Administrator - Term Time

Leigh Academies Trust

  • Ref:KCC-F63-253-S
  • Posted:25/04/2025
  • Pay:Actual Salary £7,899 per annum
  • Start Date:June 2025 or sooner
  • App Close Date:12/05/2025 at 23:45
  • Interviews:TBC

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Are you an organised and friendly individual looking for a rewarding role at the heart of a busy primary school office?Hundred of Hoo Academy is seeking a motivated and reliable Administrator to join our dedicated team and provide essential support to our primary phase. If you enjoy being the go-to person and making a real difference to the smooth running of the school day, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

As our Primary Phase School Office Administrator, you'll be the welcoming face and helpful voice of our primary office. Your excellent organisational skills and warm communication will be key in supporting students, staff, and parents alike. You'll play a vital role in ensuring the efficient and effective operation of the primary phase, contributing to a positive and supportive environment for everyone.

What You'll Offer:

✅ A friendly and professional point of contact for students, staff, and visitors to the primary office.

✅ Excellent organisational skills to manage administrative tasks efficiently and accurately.

✅ Strong communication skills to liaise effectively with all members of the school community.

✅ The ability to handle a variety of queries and tasks with a proactive and helpful attitude.

What You Can Expect From Us:

🤝 A supportive and welcoming team environment where your contribution is valued.

📚 Opportunities to develop your administrative skills within the education sector.

📅 A varied and engaging role where no two days are quite the same.

😊 The satisfaction of knowing you're making a real difference to the lives of our primary students and staff.

If you are a proactive and personable individual with strong administrative skills and a passion for supporting a thriving school environment, we'd love to hear from you!

The basis of this role is permanent, offering £7,899 per annum (£24,404 Full Time Equivalent), based on 14 hours per week, term time + 1 week inset. Working hours for this role will be 8:00am-3:30pm, 2 days per week.

Information about the trust

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st April 2024, our Trust comprises 32 geographically organised academies (16 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 20,000 students and employing 3,000 talented staff. Nearly 40% of our academies are judged outstanding overall by Ofsted, versus 15% nationally. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

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.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Holly Neve
  • Address:LAT Head Office,
    Carnation Road,
    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.