Office Administrator and Receptionist

Salford City Academy, Manchester, M30 7PQ

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,947.00 - £28,090.00 Annually (Actual) Band 2 Professional, Point 1 – 6 (24,947 – 28,090) Cost of living increase to be added

Office Administrator and Receptionist job summary

Salford City Academy is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to appoint an Office Administrator and Receptionist. We wish to appoint an outstanding individual who can support us in the next stage of our journey towards excellence and provide a high level of service to the Academy.

The Office Administrator and Receptionist plays a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the Academy’s business support services. This position supports the leadership team and serves as a key point of contact for students, parents and staff. The role requires excellent organisational skills, the ability to work without direct supervision, discretion and the ability to manage multiple priorities whilst maintaining knowledge of the contribution to the Academy Improvement Priorities. You will also demonstrate impeccable professionalism, unwavering determination, and relentless optimism.

You will ensure a warm, friendly, effective, and highly professional service is provided to all stakeholders. This is a rewarding position for an organised and efficient individual to play a pivotal role in a busy and forward-thinking Academy for the right candidate there could be opportunities to progress within the role and develop further across the Academy.

Salford City Academy is an exciting place to work; our students are high-achieving and ambitious, our staff are committed and very well qualified and a share an ambition that all of the students we serve deserve an excellent education.

There is no better time to join our Academy. We continue to improve year on year, our Academy is oversubscribed, enabling us to expand our team significantly and invest heavily in the Academy building and site.  Please read further information below and watch our ‘Why join us’ video to find out more! You would be very welcome to contact us to organise a visit and to see the Academy first hand.

Why choose us?

When you join Team SCA, you become part of a community that celebrates success, supports one another and shares a collective commitment to improving the life chances of young people. We are a team who are invested in your development, with a comprehensive induction programme and supportive line management to help you settle in quickly. There is access to high-quality professional development through United Learning, plus clear progression pathways.

Disruption free learning

We believe passionately that students should learn in a disruption free environment. Our expectations of behaviour are very high, and we believe that all of our students are capable of meeting them. We accept no excuses for disruption to learning or poor behaviour. We have a very clear and well-structured behaviour system which supports this.

Excellent continuous professional development and collaboration

Salford City Academy is committed to professional development; all staff are expected to actively participate in a programme of continuing professional development (CPD). We work collaboratively, share good practice, and have a Trust-wide approach to development. We need to make sure that we have the right people in the right place, doing the job that is needed to build excellent provision for our children and young people. Staff are supported professionally to ensure they can do that and are valued and recognised for their work. We have an extensive professional development programme within the academy, where staff are involved in reflective practice, coaching, weekly deliberate practice and CPD focused on academy, subject and individual priorities.

United Learning schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. Our approaches within the academy support this so that our main focus can be on planning and delivering high-quality teaching and learning. For example, all behaviour and detentions are managed centrally by the Inclusion Team. This allows teachers the time and capacity to deliver high-quality lessons and supports their workload and well-being

Staff will form a dynamic team who are supportive, friendly, and dedicated to instilling the qualities of Responsibility, Excellence, Aspiration, Commitment and Teamwork in the next generation of children, preparing them for successful, fulfilling, and enjoyable adult lives.

We also offer a wide range of other employee benefits to all of our staff in return for their commitment to our schools, and to help contribute towards improving their overall well-being.

Find out more:

• If you want to find out more, please visit our website: https://www.salfordcity-academy.org/

• If you would like to visit our Academy or discuss the post in more detail, please contact Samantha Cass, PA to Principal: samantha.cass@salfordcity-academy.org

To apply, please complete the online application form by clicking ‘apply here’

Closing Date: Friday 9th October (we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should there be a suitable candidate)

Interviews: Wednesday 14th October

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Salford City Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 876 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Salford City Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/salford-city-academy

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