Primary School Administrator

Job Description

New Directions Education are looking to appoint an experienced School Administrator, to work on a supply basis in primary schools in Cardiff.

Due to the nature of supply work, all applications must be flexible, reliable, and willing to work in different primary schools in the area, covering long and short-term temporary absences such as sickness or maternity.

The positions available are full-time, Monday-Friday, 8:30am – 4pm, term-time only.

Our clients are seeking hardworking, professional and organised applicants, with previous experience working in a school office and a good knowledge of school systems including the School Information Management System (SIMS). As the first point of contact for the school, excellent verbal and written communication is essential.

Job Specification

We recruit a wide variety of School Office Staff roles, including school secretaries, receptionists, administrators, and school clerks.

Duties are varied and may include the following:

• Receptionist duties such as answering the phone and welcoming visitors
• Administrative duties such as typing letters, sorting post, managing emails
• Dealing with school meals administration, ordering stationery, paying invoices, handling monies, printing and photocopying and managing schools systems like SIMS

School Office Staff must be well organised as well as having excellent verbal and written communication skills. They must also be able to work well under pressure and be able to prioritise tasks.

Candidates will ideally have previous experience working within a school office. Working knowledge of SIMS system is advantageous.

Schools will expect all school support staff to have a good standard of education, some previous office work experience and ideally previous experience working within an educational setting.

What New Directions Education Ltd offers:

• A dedicated and expert Account Manager
• Regular and varied supply work
• Competitive rates of pay
• Potential long-term roles
• Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
• A network of branches across the UK
• One of the preferred suppliers to all 22 local authorities in Wales under the All Wales Framework Agreement
• We are the major teaching supply agency for Welsh speaking teachers across Wales
• Recommend-a-friend scheme
• Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry

We are fully committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. All applicants must undertake a full enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check.

Please contact New Directions Education Ltd, Cardiff branch, for more information on this job vacancy, on 029 2039 0133 or click Apply Now to enquire about this job vacancy.

New Directions is an award-winning supply teaching recruitment and training agency. We are one of the largest education recruitment specialists for both supply and permanent staff in the UK; we cover roles from qualified teachers to school support staff for long and short-term positions. A market leader and supplier of choice, we’ve been named as a preferred supplier of staff to the education sector across Wales.