Office Manager and PA to Senior Leadership Team
NJC 23-28 £24,153-£28,064( actual salary)
term time only plus 2 weeks
starting September 2019

We are seeking to appoint an Office Manager and PA to Senior Leadership Team to manage the Reception and Administrative Team, the Finance Officer, Reprographics Technician and Site Supervisor to ensure efficient, friendly, and customer-focussed administrative, reception and site service for the Academy. Ensuring that communication with internal and external partners and stakeholders is consistent and timely. Providing secretarial support to the Head of School and the Senior Leadership team and taking responsibility for all HR and pay matters at school level and managing the recruitment process of new staff.

You will have experience of working in a busy office, in a school environment would be advantageous, with previous PA experience or working at a higher administrative level to senior members of staff. With excellent communication skills and the desire to make a difference you will be joining an experienced team who are the first point of contact in our Academy.

The Farnborough Academy is a 11-16 Academy based in Clifton Nottingham and is part of Spencer Academies Trust

We are particularly proud of the dramatic improvement in GCSE results at Farnborough at August 2018. They were the best results the academy has ever had and confirm Farnborough is one of the most improved schools in Nottingham. This means more of our pupils than ever have been able to access college courses and apprenticeships at the highest level.  

 The diversity within the Trust provides fantastic opportunities for all colleagues to develop their practice and skills through networking and working co-operatively with colleagues across the academies.    

 We are committed to providing high quality training and development opportunities for all staff which will provide you with regular opportunities to work in partnership with others in the Academy and across the Trust.

Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity and academy sponsor, which is committed to ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has access to an outstanding education and real choices in life. We have a successful track record of providing high quality teaching and learning which ensures improved outcomes for children and young people. The Trust mission statement reflects our vision and aim for all Trust schools. Our highly-successful network of 17 schools (8 Secondary and 9 Primary) educates students across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Nottingham City, Derby City and Leicestershire:

Vision: 
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, which provides an outstanding education for local children. Our Trust is a model of national excellence. We work collaboratively to achieve the best possible outcomes for all young people, in an environment where partnership is valued and success is celebrated. Our education delivers real life experiences for students, promotes independent enquiry and stimulates intellectual curiosity; whilst developing a strong sense of individual responsibility and a personal belief and confidence. All of our students fulfil their potential and make unparalleled progress. They are fully prepared for the next phase of their education and have unrivalled opportunities to become future leaders.

We Believe: 
• All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development
• Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership
• We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more


Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

Applications for this post must be submitted on our online application form, which can be found at

http://www.satrust.com/vacancies 

In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview.

Closing Date:  08/07/2019 at 9.00am

Interviews: Date to be confrimed