Administrative Officer

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Uttoxeter; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary education institution in Uttoxeter seeks a dedicated Administrative Officer to join the administration team. The role involves reception duties, handling communications, and maintaining a welcoming environment. Candidates should have strong organizational and communication skills, a collaborative spirit, and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively. The position emphasizes safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, along with a commitment to confidentiality and professionalism.

Qualifications

• Experience in attendance and organising of cover preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Professionalism and confidentiality are expected.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reception and administration duties.
• Develop good working relationships with pupils, parents, and staff.
• Support the school’s ethos and high standards.

Skills

Strong communication skills

IT skills

Excellent administration skills

Customer service skills

Organisational skills

Ability to multitask

Job description

Oldfields Hall Middle School

Administrative Officer

Grade 5, Points 6 to 9

37 hrs per week - Term Time only based on 45.28 Pay Weeks (39.2 working weeks + holiday)

Whole year equivalent salary of £25,989 - £27,254 for 37 hours

Pro-rata salary for Term Time - £22,568 - £23,666

Start Date preferable of 23rd March 2026

Permanent contract

A vacancy has arisen within Oldfields Hall Middle School for an Administrative Officer to work as part of our busy administration team. You will be required to carry out a range of reception and administration duties as outlined in the job description.

Oldfields Hall Middle School are seeking someone who has the ability to work with children and adults. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, calm and friendly person to join our happy, hardworking school office team. The successful candidate will require the ability to prioritise and manage a frequently changing workload, possess good organisational skills, develop good working relationships with pupils, parents and staff and will be confidential, responsible and reliable.

The successful candidate will:

• Have strong communication and IT skills.
• Preferably experience in attendance, organising of cover, familiar with statutory requirements such as undertaking a School Census.
• Have excellent administration skills.
• Be able to contribute to and work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Be very organised, able to meet deadlines and show attention to detail.
• Have excellent customer skills, professionalism, adaptability, and the ability to remain calm, friendly and approachable, even in stressful situations.
• Ensure that you can provide a professional welcome for our families and visitors and to support the school’s ethos and high standards.
• To be professional and confidential.
• Have effective organisational and multitasking abilities.
• Be highly motivated and enthusiastic.

Oldfields Hall Middle School is a popular school based in Uttoxeter with a current enrolment of 527 pupils from Years 5 to 8; striving to provide the best possible education for its pupils.

We are part of the Innovate 2 Educate Partnership, in which all schools and their stakeholders work collaboratively. We have beautiful rural surroundings, strong parental engagement and well behaved and enthusiastic pupils. Oldfields Hall Middle School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS, formerly CRB), in which you will be required to disclose details of all unspent and filtered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. All staff are required to complete a Safeguarding Declaration form and to undertake Safeguarding training.

We ask all applicants to familiarise themselves with the school’s Keeping Children Safe and Safeguarding policies, which can be found on the school website.

If you wish to apply please complete the application form and forward with a supporting letter of no more than 1 side of A4 to Mrs D. Ainsworth [e-mail] before the closing date of 9:00am on Friday 6th February 2026. Please include any knowledge or experience of our criteria within your letter andapplication.

Interview date is likely to be on the morning of Thursday 12th February 2026. It would be preferable to have a start date of Monday 23rd March 2026.