School Administrator - Lorne Primary School - 12608_1764751711

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

A local education authority in Edinburgh is seeking a School Administrator for Lorne Primary School. The role involves managing office tasks, interacting with parents daily, and maintaining sensitive information within a regulated environment. Familiarity with SEEMIS, Oracle, and Parentpay is desired. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a chance to be part of a supportive and inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Desirable experience in a school environment.
• Ability to interact with parents face-to-face and over the phone.

Responsibilities

• Manage school office tasks and communication with parents.
• Handle sensitive information as part of regulated work.

Skills

Experience with SEEMIS

Experience with Oracle

Experience with Parentpay

Communication skills

Customer service

Job description

Position Details

School Administrator, Lorne Primary School.

Salary: £26,337 – £28,835 per year (Pro-rata for part time and sessional). Hours: 27.5 per week, 40 weeks sessional. Monday to Thursday 08:50‑15:20 and Friday 08:50‑12:20.

Location: Lorne Primary School, Leith, Edinburgh.

School Environment

Lorne Primary School is multicultural and diverse school community in Leith Edinburgh. We currently have 7 classes from Primary 1 – Primary 7 and a full‑time Nursery class.

For further information please visit our website at www.lorneprimary.co.uk.

Role Summary

We are currently looking for a School Administrator to join our team effective from 1st February 2026, when our current administrator retires. This position is in a busy school office, and you will be dealing with parents face‑to‑face and over the telephone on a daily basis. Experience of using SEEMIS, Oracle & Parentpay is desirable. Experience of the school environment would be advantageous.

Regulatory Requirements

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. The candidate must provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre‑employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

Our Commitment to Inclusive Workplace

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Interview Process

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency‑based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Flexible Working

We can offer flexible working arrangements.