Roots To Excellence - Programme Administrator

Job overview

Be part of something new. Be part of something powerful.

RTE is a new, Black Caribbean-focused programme with a bold mission: to empower children and young people of Caribbean heritage to excel academically, embrace their identity, build strong character, and achieve their highest aspirations.

Through a combination of academic tutoring, mentoring, and enrichment, RTE will work with children, parents, and schools to:

 Foster confidence and a positive mindset

·  Raise academic achievement

·  Cultivate leadership skills

·  Strengthen cultural identity and resilience

·  Build community and self-reliance

·  Create opportunities at key educational transition point

We will also work closely with parents and schools to remove barriers, support learning at home, and celebrate diversity - ensuring consistent, holistic support for each young person.

LAE Tottenham seeks to appoint a proactive and enthusiastic individual to provide administrative support to our ambitious Roots To Excellence programme. This role will involve working proactively to manage the general office functions for the Roots to Excellence Programme, supporting the smooth delivery of sessions and acting as the first point of contact for participants, staff and prospective joiners. The Administrator is expected to maintain a positive and friendly image, supporting staff and ensuring effective communication both internally and externally.

Key responsibilities will centre around programme administrative support, communications, event planning & support, finance & procurement, data & record management and wider administrative support. (Further details of each of these component elements can be found in the attached Job Description).

About us

LAE Tottenham is a selective 16-19 free school, which offers a rigorous academic curriculum alongside a broad co-curricular programme and exceptional pastoral support enabling students to access high tariff universities. In 2023-24, over 75% of students won places at Russell Group universities, from a cohort in which 50% of students had been eligible for free school meals at secondary school.

The role is advertised on a full-time, permanent basis. This will comprise 40 hours per week, of which Saturday mornings will be a requirement. (LAE Tottenham will consider part-time working requests for the right candidate.) The annual working pattern for this role is term-time plus 4 weeks (currently 41 working weeks).

LAE Tottenham

• Academically selective 6th form, opened in September 2017. Results in the top 3% nationally for attainment and progress.
• Principal Education Sponsor Highgate School and Lead Business Sponsor Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
• Partnered by eight other leading independent schools - Alleyn’s, Chigwell, Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’, Harrow, John Lyon, North London Collegiate, Mill Hill and St Dunstan’s College, each offering departmental support, CPD, expertise and shared student experiences.
• Providing first-class support into top class higher education and employment, focused on academically ambitious young people
• Housed in a stunning new state of the art school building linked to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
• Sunday Times ‘State 6th Form College of the Year 2020-21
• Rated outstanding by OFSTED

LAE Tottenham offers a range of benefits to all directly-employed members of staff, including free breakfast and lunch and access to Benenden Health private healthcare.

We are actively working to close the gap in areas within the school that are currently underrepresented. To better reflect the diversity of Haringey, we especially encourage applications from within the Black community, as well as other members of our diverse community, to further enrich all aspects of our school.

LAE Tottenham is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note that this role is ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore, if shortlisted, you will be required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Further information is available on the school's website.

The closing date is 27th June 2025. Interviews are scheduled to take place w/c. 30th June 2025.

(LAET will invite strong candidates to interview as applications come in throughout the designated advertisement period).