Receptionist

Brighton Girls seeks to appoint a Receptionist to provide administrative support to staff, students, and parents.

As the School Receptionist, you will be responsible for greeting visitors, answering telephone and email enquiries, monitoring the absence line, and ensuring the safety and security of the school premises. You will also communicate with parents, update school information and databases, and perform various administrative duties using Word, Outlook email, and the school database.

Additionally, you will monitor attendance, act as a point of immediate contact for absent students, order stationery and ensure a regular stock of essential items and offer refreshments to visitors while they are waiting in the reception area.

To be successful in this role, you will need a good standard of general education and IT skills, demonstrable administrative experience, including working in a team, and a successful track record of delivering a high standard of customer service. You should have knowledge and experience of computers, keyboard / word processing skills, along with the ability to respond to flexible demands and competing deadlines, whilst working on your own initiative.

Why join Brighton Girls?

As a founding school of the Girls' Day School Trust, Brighton Girls has a significance in the history of girls' education. Located in the heart of the city of Brighton; we are as eclectic, enterprising, and creative as the city itself. Our girls are bright and independent: they are resilient and not afraid to take risks; they have strong social consciences and enjoy learning.

As part of the Girls' Day School Trust, our staff benefit from our 140-year history of excellence and innovation in girls' education, with many opportunities to share ideas and best practice with colleagues across the network. They have access to an extensive central training and professional development programme to compliment school-based INSET, and also funding grants for individual courses of study.

Benefits include:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression


• Access to extensive professional development opportunities


• Training grants for qualifications


• Generous pension schemes


• Free life assurance benefit


• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools


• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans


• A Cycle to Work scheme


• Competitive terms and conditions of employment


For further details about this opportunity and to apply please click the apply button.

The closing date for applications is 13th May 2024 at 9am.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and exceptional candidates may be invited to interview before the published closing date.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.

To be successful in this role, you will need a good standard of general education and IT skills, demonstrable administrative experience, including working in a team, and a successful track record of delivering a high standard of customer service. You should have knowledge and experience of computers, keyboard / word processing skills, along with the ability to respond to flexible demands and competing deadlines, whilst working on your own initiative.

As a founding school of the Girls' Day School Trust, Brighton Girls has a significance in the history of girls' education. Located in the heart of the city of Brighton; we are as eclectic, enterprising, and creative as the city itself. Our girls are bright and independent: they are resilient and not afraid to take risks; they have strong social consciences and enjoy learning.

As part of the Girls' Day School Trust, our staff benefit from our 140-year history of excellence and innovation in girls' education, with many opportunities to share ideas and best practice with colleagues across the network. They have access to an extensive central training and professional development programme to compliment school-based INSET, and also funding grants for individual courses of study.


• Competitive salaries and pay progression


• Access to extensive professional development opportunities


• Training grants for qualifications


• Generous pension schemes


• Free life assurance benefit


• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools


• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans


• A Cycle to Work scheme


• Competitive terms and conditions of employment