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Personal Assistant to Principal Designate - Fixed Term

Leigh Academies Trust

  • Ref:KCC-F63-210-S
  • Posted:16/02/2024
  • Pay:£27,007 - £29,904, commensurate with experience
  • Start Date:April 2024
  • App Close Date:26/02/2024 at 15:00
  • Interviews:TBC

Advert

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Personal Assistant to join us in April 2024. The overarching purpose of this role is to provide a high-level of support to the Principal Designate and to support other staff in a positive and proactive way demonstrating a high level of initiative, competence and confidentiality across a broad range of activities. The successful candidate must be able to work to a highly professional and organised standard.

This is a unique opportunity to join and be the Personal Assistant in a highly successful and well-established multi-academy trust. The role is a busy one; we need an individual who can turn their hand to all requirements, and who can be flexible with day-to-day duties. Our ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and will manage the smooth day-to-day running of the administration process.

The working hours for this position will be 8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday to Thursday and 8:00am - 3:30pm on a Friday, with a 30-minute lunch each day. The salary offered is £27,007 - £29,904, commensurate with experience. Please note, this will be a fixed-term position from April until September 2024.

To find out more about the role and to schedule an informal telephone call, please contact Rachel Cribben (Recruitment Advisor) on rachel.cribben@latrust.org.uk or 01634 412 200.

Information about the trust

Leigh Academies Trust is one of the country’s largest and most-established multi-academy trusts operating across Kent, Medway and South East London. It contains primary, secondary and special academies and is highly inclusive and successful. Our mission is to deliver “education for a better world” by ensuring that young people in our academies have an excellent start in life regardless of their background or ability.

The Trust exists to support and assist schools to build upon their existing strengths and to help them achieve rapid educational transformation. It has significant experience in running schools, and today includes both sponsored academies and schools which have chosen to convert to Academy status.

In addition to providing high-quality educational opportunities for all of our children, aged from 2 months to 19 years, and their families, we are proud to provide many opportunities for lifelong learning. These are delivered through the organisations under our umbrella: Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub, LAT Apprenticeships and Kent and Medway Training (KMT), which delivers routes into teaching.

We warmly welcome you to Leigh Academies Trust and look forward to sharing with you our passion for transforming lives and shaping communities through great education.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Holly Neve
  • Address:LAT Head Office,
    Carnation Road,
    Strood,
    Rochester,
    Kent,
    ME2 2SX
  • Telephone: 01634 412 258
  • Email: Joinus@LATrust.org.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.