Behind every great school is a brilliant admin team, and this one is no exception.
This welcoming, community-focused secondary school is looking for a proactive and organised School Administrator to join its friendly operations team. Working closely with the School Operations Manager, you’ll play a key role in keeping the school running smoothly day to day, supporting staff, students and families alike.
This is a varied role where no two days are quite the same. If you enjoy being the calm, capable person others rely on, you’ll feel right at home here.
What you’ll be doing
1. Supporting school admissions administration
2. Creating and maintaining spreadsheets and databases
3. Collecting, collating and managing key information
4. Producing, scanning and uploading documents
5. Photocopying resources and contacting parents when needed
6. Providing wider administrative support across the school
You’ll be trusted to manage your workload, with guidance and support when you need it, in a team that values collaboration and initiative.
About you
You’re approachable, organised and confident in a busy environment. You take pride in getting the details right and enjoy learning new systems and processes.
You’ll bring:
7. Experience working in a general office or administrative role
8. Confidence using Google Workspace and Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel
9. Clear, professional communication with staff, parents and the wider community
10. The ability to juggle priorities with support from your line manager
11. A positive attitude and willingness to contribute to school life
12. Experience using SIMS is helpful but not essential
13. A strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Why join this school?
This is a school with a strong sense of purpose and community. Staff are supported, valued and encouraged to grow, and the school’s values of kindness, fairness and aspiration are lived every day, not just written on the wall.
You can expect:
14. A supportive, open and honest working culture
15. Ongoing CPD and development opportunities
16. A genuine commitment to inclusivity and diversity
17. Access to wellbeing support, including counselling services
18. Practical benefits
Safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to robust pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS, references and right to work checks.
If this sounds like the kind of school where you’d enjoy doing your best work, we’d love you to apply.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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