PA and Consultant Support

We are looking for a PA and Consultant Central Support to assist the Secondary Lead Consultants by undertaking a range of clerical, administrative and general tasks within the Federation office, and provide them with comprehensive and confidential support. The role involves working with a wide range of contacts both across the Federation and externally. It is important that the post holder conducts the business of the Harris Federation in a professional manner and conveys a positive image of the Federation at all times.

Your Opportunity

Our central team consultants are senior, highly visible within the Federation, and play a key role in working with Principals and Senior Leadership teams to support and help improve departments within academies. As a consultant central support, you will have an extremely varied and multi-faceted role involving arange of clerical, administrative and general tasks within the Federation office, and provide them with comprehensive and confidential support. The role of Consultant Central Support is an exciting post providing enormous scope for a talented and resourceful person alongside a team of highly experienced and friendly consultant practitioners with a wealth of knowledge and expertise. The role would likely suit a proactive Administrator who has experience in supporting team function within the education sector.

As part of Harris, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education in London. With a multitude of progression routes and outstanding CPD for support staff, expect to be supported throughout your career whether in our central team or in one of our 48 academies. Your ambitions are ample to the growing success of our academies, maintaining this means putting your ambitions first with a strong career progressive culture. Join us in our mission to positively contribute to cultivating an exceptional learning environment for all our students.

Why work for Harris Federation?

Harris Federation stands as the leading large Multi Academy Trust for both primary and secondary education in Greater London. Holding a reputation for bringing transformative approaches to education, we hold a unrivalled track record in achieving success through rapid school improvement.

Closing the gap between young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers is paramount to what we do. Social mobility has always been a core mission of the Harris Federation, which is why we have continuously set out to transform standards in schools that had, in some cases, failed for generations before joining us. We are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education in order to nurture their individual potential. Join us in creating spaces of learning where children everywhere are nurtured for their potential and given the tools necessary to shape their own future.

Every child in London deserves the best possible education. Join us in creating spaces of learning where children everywhere are nurtured for their potential and given the tools necessary to shape their own future.

Harris Benefits

As part of the Harris Federation, we can offer you a range of benefits, including:

• The opportunity to develop and grow your career within the Federation.
• Performance and loyalty bonus
• Pension scheme (LGPS) and access to our Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan, covering a range of health and wellbeing benefits
• Bicycle Purchase and ICT loans

Click here for a full list of Harris benefits. 

NEXT STEPS

Applications will be reviewed as and when received and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Please download the job pack for a full job description and person specification.

Harris academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. In line with our commitments to safeguarding, the Harris Federation uses preferred agencies and is unable to work with any agencies where Terms of Business have not been agreed by both parties prior to an engagement. Harris Federation is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education. Click here to view our full equality and diversity statement.