Admin Assistant (mat leave)

The Brian Clarke CE Academy is looking to appoint a strategic, creative and proactive individual to be our Administration Officer, covering Maternity Leave on a fixed term basis. This is a multi-faceted role, providing efficient, confidential and professional administrative support to the school.

The school office deals with a range of queries every day, and keeps our finances, admissions, reprographics and data functions running smoothly.

This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of a talented and committed staff that is growing a school from Year 7 up; supporting the development of its ethos and embedding that in the community of the school; having the benefit of a brand new building with all new facilities and supported by a local, successful and experienced Trust. Exemplary behaviour and a distinctive ethos based on our strongly held values will create a climate for learning where pupils flourish.

In brief we are looking for:

• An individual committed to ambition, excellence and community, who will work with the staff body to drive the growth and development of The Brian Clarke Academy to become an outstanding provider for young people. They will be committed and ambitious for young people, and take pride in and enjoy their work.
• An energetic and forward-thinking person who has a proven track record of Pastoral Team experience, and ideally significant experience of working in whole-school attendance.
• An excellent communicator with sound analytical skills and a flexible approach.
• An individual able to build relationship and rapport with students, parents, carers and colleagues.

Working for The Brian Clarke CE Academy means that you would be part of the Cranmer Education Trust, a successful, growing Trust which prides itself on looking after its people, offering a high level of support and access to expertise. This is an excellent time to join the team as we develop collaborative structures and systems to enhance and support our growing family of schools.

The Cranmer Education Trust is made up of primary and secondary schools across Oldham and Rochdale. It also incorporates the East Manchester Teaching Hub, Manchester Nexus SCITT and the Kinder Languages Hub, which support the training and development of new and existing teachers across the North West of England. For further details please visit https://careers.cranmereducationtrust.com/.

This position will be based at The Brian Clarke Academy, Oldham, but may from time to time require travel as necessary to collaborate with other schools which are all locally based. 

We offer:

• Opportunities for professional development in a growing Trust
• A strong school community that places children, families and staff at the heart of everything we do
• A supportive team who will work with and alongside you to achieve the very best
• LGPS career average pension scheme with a generous employer contribution
• Generous holiday entitlement and sick pay scheme, increasing with length of service
• Central Oldham location, close to good transport networks, less than 7 minutes from nearest bus or tram stops.

The Brian Clarke CE Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Cranmer Education Trust follows safer recruitment practices. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975,2013 and 2020 and appointment is therefore subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

For further information please refer to:

• The Cranmer Education Trust’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Trust Policies | Cranmer Education Trust.
• The Trust’s statement on the employment of ex-offenders, in the vacancy Documents section.
• The job description and person specification for further information regarding the safeguarding responsibilities of the role.

Please note CVs are not accepted

Applications must be received by Friday 25 April 2025

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 30 April 2025.

Start Date:  As soon as possible

36.66 hours per week