School Administrator

Overview and Responsibilities

School Administrator

Location: Wolverhampton

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week, Term Time only + 3 weeks (42 weeks a year worked)

Salary: £11.72 p/hr - £12.04 p/hr depending on experience

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora, and this is a unique opportunity to be instrumental in the growth of a new school and to make your mark on our growing services.  Aurora Cedars School in Wolverhampton offers a bespoke education provision for up to 80 pupils aged 5-19, who have ASC/SEMH needs. 

We are currently looking for a School Administrator to join our team, to ensure it fulfils its potential of being an amazing learning environment with facilities to allow students to access a varied curriculum in a calm and nurturing environment with a team that strives to give every student the confidence and opportunities to achieve.

The Role

To be part of the Administration team and provide support with Exams Administration and maintaining the schools Management Information System (MIS). It is essential that the person for this role is organised, able to multitask, work flexibly and have a ‘can do’ approach to work, as no two days are the same.

Key duties:

• To be part of the Administration team as one of the first points of contact for the school: welcoming visitors and responding to telephone and email enquiries in a helpful and constructive manner
• Providing Exams Administration
• Maintaining the schools Management Information System (MIS)
• Ensuring the safety and security of the school at all times, making sure that the front door is locked and entry to the premises controlled
• Maintaining, updating, sorting and retrieving a range of records/statistical data for student assessments
• Following standard procedures for security of confidential data and information
• To support colleagues and senior members of staff to achieve their own work objectives effectively and efficiently
• Maintain positive relations with parents/carers, local authority personnel and the community

Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required. 

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Must have excellent computer skills – Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and ability to use a range of databases.
• Good level of literacy and numeracy (at least 5 GCSEs above C to include English and Maths or the equivalent).
• Demonstrable experience of working in administrative roles or experience of working within a school environment.
• Good organisational skills, ability to work accurately with attention to detail.
• Able to manage own time to deal with multiple tasks
• High levels of interpersonal ability, with excellent written and verbal communication

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on offer?

• Training and Development

Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career. 

• Save money on your bills!!

With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme. 

• Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension and Life Assurance.

• UK Health Cash Plan

This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7. 

• Refer a friend for £1,000

We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

How to apply?

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.