Salary: £24,784 (pro rata per annum)

Contract Type: Permanent                        

Hours: 22 per week. Term Time Only.

Monday 9.30am-18.00pm

Tuesday 8.00am-14.00pm

Wednesday 8.00am-14.00pm

Thursday 16.30pm-21.00pm

Location: Chester Campus

We are seeking an enthusiastic Receptionist to join our team at our Chester Campus. This is an excellent opportunity to provide an excellent reception service, including telephone duties and administrative support in order to ensure that the provision meets the needs of learners, employers and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Welcome and receive visitors to the College, manage the signing in and out process and contact College staff, as appropriate;
• Operate the College's telephone switchboard to receive, acknowledge and transfer calls, take and transmit telephone messages as required, take and transmit urgent messages to students as required;
• Provide appropriate communication in the event of emergency evacuation of the College buildings, as laid down in the College's Health & Safety Policy;
• Respond to all initial enquiries and queries including course start dates, venues; and
• Promoting the welfare of children and young people. 

Key Person Specification Requirements:

• GCSE Grade C (4/5) or above in English and Maths;
• Previous office/administrative experience;
• Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion in work and the learning environment; and
• Enhanced DBS check.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details.

Benefits:

• Access to world-class facilities
• Access to new qualifications to support your career in education such as short online courses in the areas below. If you're interested in learning more about this, please email [email protected].
• Equality and Diversity
• Information, Advice and Guidance
• Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent
• Principles of Customer Service
• Financial support offered to obtain your teacher qualification
• Extensive upskilling and professional development opportunities
• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme with generous employer contributions (28.68% for TPS and 21% for LGPS)
• 35 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Onsite fitness and childcare facilities
• Employee benefit platform
• Onsite Costa, café, shop, restaurants and hair and beauty salon
• Free onsite parking
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Staff Awards

If you wish to discuss

The selection event will take place in January 2026 at our Chester campus.

Please note we are not able to accept agency CVs.  

Cheshire College South and West is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Successful applicants will be required to provide a DBS Disclosure, Right to Work evidence and original qualification certificates. Online checks will be carried out and references will be sought.