As a school administrator or secretary, you would provide administrative support in schools. While employers may provide training in managing Microsoft Office software, you would require skills in word processing, maintaining databases and spreadsheets. You would have interactions with teachers, pupils and parents on a regular basis and need to have good interpersonal skills.

Your typical duties would include:

• typing letters, reports and other documents
• dealing with incoming and outgoing post
• printing and photocopying
• greeting visitors at the reception
• responding to telephonic inquiries
• updating and maintaining computerized records of pupils and staff
• dealing with school meals administration
• ordering equipment and stationery and maintaining inventories
• paying invoices and managing petty cash