Position: Afternoon Receptionist
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Monday to Friday, 1pm to 6:30pm, term time +1 week in the summer holiday
Salary: £13,632.47 (FTE £23,901.00)
Start Date: Thursday 4th September 2025
Salisbury Cathedral School is a well-established independent school committed to academic excellence, character development, and a supportive, welcoming environment. We pride ourselves on our vibrant school community and dedication to fostering a safe and nurturing space for students, staff, and families.
We are currently seeking a warm, professional, and highly organised Afternoon Receptionist to be the friendly front of house face of our school during the second half of the day. The successful candidate will manage the front desk, greet visitors, support with administrative tasks, and ensure smooth day-to-day operations at the main entrance of our busy campus.
What can we offer you?
- You will have the chance to join our great team and play a key role in delivering a high-quality provision to our children
- Salary £13,632.47 (FTE £23,901.00)
- Annual salary review
SCS has established an Employee Benefits Package for its entire staff:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Edenred childcare voucher scheme via salary sacrifice
- Meals are normally provided during working hours
- Free on site parking
- Standard Life pension scheme
- Staff are entitled to up to 50% discount on their children's school fees
MAIN DUTIES
- Receive all visitors to the school, greeting and signing them in with the appropriate lanyard
- Receive goods in, check and sign for them
- Answer and process all telephone calls and emails into the school
- Deal with general day to day queries from pupils and parents
- Be responsible for the smart and tidy appearance of the School Reception area
- Be responsible for entrance to the school via the automated gates
- Distribute incoming post, frank and take outgoing post to post office
- Be responsible for taking the Fire Bag out during a fire drill/evacuation and keeping fire class lists updated
- Be responsible for named visitor parking signs
- Assist with the organisation of school events, such as Speech Day, concerts, printing order of service and programme
- Be responsible for making and distributing all parents/chorister parents and staff car permits
- Produce labels and peg labels as required
- Update all paper registers for morning, afternoon and choristers
- Support the Senior Leadership Team with administrative tasks and staff with general secretarial tasks
- Update SchoolBase parental data and school calendar
- Be the central contact for booking before and after school care and maintain records
- Provide finance department with dates/pupil names attending for charged school trips
- Provide finance department with reconciled school club’s bookings
- Be a point of contact for the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral School and Amici and help with their administration as necessary
- Maintain and update Sign-in ipad, and pupil and chorister sign in registers
- Complete afternoon regsitration
- Complete sign out at end of school day
- Purchase fresh flowers for reception desk
- Check office stationary levels and order paper
- Weekly music timetable to be added to Fire Bag
- Prepare charge sheets for Little Spires
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
- Attend training courses as directed
- Play an active part in the life of the school; attend compulsory events as directed by the Head, and liaise with the Parent and Friends committee members
- Share the aims and objectives of Salisbury Cathedral School and support the Head at all times
- Carry out other duties as are requested and as are commensurate with the grade of this post
ALL STAFF ARE EXPECTED TO:
- Carry out the work of this school to the best of your ability, displaying initiative and enthusiasm and recognising that its status as preparatory and pre-prep, boarding and day school, and also a choir school, places additional demands and responsibilities on staff who choose to work here
- Do all you can, by the relationships that you build with pupils, staff, parents, and the wider community, to promote the caring ethos of the school and reflect its Christian foundation
- Engage actively in the performance review process
- Adhere to policies as set out in the staff handbook
- Maintain high professional standards of attendance, punctuality, appearance and conduct
PERSON SPECIFICATION
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
EXPERIENCE
- Previous reception experience desirable but not essential
SKILLS
- Time management
- Organisational skills
- Multitasking
- IT skills
PERSONAL QUALITIES
- A warm and nurturing nature
- Flexible approach to meet the needs of the role
- Open to new ideas and approaches
- Great team player
- Positive outlook
- Ability to use initiative
- Good sense of humour
- Strong team player
- Good memory (the ability to hold lots of information in your mind at one time!)
If you would like to apply for this post, please complete the application form on the TES website.
Closing Date: Friday 20th June 2025
Interviews: Friday 27th and Monday 30th June 2025
For any queries, please speak to:
Mrs Charli Hilliard, HR Administrator
01722 555318 or hr@salisburycathedralschool.com
Applications will only be accepted from candidates completing the Application Form in full. CV’s will not be accepted in substitution for completed Application Forms.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £13,632.47 per year
Expected hours: 27.5 per week
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Administrative: 1 year (required)
Language:
- English (preferred)
Location:
- Salisbury SP1 2EQ (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 30/06/2025
Expected start date: 04/09/2025