Secondary School Administrator, Newport County

Job Description

New Directions Education are recruiting for School Administrators to cover temporary positions in Secondary schools across Newport. The roles available are long and short-term temporary, covering internal staff absences such as sickness or maternity. The working hours are full-time, Monday-Friday, 8:30am – 4pm, term-time only.

As the first point of contact for the school, all applicants must be professional, with excellent verbal and written communication skills and good customer service. Our clients are seeking individuals with experience using the School Information Management System (SIMS). Previous experience working in a school office, collating dinner money and logging pupil attendance and lateness is highly desirable.

Applicants without this experience will be considered but must be able to demonstrate a background working within Administration or Receptionist roles with transferable skills:

* 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 What New Directions offers:

* A dedicated and expert Account Manager

* Regular and varied supply work

* Competitive rates of pay

* Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)

* A network of branches across the UK

* Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK

* 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

New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.