School Administrator & Attendance Officer

Unique School Solutions; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PAYE payroll with in-house team

Access to free training courses

Refer a friend scheme

Temp-to-perm opportunity

Job summary

Unique School Solutions are supporting a large Sheffield secondary school to appoint a School Administrator and Attendance Officer. The role focuses on attendance data, using SIMS to support the admin team and report on attendance across the school.

This temporary, term-time vacancy offers an hourly rate of £14.61 and regular hours Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm. You will provide confidential admin support to senior leaders and liaise with staff and parents as needed.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working within a school and using SIMS or similar school systems.
• Previous experience of handling and reporting attendance data.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of handling confidential data.
• Accurate data management skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• The ability to work under direction as well as using own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and report on attendance data.
• Support the school admin team with day-to-day running using SIMS.
• Provide effective confidential admin support to senior leaders.
• Work with stakeholders across the school.

Skills

Excellent communication

Data management

Organisational skills

Initiative

Confidential data handling

Tools

SIMS

Job description

You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.

Sheffield

£14.61 per hour

Start date: 14th September

Contract type: Temporary

Working hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm, term time only

Unique School Solutions are supporting a Secondary School in Sheffield to appoint a School Administrator and Attendance Officer. The role will involve using SIMS to support the school admin team with the general day to day running of school, with a focus on attendance related issues. You will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on attendance data, working closely with various stakeholders in school. You will be providing effective and confidential admin support to senior leaders in school.

About The School

• Large Sheffield Secondary School
• "Good" school in all areas - Ofsted 2025
• Supportive and well organised leadership team

Essential Requirements For The Role

• Previous experience working within a school and using SIMS or similar school systems
• Previous experience of handling and reporting attendance data
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of handling confidential data
• Accurate data management skills
• Good organisational skills
• The ability to work under direction as well as using own initiative

By working with Unique School Solutions, you will benefit from:

• The support of an experienced team of specialist consultants as well as a dedicated consultant who will be your point of contact from start to finish
• Paid via PAYE only with an inhouse payroll team, no hidden deductions from your pay
• Access to over 74 FREE, high quality training courses
• Refer a friend scheme
• Access to exclusive opportunities via our partner schools
• The opportunity to gain permanent employment after 12 weeks with no barriers due to our free temp - perm offer to schools

All candidates must adhere to our stringent vetting procedure which includes a face to face registration, professional references, and an Enhanced DBS.

Unique School Solutions is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Unique School Solutions is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Please note: the post holder will be engaging in regulated activity, working mainly or wholly with children. This position is exempt from the rehabilitation of offender's act 1974. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay