Job Description

School Administrator


Lorne Primary School


Salary: 26,337- 28,835 per year (Pro-rata for part time and sessional)


Hours: 27.5 per week, 40 weeks sessional


Monday to Thursday 08:50-15:20 and Friday 08:50-12:20

Lorne Primary School is multicultural and diverse school community in Leith Edinburgh. We currently have 7 classes from Primary 1 - Primary 7 and a full time Nursery class.

For further information please visit our website at www.lorneprimary.co.uk

We are currently looking for a School Administrator to join our team with effect from 1 st February 2026 when our current Administrator retires. This position is in a busy school office and you will be dealing with parents face to face and over the telephone on a daily basis. Experience of using SEEMIS, Oracle & Parentpay is desirable. Experience of the school environment would be advantageous.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.


As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.


To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring

Our Behaviours

of

Respect, Integrity

and

Flexibility

into your ways of working.


You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council


Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.


Happy to talk flexible working.


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