Admin Officer - Thelwall Junior School

Warrington Borough Council; Warrington; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Thelwall Junior School in Warrington is seeking a caring Admin Officer to support a busy school office. The role requires school office experience and the ability to work in a job-share with another team member.

You will handle visitors, calls, enquiries and parental communications, with duties including minor first aid, filing, data management and Word/Excel tasks, plus SIMs-related work when training is provided.

Qualifications

• School office experience is essential.
• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel is essential.

Responsibilities

• Receive visitors, answer telephones and deal with general enquiries.
• Manage parental communications and help with school website operations.
• Provide basic first aid, filing, word processing and data management.
• Assist with SIMs, PING and Parent Pay tasks as needed.

Skills

Word processing

Excel

Microsoft Word

Reception duties

Data entry

Teamwork

Tools

SIMs

PING

Parent Pay

Job description

The school is seeking to appoint a caring, enthusiastic Admin Officer who is able to support in a busy school office and is willing to take part in the life of the school. School office experience is an essential requirement. This will mean working alongside another member of the team as a job share.

The successful candidate will work with other staff to primarily support the administration needs of the school including receiving visitors, deliveries, answering telephones, dealing with general enquiries and parental communications, administering minor first aid, in addition to other admin/clerical duties such as filing, word processing, data management and the smooth operation of the School Website. Experience of working with Microsoft Word and Excel are essential.

The post also includes some pastoral care duties, maintaining resources and photocopying. Experience of working with SIMs is desirable. The candidate will be required to use school based ICT packages (ie, SIMs, PING and Parent Pay) and training will be provided as appropriate.

The successful candidate needs to be flexible, able to work as part of a team, is committed to the school’s high standards, have a pleasant and efficient manner and a sense of humour.

Warrington Borough Council as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. All applicants will be subject to a rigorous Safer Recruitment process, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and all references obtained will be checked upon for authenticity and accuracy.

Contract: Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 am – 4:00 pm and Friday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm – 18x hours per week

21 September 2026

Thelwall Junior School, Thelwall New Road, Warrington, WA4 2HX