Admin Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Astrea Academy Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 9BE19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
February Half Term 2026
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
16 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £16,152.00 - £16,668.00 Annually (Actual) FTE SCP 4-6 £25,185 - £25,989 per annum
Admin Assistant (Maternity Cover) job summary
Location: Astrea Academy Sheffield
Start Date: February 2026
Contract: 1-Year Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)
Hours: Full-time or part-time considered
Are you highly organised, approachable, and ready to make a difference in a vibrant school community? Astrea Academy Sheffield is seeking a dedicated Administration Assistant to join our team on a 1-year maternity cover contract starting in February 2026.
About the RoleAs an Administration Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the day-to-day operations of the academy. You’ll be the first point of contact for students, staff, and visitors, ensuring smooth communication and efficient administrative processes. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a dynamic and supportive school environment.
Key Responsibilities- Provide high-quality administrative support across the academy
- Manage incoming communications and maintain accurate records
- Support with events, meetings, and diary management
- Deliver excellent customer service to students, staff, and families
- Uphold confidentiality and professionalism at all times
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- A proactive and flexible approach to work
- Experience in an administrative or customer-facing role (school experience desirable but not essential)
- A commitment to the values and ethos of Astrea Academy Trust
- Be part of a welcoming and inclusive school community
- Work in a supportive team with opportunities for development
- Make a real impact on the daily life of our students and staff
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Flexible Interview Dates:
Please note that interview dates are flexible, and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its scholars and expects all staff, volunteers and members of the Academy community to share this commitment.
We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, scholars and staff within the Academy. All concerns are passed through the Safeguarding Team in line with our Astrea Academy Sheffield Safeguarding Policy 2023 and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Guidance.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Astrea Academy Sheffield
- School type
- Free School, ages 2 to 18
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1051 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Astrea Academy Sheffield website
At Astrea Academy Sheffield, we address our young people as scholars because we know that every single one of them is capable of outstanding academic achievements. We promote scholarship by offering an all-through curriculum which is rich in powerful knowledge and meticulously planned by subject experts. We know that powerful knowledge is the key that will open powerful doors for our scholars in the future. Therefore, we are relentlessly committed to delivering exceptional lessons in every classroom, every day.
We respect every scholars’ right to access an exceptional education and offer academic, inspiring and broad opportunities for all through both our curriculum and co-curriculum. We teach our young people to be responsible through our thoughtful character education programme and essential habit building work. Our scholars respect everyone in our academy’s community and grow their responsibility, knowing that they are the leaders of tomorrow.
We are tenacious in our commitment to do the very best for the young people in our care and this tenacity is mirrored in the way that our scholars work on their academic and character education every day.
We foster curiosity in our young people by providing them with a rounded education which opens doors to new opportunities, ideas and experiences. Our classrooms are filled with the awe and wonder that is comes from the joy of learning.
If you are interested in coming to see more of what we do, then please email info@astreasheffield.org to arrange a visit.
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