School Front Office Lead - Reception & Admin

Tradewind Recruitment; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Tradewind Recruitment is assisting a BB2 school in Blackburn to recruit a Senior School Receptionist / Administrator. This permanent role is 40 hours per week, term time plus two weeks, with a start date as soon as possible.

You will be the first point of contact for pupils, parents and visitors, providing a warm, professional front-of-house experience while keeping essential administration moving. You will welcome visitors, manage calls and messages, issue passes, maintain reception areas, and

Qualifications

• Experience in an office or front-of-house environment.
• Excellent spoken and written communication.
• Strong Microsoft Office and database skills.
• Experience with SIMS is helpful but not essential.
• Discretion and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Welcome visitors and manage calls, issue passes and lanyards.
• Maintain reception area and supervise visitors.
• Respond to reception inboxes and share messages.
• Collate registers and support attendance monitoring.
• Draft letters, update SIMS/databases, and manage records.
• Support school events and day-to-day admin tasks.
• Follow safeguarding, data protection and confidentiality policies.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Customer service

Discretion

SIMS experience

Education

Administration qualification or relevant experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

SIMS

Job description

Tradewind Recruitment is assisting a BB2 school in Blackburn to recruit a Senior School Receptionist / Administrator. This permanent role is 40 hours per week, term time plus two weeks, with a start date as soon as possible.

You will be the first point of contact for pupils, parents and visitors, providing a warm, professional front-of-house experience while keeping essential administration moving. You will welcome visitors, manage calls and messages, issue passes, maintain reception areas, and