Hello and thank you for your interest in working with us.
Current Job Applications:
Dance Teachers
We are always on the look out for enthusiastic and reliable Freelance Dance Teachers in the Bristol area to cover classes for us and take on other teaching jobs and opportunities.
If you are interested please send an email to info@funkitupdance.com with ‘Teacher Enquiry’ in the subject line and a current CV attached. Please let us know whether or not you have an enhanced DBS check and Public Liability Insurance. Please also let us know what styles of dance and ages you are happy to teach.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Funk It Up Admin co ordinator/Personal Assistant
Job Description
| Post | Admin co ordinator /Personal Assistant – Freelance – Long Term |
| Hours | 3-6 hrs per week – working from home/own location- school hours- term time with cover in holidays |
| Remuneration | £12 ( annual review) |
| Closing Date | Asap. |
| Interviews | Asap. |
Funk It Up is a developed creative dance business which has been running for 20 years.
Funk It Up requires an individual who can offer strong administrative support to the principal and thrives in taking the initiative to manage & maintain the day to day needs with developing the longer term goals of this small business. The ideal candidate would be a good sounding board, be able to help develop new ideas, implement them and keep them ticking along with minimal input from the principal. This role offers invaluable experience in being part of a small, fun and creative business.
This is a freelance role with flexible hours, although morning or early afternoons before 3pm are preferred on some days of the week to be able to communicate with schools. Catching up on emails however could be at any time in the day. The successful candidate will be involved in various areas of the business, particularly dealing with the coordination of bookings both for our public classes & classes we hold at schools & organisations, dealing with payments, keeping track of income & expenses, updating the website, some marketing assistance and helping plan annual events. The ideal candidate loves to be efficient, good focus on detail, is natural with prioritising and planning, customer focused and is motivated and with some support from the Principal, mostly self sufficient.
Hours may change around event times for the Christmas and Summer shows. school holidays will tend to be quieter apart from the run up to the following term where all bookings and payments need to be organised before the term begins.
JOB ROLE
- To provide administrative duties for the day to day running of the School.
- To support the School Principal to talk through ideas and help implement anything new.
- To assist in events admin/ organising and running of these if we decide to do any shows or other events.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Daily and prompt responses to emails – Gmail inbox.
- Calendar organising: schools term dates, newsletters with general information throughout the year.
- Upkeep and maintenance of the bookings procedure & associated records. using Microsoft office
- Maintain Teachers registers and records
- Managing Merchandise orders and sales
- Social media and marketing.
- Having access to a mobile phone for whats app groups with parents and teachers for updates and reminders about classes
- Support Principal with various events, festivals and shows
- To deliver tasks and responsibilities delegated as necessary by the Principle
- Upkeep of online filing system on Gdrive
- Upkeep and maintenance of Website and other customer service platforms, possibly CRM and or Database work
SKILLS REQUIRED:
| TECHNICAL SKILLS | ESSENTIAL | DESIRABLE |
| 1: Excellent skills computer skills:Gmail, Gdrive & ContactsMicrosoft Packages including Word, Excel, etc. | Essential | |
| 2: Experience of using CRM’s | Desirable | |
| 3: Experience of using wordpress: administrative and more technical understanding | Desirable | |
| 4: Experience of using Google Diary or managing diaries/ bookings systems | Desirable | |
| PERSONAL/ SOFT SKILLS | ||
| 5: Excellent, confident telephone manner | Essential | |
| 6: Organised and self motivated | Essential | |
| 7: Detail orientated with good spelling and grammar | Essential | |
| 8: Calm and Friendly | Essential | |
| 9: Good Customer Service Skills | Essential | |
| 10: Flexible in approach to work – tasks may vary and will need ability to go with the flow of work and support Excellent time management – hours to be timed and info added to invoices with description of tasks achieved | Essential | |
| 11: Self Employed or has understanding of Self- Employment | Essential | |
| 12: Reliable and trustworthy | Essential | |
| 13: Aware of Data Protection, Health and Safety | Desirable | |
| 14: Aware of Child Safety and Protection of sensitive information | Desirable | |
| HARDWARE NEEDS: | ||
| 15: Must of own computer with antivirus software | Essential | |
| 16: Must have own phone with free text/calls facility or willing to find contract that has this facility | Essential |
To Apply – Using the above skills analysis please send a focused covering letter with a few paragraphs telling us why you are applying and why you are suitable for this role along with an up-to-date CV including two references that we are able to contact immediately to info@funkitupdance.com asap.
Thank you.
Interview Dates to be confirmed.