Overview
We are looking for a highly organised and proactive Administrative Support Officer to join our central team and play a vital role in maintaining strong, effective governance across our Multi-Academy Trust. In this varied role, you will support key areas such as pupil exclusion processes, complaints, Academy Councils, and Trust-wide governance activity.
You will work closely with the Director of Governance and senior leaders to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and internal policies—promoting a culture of accountability, transparency, and high standards.
Responsibilities
* Support pupil exclusion processes, complaints, Academy Councils, and Trust-wide governance activity.
* Work closely with the Director of Governance and senior leaders to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and internal policies, promoting accountability, transparency and high standards.
* Provide governance support, education administration, regulatory compliance or equivalent as part of the central team.
* Provide minute taking, manage multiple priorities, and communicate effectively with senior leaders and external stakeholders.
Qualifications
* Experience in governance support, education administration, regulatory compliance or equivalent.
* Excellent administrative skills including minute taking, keen attention to detail, ability to manage multiple priorities, strong communication, a professional approach to working with senior leaders and external stakeholders, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
* Due to the requirement to travel when necessary, a full driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
Benefits
* An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff).
* Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays).
* Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
* Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Health services designed to support well-being.
* Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), exclusive discounts with hundreds of brands.
* Free Eye Tests
* Cycle to work scheme
* Access to our Institute of Education and opportunities to grow within the Trust.
* We are committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is rewarding.
Values and Culture
Shaw Education Trust are a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. We place high achievement at the heart of everything we do, and we are determined that no individual has their opportunities limited by their background, or by their ability. We are focused on harnessing the power of people to effect positive change for our children and young adults. We work closely with children, leaders, teachers and support teams, to create their individual best futures: one size fits one. Innovation and entrepreneurialism fuel our passion, enabling creativity and re-conceptualisation to be agilely applied to context and circumstance. An excellent education, in a supportive environment, is what every student attending one of our academies will experience. Central to this is the support we provide to our staff teams, enabling them to continually develop their knowledge, practice and expertise by offering high quality training and research-based opportunities; our colleagues are well motivated, highly valued, and incredibly driven professionals.
Although we are a family who work together to create brighter futures, each of our schools still keep their individual identity and uniqueness. This approach of earned autonomy ensures that integrity and transparency underpins everything that we do, with our Trust Board providing oversight, challenge and support. This support is then strengthened at school level through a system of Academy Councils who represent each school and provide local accountability.
Actual Salary: £26,008 - £29,193
Practical details
Working hours: 37 hours per week, Term Time only plus 2 weeks (working 40 weeks)
Location: SET Head Office located at Kidsgrove Secondary School site with travel to schools within the Trust if required
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