Local Government Council Opportunity: School Secretary

School secretary Current Vacancies

2006-11-25:

School secretaries provide general administrative support to school staff.
dealing with mail that comes into the school - statistics - dealing with dinner money, petty cash and payments
being responsible for the sick room or medical room.

The role is sometimes combined with that of school bursar.
Secretaries in primary and middle schools usually work for 40 weeks a year.

Many secretaries work part-time for 6 to 15 hours a week but some work full-time for 37 hours a week.

Secretaries in state secondary schools or in independent schools are more likely to work all year round.

Nearly every primary school has a full-time or part-time secretary.

Some larger schools also have some clerical assistants. A few secretaries share their time between two small schools.

Some also have a school secretary, while others combine the jobs of bursar and school secretary.

There are limited promotion prospects within a school. Salaries in private schools vary widely.

Secretaries working full-time in a state school are likely to earn 10,000 to 14,000 a year.
For those working in a large secondary school earnings could be up to 20,000 a year. (Permalink)