Administration Officer & Midday Supervisor - Burton Bradstock Primary School

About the role

Burton Bradstock Primary School is looking for an Admin Officer & Midday Supervisor.

Admin Officer - G5 (SCP 5-6) - £17,843 - £18,126 per annum

Midday Supervisor - G1 (SCP3) - £2,808 per annum

Total salary for both roles - £20,651-£20,934 per annum

This role is for 35 hours per week and 39 weeks per year.

It is offered on a Permanent basis.

Approximate start date 1 September 2026.

Job details

Burton Bradstock Primary School is looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, personable and highly organised Admin Officer to ensure the smooth running of our day to day operations and a dedicated member of staff to join our hard working lunchtime team as a Midday Supervisor.

You will also act as the initial point of contact for parents, visitors and other stakeholders so you will be an ambassador for the school and embody the value, vision and ethos of the school in all interactions. Previous experience of working in a school office environment is advantageous.

As a vital member of our school community, your day will be varied and rewarding. In addition to your substantive administrative duties, this post includes a daily one-hour lunchtime supervision duty.

This component of the role is essential to the smooth running of our school day and is contracted as an addition to the main administrative post. The lunchtime duty is paid at Grade 3 and ensures a seamless transition for our students between the classroom and the playground.

Working pattern: Monday to Friday 8.30 am - 4.00 pm, including a 30 minute rest break. 30 hours as Admin Officer (39 working weeks) and 5 hours as Lunchtime Assistant (38 working weeks) = 35 weekly hours. This may be subject to change according to business need.

Admin Officer role

• Is well presented and articulate, with good communication skills.
• Has strong interpersonal skills and is able to work with a variety of pupils, staff and parents.
• Has superb attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Is self motivated, dedicated and consistent.
• Has the ability to deal with new challenging situations.
• Is a strong team player, who can use their own initiative.
• Has a positive and flexible attitude.
• Has experience of working in a school office environment and/or the skills to run the office of a primary school (advantageous).
• Has strong ICT skills, including fast and accurate keyboard skills.

Midday Supervisor role

• Supervise the children in the dining areas, playground, classrooms or other parts of the school premises.
• Ensure children are safe and secure.
• Encourage pupils to eat in a socially acceptable manner and to behave sensibly and quietly in the dining area.
• Be a role model, promoting good conduct and behaviour, and deal with any problems arising from unruly behaviour or other breaches of the schools' rules, reporting serious issues to senior members of staff.
• Assist with associated duties e.g. cleaning up spillages, ensuring tables are clean, packing tables away, etc.
• Provide welfare support to the pupils.
• Make lunchtimes a happy and fun period.
• Support the aims, values and policies of the school and participate in a team approach to all aspects of school life.
• Attend and contribute to regular staff meetings and in service training, and identify areas of personal practice and experience to develop.
• Be aware of safeguarding and confidential issues linked to home/child/teacher/school work and keep confidences appropriately.
• Undertake First Aid Training.

Further information and Legal

Burton Bradstock Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Burton Bradstock School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020 provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Burton Bradstock School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.