Admin Assistant - Sixth Form

Salary:          N4 £22,238 - £23,428 actual pro rata salary       

Hours:          37 hours per week, term time only plus 15 on call days

Flexible working options may be considered.

 Contract:    Permanent

 Start date:   ASAP

 Location:     Gosforth Academy

 You will be employed by the Gosforth Group and may need to work across all locations within the Multi Academy Trust as required.

About the Academy

Gosforth Academy is a highly successful academy with a superb record of academic excellence and achievement. Our progress score at GCSE places us consistently in the top ten schools in over 170 schools in the North-East over the past ten years. Uniquely, we benefit from having only three feeder middle schools within Gosforth which puts us in a strong position when students join Gosforth Academy in Year 9. At the other end of the school our Sixth Form houses over 650 students alone and is one of the largest in the country. It comes with an outstanding reputation and delivers a wide range of courses which is why it is always over-subscribed and many students (over 100) opt to join from other schools. 

 Supporting around 2,000 students from Year 9 through to Year 13, our principal aim is to encourage high expectations and high standards of achievement, both academic and personal. Our values embrace honesty, trust, reliability, respect for the legitimate rights of others, care for the weaker members of society, regard for the environment and a kindness towards other people. At Gosforth Academy we offer our students a high quality education, excellent facilities and comprehensive choices, including an established rugby ACE programme with Newcastle Falcons. 

 We offer our staff a positive and thriving working environment. As a large school we can provide a wide array of opportunities for our staff both in and out of the classroom. Whilst our staff work hard to deliver outstanding outcomes and are dedicated to go that extra mile we always seek to provide innovative and bespoke staff workload and wellbeing practices. Ultimately, when staff leave they leave for promoted posts and many even come back. As a large academy within the Gosforth Group Trust we can provide you with personal and career development opportunities within the school or Trust. If you are passionate about providing a first-class education to our well-behaved and able students and want to join a successful team we want to hear from you.

About the role

 We are seeking an Admin Assistant to join the Support Staff team at Gosforth Academy, to undertake a variety of admin tasks within our large and growing Sixth Form. You should have a “good” general education and experience of school administration would be advantageous.

Specific duties will include management of the administrative aspects of:

·        the UCAS system;

·        student admissions and enrolment;

·        student recruitment events;

·        student review appointments.

 What we are looking for

·        A Reliable and trustworthy person with excellent time management skills

·        A good working knowledge of SIMS is desirable

·        Self-motivated and industrious person

·        Attention to detail

·        Someone comfortable with working in a school environment

·        Excellent ICT skills

·        Superb ‘customer care’ and an excellent communicator

·        An effective team player

What we can offer you

·        An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals

·        Aspirational, diverse and motivated students

·        A large, vibrant Sixth Form

·        A school with its community at heart

·        Free membership of an on-site gym and excellent sports facilities

·        An exciting programme of staff ‘well-being’ activities, from Football to Surfing!

·        Benefits including cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking

·        Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group

 If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, please contact Michael Baxter, Deputy Principal, Resourcing and Teacher Development, Michael.baxter@ga.newcastle.sch.uk

 To apply

 Please complete an application form and email to hr@ga.newcastle.sch.uk

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date.

 Closing date: 9.00am  Friday 3rd May 2024

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide and you can view our Policy on the Employment of Ex-offenders here. 

Gosforth Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. References will normally be requested prior to interview for those candidates shortlisted. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, along with other relevant pre-employment checks, including an online check.

The Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Following the shortlisting process, where applicable, candidates who attend interview, will be reimbursed reasonable expenses for travel and accommodation.