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Senior Administrator

Job Summary
Contract Type:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
17/11/2023
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 11/12/2023 23:59
Salary:
£26,357
Job Category:
Schools - Support
Vacancy ID:
254747
Employment Location:
NE1 1RF
Closing date:
11 Dec
Further Information
Senior Administrator, Hybrid working
Salary: £26,357
Permanent
37 hours per week – All year round

Are you experienced in managing and organising across a wide range of activities? Are you someone who is ambitious and brave and who is not afraid to challenge the status quo or accepted norms? Are you keen to develop ways of working that enable the trust to grow whilst maintaining quality work?

If you are looking for your next challenge whilst expanding your experience in a growing academy trust, then look no further.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Senior Administrator to support the Trust Central office and Senior Leadership Team. This is an exciting new role to the trust and will support us to achieve our strategic objectives. Reporting directly to our CEO your remit will be wide and challenging, our trust is varied and our standards are high. Creating a place in which staff can lead and inspire young people is the top priority you will directly contribute to that.

There will be some diary management and operational administrative work but we are looking for more than someone who can simply follow instructions; you will have the skills to take on a brief and deliver it across a wide range of activities

Working in partnership with key stakeholders within schools as well as across the trust you will anticipate needs and provide a professional service, supporting our vision by turning strategy into action.

You will be curious and keen to develop ways of working that enable the trust to grow whilst maintaining quality work. You will be fast and determined and have the ability to prioritise and delegate in a fast-changing environment.

Benefits:

We offer excellent benefits including 26 days holiday (plus public holidays), access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, discounted and free gym access as well as salary sacrifice schemes such as NHS car lease scheme and cycle to work scheme.

We offer a number of employee wellbeing initiatives including a healthcare cash plan to support with everyday healthcare costs, access to Perkbox (with a wide variety of discounts and freebies at a range of retailers), financial wellbeing tools and discounted travel schemes.

LST is a growing multi academy trust in the North East of England, serving children and families in the west of Newcastle, Sunderland and Sedgefield. We pride ourselves in being a progressive, inclusive trust that supports every child to develop their talents whatever they may be and to reach their academic potential. It is important that as a learning organisation we adapt and change to the needs of our pupils. We take care to value and develop all colleagues to make sure they can do their very best for children across the Trust’s schools.

With over 5,000 children, excellent resources and a drive for continuous improvement, LST is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/72/vacancies-1

Alternatively, please submit your CV and a covering letter that outlines how you meet the requirements of this role.

Closing Date: Midnight on Monday 11th December 2023

Applications should be returned to: hradmin@laidlawschoolstrust.com

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates.

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks.
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This job is closed for applications.
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