Job Description
Beaucroft SchoolAdmin/SIMS9 hours per weekBeaucroft is expanding to accommodate more pupils throughout the school and at our new College, a brand new Post 16 facility based in School Lane, Wimborne, which opened in June 2023. These are exciting times for everyone involved with the school.We are currently recruiting to expand our brilliant staff team and strengthening it further in all areas of the school and college. We have an excellent track record in developing staff with an extensive internal professional training schedule. This is a fantastic time to join our wonderful Beaucroft team and play a part in this exciting development.Beaucroft is a Foundation Special School that caters for children and young people between the ages of four and nineteen who are experiencing learning difficulties, including complex needs, and those with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Our pupils’ needs range vastly and we are dedicated to giving the very best education to the children that they deserve.Beaucroft is a special place, where children feel valued and staff ensure that learning needs are met. In addition to the National Curriculum, it offers a personalised, innovative curriculum to meet particular learning needs, focused on practical, community based learning, creating a friendly, caring environment where children positively thrive.The role is to provide duties which include: maintaining the staff and pupil database (SIMS) data analysis, receiving visitors, phone calls and general admin duties. The post holder for this role will work closely with all administration team members, and offer support where necessary. Excellent administration and organisational skills are essential, as is the ability to be flexible if required. The post involves the use of all Microsoft Office applications including Excel and Word, and SIMS experience is desirable. Candidates need to possess a calm and polite telephone manner and be able to work well under pressure.In order to be successful in this role: You will be enthusiastic, motivated, focused, professional, personable, reflective and resilientYou will be able to work successfully with a range of people, including the wider school community The salary is based on Dorset Job Evaluation Grade 4, Spinal Column Point 4 to 5. The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position, at the time of advert, based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.We have an excellent track record in developing staff with an extensive internal professional training schedule and we can offer you: Ongoing CPD support including Dorset Therapeutic Thinking (TADSS)Wellbeing package linked to Schools UK and Dorset CouncilThe opportunity to work within a school where all can thrive and staff are highly valued If you have not been contacted by 2nd February 2024 you have unsuccessful on this occasion.We value the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.Beaucroft School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment processThis post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.Closing Date: Friday 19th January 2024.