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Administrative Assistant

Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust, York, YO10 5ZA

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• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  7 July 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  18 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full Time, permanent (Possibility of working part time may be considered for the right candidate) Term time only plus two weeks during school holidays
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4, Level 1-4: £25,114 - £26,319. Actual salary: £22,554 - £23,636

What skills and experience we're looking for

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Administrative Assistant to join the Central Operations Team of our thriving Multi Academy Trust.

Formed in August 2016, Pathfinder is a well-established Multi Academy Trust comprising two secondary schools and 16 primary schools across York and North Yorkshire. Collectively, our schools serve more than 6,600 children and young people and we have over 900 members of staff.

The Trust is currently undergoing a period of growth with four new schools having joined during this academic year alone. We are also looking forward to Applefields School joining Pathfinder in September 2025 and are in talks with several primary schools who are interested in becoming part of the Trust.

We pride ourselves on delivering a comprehensive support service to our schools, and as such, we are now seeking a committed and experienced colleague to support our forward-thinking and highly productive Operations Team.

This will be a varied role working on a range of areas to support the everyday operational work of the Trust, as directed by the CEO, Senior Trust Leaders and colleagues within the Operations Team.

We are looking for someone with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills who enjoys working as part of a small, friendly and supportive team with the ability to manage a varied and wide-ranging workload.

What the school offers its staff

Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Enhanced DBS check required. As part of our due diligence process, an online search will be conducted on all shortlisted candidates. These checks are carried out in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance to determine suitability to work with children and young people and keep them safe.

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.

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About Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: recruitment@pmat.academy
• Phone number: 01904 806000
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pathfinder-multi-academy-trust

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