Admin Officer

Newman School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 3LX

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  2 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 September 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: £29,540.00 - £32,061.00 Annually (FTE) 29540x200/225.71=£26175 (Actual starting salary)

Admin Officer job summary

This role is for 37 hours per week, term time only plus 5 days

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Admin Officer at Newman School, based in Rotherham. This is an exciting opportunity to join the school at an important time in its development, following a period of change and its recent move into a multi-academy trust. As part of a newly establishing office team, you will play a key role in supporting the smooth running of a busy school office and helping to put effective systems and processes in place.

Working under the direction of the newly appointed Office Manager, you will be organised, flexible and confident in managing a varied workload. You will bring a positive, practical approach to administration and will be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly.

You will:

Bring a positive, proactive and flexible approach, with a genuine “can do” attitude and the confidence to respond calmly to the demands of a busy school office.

Be highly organised and confident in managing a wide range of administrative tasks, ensuring work is completed accurately, efficiently and to a high standard.

Work well with colleagues across the school and wider trust, contributing positively to the development of effective office systems, routines and ways of working.

We can offer you:

• A supportive working environment.
• A commitment to professional development.

An opportunity to work as part of a newly developing team within the school, and wider within the trust.

The school is a split site (Dinnington and Whiston), and although the role will be based primarily at one site, there is the expectation the role may work between the sites when needed.

For an informal conversation please contact Lynsey Cook , Director of Operations on lcook@vennacademy.org or telephone 07535095513 or Rebecca Broadbent , Director of Finance on rebecca.broadbent@vennacademy.org

Closing date: Friday 2 October 2026 at 9am

The trust reserves the right to close the advert early if enough applications have been received

Our Multi Academy Trust is a group of inspirational and aspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Yorkshire whose main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding staff.

Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants

Online searches will be carried out as part of Venn Academy Trust’s recruitment due diligence for all shortlisted candidates, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Newman School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• Size: 185 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Newman School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newman-school-rotherham

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