Job description
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR / RECEPTIONIST – OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE
Prospero Teaching are looking for an experienced School Administrator to join a lively, busy secondary school in Oldham. This position is to start immediately.
We need an enthusiastic, lively individual who is:
· Confident in making & taking calls and communicating messages; supporting reception and the front of house team
· Experienced of using Arbor (essential), Microsoft 365 (teams, word, excel, outlook & powerpoint)
· Organised and able to work in a busy environment which is non-stop and fast paced.
· Possibly have finance experience generating Purchase Orders, recording goods received, inputting invoices, monitoring online payments for trips, chasing debtors.
· General admin – sending communications (Arbor, Parentpay), monitoring email inboxes, booking trips and setting up associated documents, supporting departments with ad-hoc admin jobs data entry, preparing student packs etc.
· Some assistance for HR may also be required but this would be sending emails letters as directed etc, under the guidance of the Human Resource Manager
CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS
Location Oldham, Lancashire
Position School Administrator
Type of work Long term Non-Teaching cover
Start date – February 2026
Duration / Likely Duration February 2026
End date (if applicable) Open end date, subject to review, likely July 2026
Contract type – Temporary
Full time/part time Full
Minimum rate of pay – GBP90 minimum
Hours 8:30 am
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Experience and confidence using ARBOR, PARENTPAY and Microsoft 365
Previous experience working in a UK school
Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:
Hold Right to Work in the UK
Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
Provide two professional child related references