Admin Assistant

Lift Firth Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 0SD

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2026

• Closing date

  22 April 2026 at 3:18pm

• Date listed

  8 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22321 - £23030 per annum

Admin Assistant job summary

Salary: NJC 3-5 £22,321 - £23,030 (actual), £24,796 - £25,583 (FTE) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 37 hours per week, 41 weeks per year
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 17th April
Interview date: Week commencing 20th April
Start date: May 2026

Are you organised, friendly, and thrive in a fast-paced environment?

We're looking for a proactive and professional Admin Assistant to join Lift Firth Park, a vibrant and diverse school community where every day is busy, energetic, and rewarding.

You'll be the welcoming face of the office while keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes, supporting staff, students, and visitors in a lively, fast-moving environment.

What you'll do:

* Manage calls, queries, and daily admin tasks
* Support organisation across the school, including diary scheduling and coordination
* Handle confidential school paperwork with care and professionalism
* Assist with events, communications, and office systems
* Support staff and leadership with essential admin duties
* Supporting reception duties, including visitor sign-in and maintaining a professional reception area
* Preparing and sending whole-school communication via letters, texts, and ParentMail
* Coordinating room bookings, uniform orders, and general office supplies
* Inputting pupil data, including new starters and transition information
* Processing Free School Meal applications and maintaining accurate FSM records
* Supporting reprographics; printing, copying and collating resources

What we're looking for:

* Excellent organisation and attention to detail
* Strong communication and IT skills (experience with google suite is advantageous)
* A calm, professional approach with the ability to multitask
* Proven admin experience (school experience a bonus!)
* Must be able to attend an interview in person, we cannot support online interviews for this position

About our school:

Lift Firth Park is a vibrant, mixed secondary school for students aged 11-16. Located in Shiregreen, Sheffield, we serve around 1,200 pupils and reflect a richly diverse community, with more than a third of students speaking English as an additional language.

The school is currently undergoing an exciting period of transformational change, and we are already seeing its positive impact in the classroom, across the curriculum and throughout our culture. This is an excellent time to join our team. We are looking for individuals who share our dedication to inclusive, aspirational education and who are excited to contribute to our renewed vision and ambitious future.

We would warmly welcome visits to the school, please contact us.

Who is Lift Schools?

We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 58 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.

We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.

We offer you:

* Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
* Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
* Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lift Firth Park

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1164 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lift Firth Park website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/firth-park-academy

Lift Firth Park is a school with a strong team spirit, high expectations and driving ambition which have led to notable improvements. We are a fully inclusive school with a distinctively inclusive ethos and have the highest aspirations for and expectations of our students.

We continue to work tirelessly to ensure our examination results continue to improve, that students continue to feel happy, safe and cared for, one of our key aims is that everybody deserves the chance to fly; and that the students are challenged and developed academically by the stimulating and rewarding education they receive.

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