Administrator

Are you seeking a new opportunity to join a highly successful comprehensive school committed to providing an outstanding education of excellence for all? Are you a well-qualified, experienced and enthusiastic Administrator, with high aspirations and expectations of yourself and others? The Halley Academy is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and hard-working Administrator to join us from September 2024. 

The successful candidate will have previous experience in developing and maintaining administrative systems and processes as well as exceptional verbal and written communication skills . A keen eye for detail is a must, particularly with the use of grammar and spelling. You will be proactive, use your initiative, work flexibly, and be adept at building positive working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Previous experience in an education environment and a working knowledge of BromCom would be advantageous. Teamwork is central to this role and it is a shared desire to support staff and students. 

We pride ourselves on having a diverse and dynamic staffing body of committed, creative and hardworking support staff who enjoy coming to work as they benefit from: 

• A committed, supportive and successful team.
• Encouragement for professional development, innovation and creativity.
• Opportunities to collaborate with, and learn from, colleagues across the Leigh Academies he successful candidate will have to meet the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

As a member of the administrative team, the Administrator will be expected to work across the full range of administrative support requirements needed in a busy and diverse school office environment. Examples of which are as follows but not exhaustive:

• to assist with senior management requirements promptly
• to input data onto BromCom
• to answer and respond accordingly to phone calls and emails
• to carry out reception duties when the receptionist is on her lunch break ensuring queries are swiftly redirected to the correct member of staff
• to be responsible for departmental photocopying and ordering stationery
• to produce letters, reports and other notes and correspondence as required, using a variety of software applications including email and mail merge
• to provide office support under the management of the Administrative Manager who will prioritise and allocate tasks/pieces of work
• to undertake first aid training and provide first aid support as required, carry out first aid equipment checks
• to run and administer our student stationery shop
• to keep up to date with all the policies and procedures of the school as they impact on this post or as they impact all employment matters
• Experience in using up-to-date Information and Communication Technology systems such as Google, including MS Word and Excel
• Are willing to be flexible in the tasks undertaken.

The post is a full-time position, 35 hours per week, 52 weeks a year. During term time, the start time for this role will be 7.45am. 

Working with us at The Halley Academy: I am delighted to welcome you to The Halley Academy. We are an aspirational, disciplined and inclusive academy where human-scale education, a dynamic curriculum, and excellent teaching and pastoral care, maximise student achievement. 

It is for this reason why we are so proud to be a caring community where everybody feels empowered and supported to be the best version of themselves. Students are inspired to work hard, play an active role with the world around them, and to achieve more than they thought possible. Safeguarding is of paramount importance; our students are happy, safe and successful in our care. 

We build strong partnerships with parents and carers, working closely together to ensure all students enjoy a fulfilling and rewarding education. Our teachers lead with professionalism and scholarship; they are experts in their field and love sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm for their subject with their classes. All of us are part of a warm and compassionate family of staff, Governors and Trust colleagues who have boundless ambitions for those we work with and a deep commitment to learning and self-improvement. We know that working with children every day is the best job in the world. 

The Halley Academy has a diverse and dynamic staffing body of committed, creative and hardworking educators who enjoy coming to work as they benefit from: 

• A calm, organised and professional learning environment; 
• An academy culture that is committed to the holistic development of children; 
• Evidenced-based teaching and learning policies rooted in the strongest possible evidence about how children learn best; 
• A clear and consistent behaviour policy which ensures that disruption to learning is minimal; 
• A visible and approachable leadership team; 
• A comprehensive weekly CPD programme that supports all staff in their academic and pastoral roles; 
• Opportunities to collaborate with, and learn from, colleagues across the Leigh Academies Trust.

We have enjoyed unprecedented investment and refurbishment as part of joining Leigh Academies Trust, providing excellent learning facilities in an historic listed building which has real character and charm. All students at The Halley Academy are given access to a personal Chromebook, which they use every day in lessons and at home to support their learning. All physical classrooms have a corresponding virtual classroom, and all teaching staff have Google Educator certification so that technology can enhance the learning experiences of students. With considerable investment from the Tallow Chandlers Livery Company, our new Engineering and Design Centre opened in June 2022. Students and staff also benefit from a modern sports complex on our 16 acre site and a number of cutting edge science laboratories. Construction has also commenced this January on our state-of-the-art visual and performing arts centre, to be completed in Spring 2024. 

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 which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. 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 discriminating on any grounds.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.