Administration Assistant

Horizons Academy, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2DP

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2026

• Closing date

  6 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,588.00 (actual salary £21,848.22)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

• Be a key part of the student services providing a range of administrative services to support the students and staff within the academy.

• Work to defined standard business processes in performing a wide and varied range of administrative tasks having due regard to confidentiality and safeguarding. 

• Help resolve issues to ensure that effective business and educational services are maintained.

• Have good planning, prioritisation and organisational skills

• Contribute to the provision of an effective environment for learning and prioritise tasks that support pupils.

• Support the promotion of positive relationships with parents, carers and external agencies.

• Support team members to ensure that quality, performance, standards and deadlines are achieved.

What the school offers its staff

At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.   

In return you will benefit from:

• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 21.8%
• Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme
• GP helpline
• Health and wellbeing advice and support
• Eyecare vouchers
• Salary sacrifice schemes – car scheme, cycle to work, home and electronics
• Lifestyle savings - discounts and offers on gym memberships, holidays, days out, shopping, restaurants, etc
• Health cash plan (personal or family) – where you pay monthly and can claim money back on private treatments such as dental, optical and therapies (e.g. physiotherapy, osteopathy etc)
• Childcare – breakfast and after school provision

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Be part of our team - Diverse Academies Trust (1) (5).pdf - 2.44 MB (opens in new tab)

Administration Assistant - Job Description and Person Specification (8).pdf - 176 KB (opens in new tab)

About Horizons Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 7 to 19
• Size: 0 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Horizons Academy website
• Email address: lmaggio@yeomanpark-ac.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/horizons-academy

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