Sounds like me!
I work in a small Primary school with 1 form entry. Total kids 136. Started in September - have an admin background and am a parent at the school so know it well.
I do EVERYTHING!! There's a Bursar who works 3 days a week and handles the big money stuff - budgets/invoices etc
I'm supposed to work 29.5 hours a week. 8.30-3.30 on 3 days and 8.30-1.30 on 2 days, with a 30 minute lunch break on my longer days. There's an LSA who comes in to do secretarial support and cover the phones on the afternoons I'm not there but we're never in together.
I rarely take a lunch break and probably work 35 hours a week just to tread water! I'm definitely not paid enough for what I do. My job title is Administrative Officer and I'm classed as part of the middle leadership structure.
I do all front of office stuff; phone/emails/Parents, all SIMS, SCR, all Census including workforce, admissions, waiting list, records, staff HR; contracts, new starters, overtime, sick forms, booking training, organising cover, I manage the school fund, organise the clubs, banking, all first aid (some playground stuff done by the supervisors), manage all diaries, attendance tracking and reporting, all absence tracking, poor absence letters, administering trips, ordering stuff, tracking healthcare plans,
I don't know why I'm even bothering listing it! If it exists I have to do it.
The worst is the endless interruptions. Just as you get into a job the phone rings, then a child comes in with a bumped head, just as you've got rid of them someone brings a delivery, then a teacher comes in and asks to arrange a meeting with so-and-so's parent. Some days my To Do list makes me want to sob. And the parents who ring at 2.45pm to tell me their child is being picked up by someone different make me pull my hair out. But the worst thing is the email - it's endless - and important stuff sneaks in and hides in the junk, and everyone copies you in on everything. I hate the email! And there are also some incredibly rude parents.
It is crazy busy and sometimes I wonder why I do it. But I do love it - it's NEVER boring and the days fly by (often without a wee!!)
I love it when a parent says thanks because I made their child feel better when they were sad. Or when a year 3 comes in with a pretend sore ankle just so they can tell me a joke. Or when I have to drop something down to the reception class and one of the little ones calls me over to show me what they've done. And I think - I made that happen!
I haven't taught that child. I'm not a teacher. But it takes a village and I made it happen. Because to be honest without the job we do, within 2 weeks the wheels would fall off. My job is make sure the teachers can teach - and it's a fabulous sense of achievement.
Even when I wish they would all bugger off for an hour and leave me alone to get on with it!!