Office Administrator. Education & Training

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR / RECEPTIONIST - OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE

Prospero Teaching are looking for an experienced School Administrator to join a lively, busy secondary school in Oldham. This position is to start immediately.

• Confident in making & taking calls and communicating messages; supporting reception and the front of house team
• Experience using Arbor (essential), Microsoft 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint)
• Organised and able to work in a busy non‑stop, fast‑paced environment
• Possibly have finance experience e.g. generating Purchase Orders, recording goods received, inputting invoices, monitoring online payments for trips, chasing debtors
• General admin – sending communications (Arbor, Parent Pay), monitoring email inboxes, booking trips and setting up associated documents, supporting departments with ad‑hoc admin jobs such as data entry, preparing student packs etc.
• Some assistance for HR may also be required (sending emails, letters as directed, under the guidance of the Human Resource Manager)

• Location:
  
  Oldham, Lancashire
• Position:
  School Administrator
• Type of work:
  Long term Non‑Teaching cover
• Start date:
  
  February 2026
• Duration / Likely Duration:
  February 2026 – Open end date, subject to review, likely July 2026
• Contract type:
  Temporary
• Full time/part time:
  Full
• Minimum rate of pay: GBP 90 minimum
• Hours:
  
  8:30 am–3:30 pm

• Experience and confidence using ARBOR, PARENTPAY and Microsoft 365
• Previous experience working in a UK school
• Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year

• Hold Right to Work in the UK
• Hold an enhanced child‑barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
• Provide two professional child‑related references

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up‑to‑date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people is responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.

• Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
• In‑house Training and Development Team