Receptionist
| Posting date: | 16 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2026 |
| Location: | Rochester, Kent, ME1 2FA |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 3ee7ce43-974b-40a3-b4ef-a4817791b7ec |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Receptionist
Grade: D2 on the NJC Payscale (£25,185 to £28,142 pro-rata), (Actual: £19,049 to £24,164)
Employed for: 37 hours per week, Term Time Only
Hours: 7:00am – 3:00pm Monday to Thursday, 7:00am – 2:30pm Friday, with 30 minutes (unpaid) break for lunch
Responsible to: Senior Administrative Assistant
Purpose: To perform a range of administrative duties to assist staff, students, parents and visitors
Person Specification
Essential Skills
• Good level of education to Level 2 including English C grade or above
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent ICT skills. Word, E-mail, Internet
• High level of professionalism and can maintain confidentiality
• Very good interpersonal skills
• Welcoming and good sense of humour
• Work under pressure
• Meet Deadlines
• Organised
• Take initiative
• Calm and approachable
Desirable
• Experience of working in a school
• Accurate, fast and efficient typist
• Working knowledge of SIMS.net software
What the school offers its staff
At SJF, we are committed to excellence in a sustainable way. This means we value our staff, devise policies with workload in mind and believe that everyone working in education should have the opportunity to enjoy the highest possible standard of wellbeing and mental health. We recognise that working in a deprived area is never going to be easy, but we are committed to ensuring it’s not any harder than it needs to be. Our approach to staff wellbeing and workload is underpinned by research and best practice.
Free parking at the front of the school site, less than a minute’s walk from Reception
Staff room onsite for rest and relaxation
Food during all day events
Fully staffed admin team, reprographics service and pastoral care leaders to support your work with students
Staff treats provided in the last week of term at Christmas, Easter and Summer
Investing in staff development
At least fortnightly line management meetings with the first question focusing on wellbeing
Bringing joy into the workplace and giving back
Investment in the staff room and staff reflection space
Staff clubs/socials (social secretary)
Staff Christmas and summer parties
Christmas and Birthday card for each staff member from the Headteacher
Gifts for staff on weddings and new births
Staff wellbeing coordinator
Further details about the role
St. John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School is a non-selective coeducational secondary school for students age 11-18. A single site school with free parking, we moved to world-class brand new buildings in the spring of 2023. Our mission statement is that ‘St. John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School inspires students, spiritually and educationally forming them through Faith so that they can achieve their aspirations and contribute to their community’. As a Catholic school, we are passionate about the formation of the whole student, making sure that we develop students into good people as well as ensure they get good results.
The school is in Medway, a 30-minute distance from London by road or high-speed rail link. Medway benefits from a multimillion-pound regeneration programme bringing new housing developments and facilities for its inhabitants; it also has the lowest council tax rates in Kent.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Receptionist
Grade: D2 on the NJC Payscale (£25,185 to £28,142 pro-rata), (Actual: £19,049 to £24,164)
Employed for: 37 hours per week, Term Time Only
Hours: 7:00am – 3:00pm Monday to Thursday, 7:00am – 2:30pm Friday, with 30 minutes (unpaid) break for lunch
Responsible to: Senior Administrative Assistant
Purpose: To perform a range of administrative duties to assist staff, students, parents and visitors
Person Specification
Essential Skills
• Good level of education to Level 2 including English C grade or above
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent ICT skills. Word, E-mail, Internet
• High level of professionalism and can maintain confidentiality
• Very good interpersonal skills
• Welcoming and good sense of humour
• Work under pressure
• Meet Deadlines
• Organised
• Take initiative
• Calm and approachable
Desirable
• Experience of working in a school
• Accurate, fast and efficient typist
• Working knowledge of SIMS.net software
What the school offers its staff
At SJF, we are committed to excellence in a sustainable way. This means we value our staff, devise policies with workload in mind and believe that everyone working in education should have the opportunity to enjoy the highest possible standard of wellbeing and mental health. We recognise that working in a deprived area is never going to be easy, but we are committed to ensuring it’s not any harder than it needs to be. Our approach to staff wellbeing and workload is underpinned by research and best practice.
Free parking at the front of the school site, less than a minute’s walk from Reception
Staff room onsite for rest and relaxation
Food during all day events
Fully staffed admin team, reprographics service and pastoral care leaders to support your work with students
Staff treats provided in the last week of term at Christmas, Easter and Summer
Investing in staff development
At least fortnightly line management meetings with the first question focusing on wellbeing
Bringing joy into the workplace and giving back
Investment in the staff room and staff reflection space
Staff clubs/socials (social secretary)
Staff Christmas and summer parties
Christmas and Birthday card for each staff member from the Headteacher
Gifts for staff on weddings and new births
Staff wellbeing coordinator
Further details about the role
St. John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School is a non-selective coeducational secondary school for students age 11-18. A single site school with free parking, we moved to world-class brand new buildings in the spring of 2023. Our mission statement is that ‘St. John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School inspires students, spiritually and educationally forming them through Faith so that they can achieve their aspirations and contribute to their community’. As a Catholic school, we are passionate about the formation of the whole student, making sure that we develop students into good people as well as ensure they get good results.
The school is in Medway, a 30-minute distance from London by road or high-speed rail link. Medway benefits from a multimillion-pound regeneration programme bringing new housing developments and facilities for its inhabitants; it also has the lowest council tax rates in Kent.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.