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School Admin Staff Job Description

Temping Agency is partnering with primary, secondary, and special educational needs schools across Wellingborough NN8 to fill critical School Admin Staff vacancies. These roles are the backbone of a smooth-running school office, providing the first point of contact for parents, pupils, and visitors and ensuring administrative processes run seamlessly.

As a specialist in temporary staffing for education, we understand the unique pressures school offices face, from sudden absences to peak periods like new term intake. We connect reliable, vetted administrative professionals with schools that need support quickly. Whether you're seeking short-term cover, long-term temporary work, or a foot in the door for a permanent school admin career, registering with us opens up a network of local opportunities. For more insights into finding the right temporary role, explore our guide on finding the best temporary jobs.

Core Responsibilities

As School Admin Staff, your day-to-day duties will be varied and vital to school operations. Key responsibilities include:

• Front Desk & Reception Duties: Professionally managing the main school reception, answering telephone enquiries, greeting visitors, and signing in contractors, ensuring safeguarding protocols are strictly followed.
• Pupil & Parent Liaison: Handling sensitive communication with parents and carers regarding attendance, appointments, and general enquiries, often using management information systems like SIMS or Arbor.
• Administrative Support: Providing comprehensive support to teaching staff and senior leadership, including photocopying, filing, preparing registers, managing pupil data, and coordinating mail.
• Attendance & Welfare Monitoring: Recording and reporting pupil attendance, following up on absences, and maintaining accurate records in line with school and local authority policies.
• Financial & Resource Administration: Assisting with school trip payments, dinner money reconciliation, ordering supplies, and managing inventory for the school office.
• Event & Meeting Coordination: Helping to organise parent evenings, school events, and internal meetings by booking rooms, preparing materials, and sending out communications.

Essential Skills & Experience

To excel in this School Admin Staff role, you will need a blend of technical skill and personal attributes. We are looking for candidates who possess:

• Proven Admin Experience: Previous experience in a busy office environment, ideally within a school, college, or similar public-facing setting. Experience as a Medical Receptionist is also highly relevant, given the similar demands for confidentiality, organisation, and customer care.
• Excellent IT Literacy: Confidence using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and a willingness to learn school-specific management software. Accurate typing and data entry skills are essential.
• Outstanding Communication: The ability to communicate clearly, patiently, and professionally with children, parents, teachers, and external agencies, both verbally and in writing.
• Organisation & Multitasking: The capacity to prioritise a varied workload, manage interruptions, and maintain accuracy under pressure in a dynamic school environment.
• Discretion & Safeguarding Awareness: A firm understanding of the need for confidentiality and a basic awareness of child safeguarding principles. A DBS check will be required, which we can facilitate.
• Team Player Attitude: A collaborative spirit, willing to support colleagues and adapt to the changing needs of the school day.