Dylan Thomas Community School: Reception and Reprographics Officer

Dylan Thomas Community School
John St
Cockett
Swansea
SA2 0FR
Tel: 01792 610300

Dylan Thomas Community School is a happy and safe school where the needs of all pupils are catered for and taken into account. All staff play a key part in ensuring that this continues. The successful candidate will be offered the full support and resources of the school to develop professionally in a highly supportive environment with inspirational and supportive colleagues.

In our February 2024 Inspection, Estyn stated that "Staff at Dylan Thomas Community School offer pupils a consistently high quality of Care, Support & Guidance. The school has an inclusive family feel and there are strong relationships between pupils and staff.

Governors are seeking to appoint someone with a welcoming personality and excellent interpersonal skills to be the first point of contact for visitors to the school.

Key responsibilities of this role will be to ensure the smooth running of the school reception, greeting visitors, operating the switchboard and dealing with a wide range of enquiries from staff, parents, pupils and outside agencies.

Candidates will need a sound knowledge of Microsoft packages, in particular Word and Excel. Proficiency in using adobe suit would be advantageous but a willingness to learn would be essential.

You will be expected to demonstrate excellent literacy and numeracy skills to support the work of teachers, the learning of children and to actively promote the school through the provision of high quality multimedia resources such as leaflets, workbooks & posters.

Additionally, as part of the school admin team you will be expected to undertake routine administrative skills such as filing, updating records, hospitality and providing support to the Senior Leadership Team.

This appointment is temporary to August 31, 2026, in the first instance with a view to becoming permanent.

A full description, person specification and application form are available on e-teach www.eteach.com or from the school e-mail@dylanthomas.swansea.sch.uk

Closing date: 21 November 2025 at 3pm

Dylan Thomas Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Within Swansea Council there is a "Safeguarding is Everybody's Business" principle, and this applies to all Swansea Council employees, elected members, volunteers and contractors. Further details can be found at: https://www.swansea.gov.uk/corporatesafeguarding