Cover Manager and Administration Assistant

The Elmgreen School, London, SE27 9BZ

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  17 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Special Requirements of the Post Term Time only + 2 Weeks Working hours are 7.30am to 3.30pm. One of the + 2 weeks must be worked in the week prior to the start of the academic year.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC Scale 5 (12-15) £34,359 - £35,892 pro rata depending on qualifications and experience. Actual Salary £31,307.36 - £32,599.74

What skills and experience we're looking for

The purpose of the Cover Manager and Administration Assistant role is to assist with the daily organisation of staff cover. We are looking for a highly organised and quick-thinking individual who will embrace the daily challenges of arranging staff cover in our vibrant and thriving school.

Cover management is the main responsibility of the role, however there are some additional duties, including staffing reception and attendance administration that will work around this.

Cover Responsibilities

• Ensure that there is adequate cover for absent teaching staff including liaison with Teacher Supply Agencies for long and short term cover
• To maintain a cover diary and to ensure known authorised absences are published in the weekly staff diary and shared electronically with the Trust HR Team
• To ensure that cover is distributed in an equitable way.

Additional Responsibilities

• To receive and welcome visitors and deliveries, inform appropriate staff and ensure visitors sign into the school and are given security badges
• To provide effective communication links (telephone, email, reception and messages) throughout the school including but not limited to telephone switchboard duties, taking and circulating messages
• Assist with some of the daily routines in Attendance management for the school.

What the school offers its staff

If you are successful in your application, you will join a staff who are hard-working, committed, positive in outlook and dedicated to the achievement of our students. We offer:

• a high standard of professional practice, with bespoke in-house CPD provision, and affiliation to nationally recognised courses and providers;
• a supportive and collegiate environment,
• a culture of high trust and accountability that values creativity and innovation, leading practice locally and nationally in a range of fields.

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

The Elmgreen School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Elmgreen School

• School type: Academies, None, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1110 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Elmgreen School website
• Email address: recruitment@the-elmgreen-school.org.uk
• Phone number: 02087665020
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-elmgreen-school

The Elmgreen School is an oversubscribed, high performing co-educational 11–18 secondary school and became part of the Dunraven Educational Trust in September 2021, and together we are focused on developing an exciting, dynamic and progressive community, focused on improving the outcomes for children and their families. Dunraven Educational Trust Overview Dunraven Educational Trust (DET) was established in 2016. It now incorporates Dunraven’s All-Through School, The Elmgreen School, Rosendale Primary School and Van Gogh Primary. DET is a Trust committed to one overarching aim: excellence for and from everyone. This is an expectation for both the children and adults in a school community. It is achieved in a variety of ways according to the context of each school but within the clear framework established by the Trust. The Elmgreen School is committed to the safety and protection of its students. An enhanced DBS check and a barred list check are conditions of employment for this post.

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