Administration Manager
Burnside College, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 7LQ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
12 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time 52/52 Contract
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 8 £34,434 - £38,220
What skills and experience we're looking for
The college is seeking to appoint an experienced Administration Manager to oversee the efficient running of the administration function including a busy reception desk.
This role would suit a highly motivated person who is skilled at managing a diverse and busy workload. The core purpose of the role is to uphold our fundamental standards of pride, respect and achievement with all stakeholders and in doing so will ensure high standardsof administrative support is available.
The Administration Manager will be responsible for:
- Line managing a team of Administration Assistants, coordinating workflow, staff deployment and ensuring professional development which ensures a consistently high standard of practice
- Ensuring high levels of communication with parents and other stakeholders
- Ensuring that information coming into the school is handled promptly and appropriately
- Building positive relationships with students, parents and carers through our reception service
- Managing a large and varied workload to ensure that requests for administrative support can be met
- Managing daily cover arrangements, identifying effective solutions, liaising with supply agencies and planning ahead for known events that require cover
- Recording staff absence and producing absence data for the Head Teacher and governors
- Booking and maintaining records of courses attended and CPD events
- Completion of administrative tasks relating to the recruitment process
This post is a 52/52 contract as it will require some work outside normal school hours and during school holiday periods. This will be planned as far as possible in advance and will allow all personal holidays to be taken during school holiday periods.
The Administration Manager is required to start work at 7.30am to deal with staff absence and ensure cover arrangements are put in place. If you would like any further information, or to discuss this role in more detail, please contact Deborah Paylor Wright, Director of Support Services by email, d.paylorwright@burnsidecollege.org.uk
Please submit the application form accompanied by a covering letter, of no more than two sides of A4, in which you outline your experience and suitability for the post.
What the school offers its staff
Thank you for your interest in joining our team. Burnside College is characterised by its strong community spirit and friendly working environment. Respect is one of our core values and is tangible throughout the school. We believe that strong relationships are the fabric of any successful school. Interactions at Burnside between staff, and with pupils, are based on mutual respect and are positive.
In our most recent inspection in November 2024 OfSTED recognised that Burnside College
continues to be a good school. Inspectors found that:
- Pupils enjoy working with their teachers
- Pupils behave well and meet the high expectation that the school has for their conduct
- Classrooms are calm and orderly places to learn
- Staff appreciate the positive strategies to manage their workload and support their wellbeing
These continued improvements were secured through a relentless focus on teaching and learning; we routinely consider the latest educational thinking in order to reflect on and refine what happens in classrooms. This goes hand in hand with a strong, caring, system of pastoral support and a focus on the personal development of our pupils.
Standards continue to remain high at Burnside because staff are determined to do the very best for the young people of Wallsend and always work positively, with the best interest of young people at heart.
In return the school offers excellent support and professional development. We offer high quality staff training which is personalised to the experience and needs of the individual. A particular strength is the effective programme of support in place for early years teachers.
School leaders are considerate of the workload and wellbeing of staff and the school provides good career progression opportunities.
We were delighted to once again receive the Wellbeing Award for Schools in 2023 and the inspection report stated that “Burnside College is a happy place to work and learn.”
We are looking to recruit staff to our team that are committed to high standards and to improving the life chances of young people. Further details about our school are available on the school website.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Burnside College is committed to safeguarding and all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance and other pre-employment checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Burnside College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 959 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Burnside College website
- Email address
- k.drury@burnsidecollege.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 259 8500
Burnside College is characterised by its strong community spirit and friendly working environment. Respect is one of our core values and is tangible throughout the school. We believe that strong relationships are the fabric of any successful school. Interactions at Burnside between staff, and with pupils, are based on mutual respect and are positive.
The school has been through a considerable period of change in recent years in order to raise standards and provide the best possible quality of education for our pupils. We were delighted that this was recognised in our 2020 Ofsted inspection. Burnside College was acknowledged to be a good school in all areas with outstanding sixth form provision. Staff are proud to work at our school and proud of the young people in our community.
These improvements have been secured through a real team effort between school leaders and staff. We have a relentless focus on teaching and learning and ensure we routinely consider the latest educational thinking in order to reflect on and refine what happens in classrooms. This goes hand in hand with a strong, caring, system of pastoral support and a focus on the personal development of our pupils.
There is an expectation at Burnside that staff will be determined to do the very best for the young people of Wallsend and always work positively, with the best interest of young people at heart. In return the school offers excellent support and professional development. We offer high quality staff training which is personalised to the experience and needs of the individual. A particular strength is the effective programme of support in place for NQTs and early years teachers. School leaders are considerate of the workload and wellbeing of staff, and the school provides good career progression opportunities.
We are looking to recruit staff to our team that are committed to high standards and to improving the life chances of young people. Further details about our school are available on the school website.
Arranging a visit to Burnside College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email k.drury@burnsidecollege.org.uk.
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