School Administrator / Receptionist

School Administrator/Receptionist

Location: Torton, Kidderminster

Contract Type: Full-time, 52 weeks per year, Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Annual Salary: £12.37 to £12.71 p/hr / £25,729.60 to £26,436.80 – depending on skills and experience

Aurora Wilden View 

Aurora Wilden View opened its doors last year and is already making a remarkable impact. Nestled in 20 acres of beautiful countryside, our purpose-built school features bright, modern classrooms and specialist facilities. We blend the best of mainstream education with tailored therapeutic and specialist support to meet the needs of young people with SEMH and Autism Spectrum Conditions.

This is a great opportunity to join our wonderful team as a School Administrator / Receptionist. 

💼 Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive and professional team
• Make a real difference across departments and to the lives of young people
• Opportunities for growth and development
• A workplace that values wellbeing, inclusion, and excellence

We’d love to show you our school - Take a virtual tour Visit our school 

🧩 What You’ll Be Doing:

As a key member of our team, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring smooth operations across Reception, HR, payroll, and general administration. Your responsibilities will include:

👋 Receptionist & Front-of-House Role

• Provide a professional, welcoming service to visitors, parents/carers, students, and contractors.
• Manage the school switchboard, direct calls, and take accurate messages.
• Handle incoming and outgoing post, deliveries, and emails.
• Monitor building access, issue visitor badges, and maintain sign-in records.
• Support students with late arrivals, early departures, and punctuality logs.
• Display up-to-date communications for staff and visitors.

👥 Administrative Support

• Assist with data entry, filing, photocopying, and other clerical tasks.
• Maintain accurate and confidential student and staff records.
• Support the preparation and distribution of letters, newsletters, and staff bulletins.
• Minute meetings and circulate action points as required.
• Provide ad hoc administrative support to the School Business Manager, Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and other departments.

🗂️ Business & General Administration

• Maintain secure records, keys, and codes.
• Support licence renewals, vehicle compliance, and subscription management.
• Help with appraisal and training administration.
• Maintain COSHH and specific risk assessment registers.
• Assist with preparation for Ofsted inspections and internal audits.

A full Job Description can be viewed here: WVS_Administrator Receptionist JD_2025.docx

🎯 What We’re Looking For:

• Experience in a reception, front-of-house, or administrative role.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a confident telephone manner.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to multitask in a busy environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and data systems.
• Discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive information.
• Experience in a school or care setting (desirable).

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. 

• FREE Lunch!

All staff are able to take advantage of school lunches whilst onsite, at no cost

• 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)

Ready to lead with purpose?
Apply now and be part of something truly special.

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.