Office Administrator

Teaching Vacancies; Wetherby; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Training opportunities

Making a real difference

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies in the United Kingdom is seeking an administrator who enjoys helping others and thrives in a varied role. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong, friendly communication, good IT skills, accurate data entry, numeracy and literacy, and the ability to prioritise tasks within a small team.

The school offers professional development, training opportunities, and a real chance to contribute to children’s lives; a safeguarding commitment underpins our recruitment process.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent is desirable.
• Experience in school admin or customer-facing environment is desirable.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills.
• Experience following financial procedures is desirable.

Skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Data entry

Numeracy

Literacy

Prioritisation

Confidentiality

Safeguarding

Equality

School attendance

Willingness to learn

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Databases

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our ideal candidate You will be someone who genuinely enjoys helping others and thrives in a varied administrative role. We are seeking a candidate who can demonstrate:

• Strong, friendly communication skills and confidence dealing with a wide range of people
• Good IT skills (Microsoft Office, databases) and accurate data entry
• Good numeracy and literacy skills. Experience following financial procedures is desirable
• The ability to prioritise tasks, work with initiative as part of a small team
• A calm, professional approach and commitment to confidentiality, safeguarding and equality
• An understanding of school attendance
• A willingness to learn, attend relevant training and support school improvement

Experience of school admin or working in a customer-facing environment is desirable. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent and experience extracting data from databases are advantageous but not essential.

What the school offers its staff

What we offer

• A friendly school which staff and pupils are proud to be a part of
• A chance to work closely with a passionate leadership team dedicated to making a real difference in children's lives
• Opportunities to contribute to school development and to broaden your skills
• Professional development and training to support your role and growth
• A role that is varied, rewarding, and impactful
• The satisfaction of making a real difference to pupils, families and colleagues

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.