerance
- Individual Liberty
Fundamental British Values underpin what it is to be a citizen in a modern and diverse Great Britain valuing our community and celebrating the diversity of the UK. Fundamental British Values are not exclusive to being British and are shared by other democratic countries as a way of creating an orderly society, where individual members can feel safe, valued and can contribute for the good of themselves and others. Our values mirror the Fundamental British Values and underpin everything we do in our schools. Our recruitment process will ensure that successful candidates uphold our values and therefore Fundamental British Values.
Safeguarding our students is vitally important to us. Our safeguarding policy underpins everything we do.
Other policies:
Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (Safer Recruitment and Criminal Convictions)