Receptionist
Key Information
Location: New College Pontefract
Salary: Band D on the NCLT Support Staff Scale, Actual salary £21,161 - £21,844 (£23,807 - £24,575 fte) depending on experience A recruitment and retention allowance may be offered for an outstanding candidate.
Contract Type: Full time, 37 hours per week, Term time plus 2 weeks (40 weeks)
Contract Term: Permanent
Dates
Closing Date: Thursday 14th August
Interview Date: Thursday 28th August
Start Date: As Soon As Possible
About this Opportunity
An Exciting Opportunity to Join a Dynamic New Team!
We are looking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Receptionist to run a professional and welcoming front of house service to staff, students and visitors. This is a very busy and varied role requiring the ability to multi-task often under pressure, be the first point of contact with visitors/guests, booking in visitors/contractors and parking spaces, managing temporary lanyards for visitors and students, dealing with general enquires, answering and/or forwarding phone calls, receiving and distributing post/orders/deliveries, and interacting with a wide variety of people all while providing first class customer service.
The success candidate will need to have excellent professional customer service skills, communication and personal skills. They will need to be able to keep calm under pressure, work independently as well as part of a team, be highly organised with attention to detail and have a good level of IT skill.
New College is an outstanding place to work and study, regularly near the top of UK sixth form college results tables and awarded outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in 2023. The personal development of students is as important to the college as their academic journey and every member of staff plays their part to make this happen. With over 2500 students, New College Pontefract is the founding member of the New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT).
NCLT has a dynamic, positive and supportive culture for staff and students, with an enviable reputation for staff career progression and development. You will join a focused and driven team, committed to providing the highest standards of education and service.
The Trust currently comprises of three 16-19 Colleges, three Secondary Schools and three Primary Schools.
Why Work for Us?
- NCLT was crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards – these national awards celebrate the very best performers from over one thousand MATs across the country
- A strong commitment to staff wellbeing as outlined in our staff wellbeing charter
- Access to high quality professional training, both in-house and externally, to support your professional development
- Attractive pension scheme
- Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and a technology scheme
- A culture of self-reflection and improvement to meet the needs of our staff
If you believe that you have the skills and abilities to take on this role, we’d love to hear from you.
To see the full job description, person specification and to apply please visit https://nclt.ac.uk/vacancies/
Applications should be submitted to recruitment@nclt.ac.uk
Applications close 9am on Thursday 14th August 2025
