Job Introduction
Are you professional, friendly and welcoming?
Would you like to join a friendly and supportive team in a vibrant secondary school environment?
If your answer is yes and you are enthusiastic and eager to make a difference in our school, we would love to hear from you to fill our receptionist/administrative assistant vacancy.
Dealing with parents/carers and visitors in person and by telephone, you will represent our highly inclusive and pupil focused school, as the first point of contact.
We offer a face-paced and varied role, where you will be an integral part of a supportive office team. You will need to be confident in working independently, flexible in undertaking varied reception and administrative tasks and able to build effective working relationships.
This is a great opportunity for someone with experience of receptionist and administration duties, who wants to work in a rewarding school environment.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience in working in a reception/administrative assistant role
- Has experience of working in a school environment, (although this is not essential)
- Enjoys interacting with people both face-to-face and by telephone
- Enjoys working as part of a team
- Is organised, accurate and reliable
- Is committed to supporting the school’s ethos and values
- Has GCSE Grade 4/C (or equivalent) in English Language and mathematics.
We offer:
- A supportive and welcoming school community
- A school with a calm and considered environment
- A school that is moving towards outstanding
- Effective training and support
- A positive working environment
- A school that pupils, staff and the community feel proud of
- Membership of a strong staff body
- A generous holiday and pension package as a Hampshire County Council employee.
We are a growing 11 – 16 comprehensive school. Graded ‘good’ by Ofsted in our most recent inspection (January 2024) and graded as ‘outstanding’ for Personal Development. We were awarded the prestigious National SMSC Quality Mark Gold Award, for the second time in April 2024. We are very proud of our pupils and their achievements.
Within the school we also have a resourced provision for physically disabled pupils who are integrated fully into the life of the school, which brings a richness and variety to the curriculum and adds to our extensive after school provision. We are proud of the way we address the needs of all of our pupils.
As a community school we also have a nursery and a pre-school.
Visits to the school are welcome as well as informal discussions to support and inform your application. Please email recruitment@portchester.hants.sch.uk or call 023 9236 4399, to make arrangements.
To apply:
Please visit our school website where an application pack is available under the ‘About Us’ – Vacancies menu, or email: recruitment@portchester.hants.sch.uk
Please email your completed application to recruitment@portchester.hants.sch.uk or send to Portchester Community School, White Hart Lane, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 9BD, marked for the attention of Mrs Y Boxall, Personnel Services Leader. Please return the equalities monitoring form in line with the details shown on the form.
Closing date: Wednesday 11 March 2026.
Online searches will form part of the pre-employment checks on shortlisted candidates.
We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and applications are encouraged regardless of sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 because it is a post which involves working directly with children or young people. If shortlisted for interview you are therefore required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions (or cautions or bind-overs) including those which are ‘spent’. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.
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Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
