Admin Officer - Attendance and Careers
Plympton Academy, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 2RSThis job expired on 20 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
20 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,033 - £30,212
Actual salary
- £22,966 - £26,653
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an organised, proactive, and people-focused individual looking to make a real difference in the lives of young people? Plympton Academy is seeking a dynamic Administrative Officer to support our Careers, Work Experience, and Attendance teams. What You’ll Be Doing:
This is a varied and rewarding role where you’ll be at the heart of student support and school operations. Your responsibilities will include:
Attendance Administration
- Providing comprehensive clerical support to the Attendance Team, including letters, penalty notices, and safeguarding documentation.
- Ensuring accurate completion of attendance registers across all year groups, including Sixth Form.
- Liaising with staff to gather attendance data and applying appropriate codes for absences due to illness, isolation, or school activities.
- Preparing official registers for emergency use and compiling evidence for penalty notices and court hearings.
- Submitting statutory data to the Local Authority and producing attendance reports for senior staff.
Careers & Work Experience (WEX)
- Organising and coordinating careers events such as mock interviews, careers fairs, and university visits.
- Managing a careers interview service and maintaining a careers library and resources.
- Supporting Y10 and Y12 students in securing meaningful work experience placements.
- Updating careers data on UniFrog and aligning it with Gatsby benchmarks and national standards.
- Producing termly reports for senior leadership and governors.
General Office Support
- Assisting with reception duties and general office tasks, including mail distribution and first aid support.
- Maintaining school databases and records, both digital and paper-based.
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong administrative and organisational skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Confidence in using ICT systems and managing data securely.
- A team player with a positive attitude and a commitment to safeguarding and equality.
If you’re ready to take on a role where no two days are the same and your work helps shape futures, we’d love to hear from you!
Please note this is a temporary contract from 1 September 2026 until 31 August 2026.
What the school offers its staff
At Plympton Academy, we’re all about creating a culture of success that goes beyond academics. We’re focused on fostering resilience, creativity, and the drive to help everyone, students and staff, achieve their dreams. Our vibrant, supportive environment is designed to unlock everyone’s potential, and we collaborate with the best schools locally and nationally to ensure we’re always evolving with the latest teaching practices.
With high-quality CPD and a tailored coaching program, we’ll help you thrive in your career. Our classrooms are disruption-free because we prioritize good behaviour and strong pastoral support, allowing both teachers and students to focus on what really matters—learning and achieving.
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across the South West, South, South East, and East of England.
We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances.
That’s why we invest in our people and are recognised as the Multi Academy Trust Association Employer of the Year for 2025/2026, so that our staff are best supported to positively impact our pupils.
Learn more about our Vision and Values here
Why Join the Thinking Schools Academy Trust?
We’re proud to offer more than just a job—we provide a range of exceptional benefits to support and reward our staff:
- Competitive Pay Scales: Our TSAT pay scales exceed national levels.
- Performance Related Pay: We operate a Professional Growth policy that allows us to reward staff who meet their objectives with additional pay for exceptional performance.
- CPD: Our in-house training provision, Thinking Horizons, offers clear pathways for professional development including Chartered Teacher status, regular MAT meets to share best practice and range of external opportunities to enhance your development.
- Staff Wellbeing Focus: Access our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, free flu vaccinations, eye care vouchers and preferential access to Benenden Health.
- TSTARS Staff Recognition: You will be part of our Staff Recognition Programme, with seasonal rewards for all staff.
- Refer a Friend: Spread the word and benefit financially from our Refer a Friend Scheme.
- Blue Light Card: School staff can now access the Blue Light Card for discounts across a wide range of categories including holidays, cars, days out and much more!
- Convenient Parking: Park for free in our staff car park on-site.
- TSAT Benefits Portal: a one-stop shop benefits hub that gives you access to a range of exclusive benefits including employee discounts, dental cover, Cycle to Work Scheme and Discounted Gym Membership.
What next?
If you are interested in working in our school, benefitting from a supportive network of teachers across our large academy and our award winning Trust and you are keen to progress your career, then please apply today!
Early applications areencouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.
To arrange an informal conversation please contact Fay Carder (PA to the Headteacher) by email: Fay.Carder@plymptonacademy.tsat.uk
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process please emailrecruitment@tsatrust.org.uk
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process please email recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk
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About Plympton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1078 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Plympton Academy website
- Email address
- Fay.Carder@plymptonacademy.tsat.uk
At Plympton Academy we believe in inspiring a culture of success for all, including our staff. We have a strong culture of staff development and support - high quality CPD, based on research and evidenced best practice, which is prioritised and supported through a tailored coaching programme.
We work collaboratively with the best schools locally and nationally so that all teachers continue to thrive and engage in the latest teaching developments and practice. We prioritise good behaviour and strong pastoral support so that learning is disruption-free, teachers can teach and students’ can focus. As a result, we are incredibly proud of our students and staff who love the challenge of learning, are equipped to achieve their dreams and take pride in their success.
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