Executive Assistant for the CEO

Batley Multi Academy Trust, Batley, WF17 0BJ

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  4 November 2025

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: £38,220.00 - £40,777.00 Annually (Actual)

Executive Assistant for the CEO job summary

Executive Assistant for the CEO

Grade 10: Actual annual salary - £38,220 to £40,777 per annum

37 hours per week, full year (part time would be considered)

Permanent

To commence as soon as possible

Batley Multi Academy Trust’s sole purpose is to provide a great education for Primary and Secondary learners throughout a local family of schools. The Trust is passionately committed to the communities of Batley, Birstall, Dewsbury and our surrounding areas, serving our local learners and their families in order to secure excellent educational outcomes, partnered with high aspirations. Batley Multi Academy Trust currently comprises Batley Girls’ High School; Batley Grammar School; Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Hyrstmount Junior School; Manorfield Infant and Nursery School; Purlwell Infant and Nursery School and Upper Batley High School. We provide high quality education for all our young people regardless of their background or starting point. Collaboration across our Trust family of schools enables us to share expertise, knowledge and best practice to ensure academic and pastoral excellence, with all schools embracing the same overall ethos and values, whilst maintaining their own unique characters.

We are delighted to share with you this new and exciting opportunity for an Executive Assistant at Batley Multi Academy Trust. We are looking for a candidate with experience gained within a similar role who can grow and develop with this role.

Batley Multi Academy Trust is where a vision of inspirational teaching and learning comes to life on a daily basis. As a Trust family of schools, we have a single-minded approach to being an integral part of our local community and in ensuring that all our young people are inspired to be the very best they can be every day.

As Executive Assistant you will be part of the Trust Central Team, you will play a key role in supporting our eight schools, two Community Centres and Yorkshire Rose Hub, in working hard to raise standards and improve service delivery in all areas. We are an ambitious Trust with great aspirations for our young people and colleagues.

Ethical Leadership is at the heart of everything we do throughout our organisation. We take a collaborative, team-based approach to moving our Trust family of schools forward. From engaging lessons to remarkable outcomes. From an enthusiastic sharing of ideas to successfully achieving strategic goals. Working hard towards the best possible results is always on our agenda.

What to Expect:

In this role no two days will ever be the same. There will be a wide variety of projects and tasks working closely with key stakeholders across the Trust. Establishing internal and external professional relationships will be a key element in driving the success of this role. Working with us will be fast paced and challenging, rewarding, and exciting and fulfilling.

• Management and planning of the CEO’s diary and travel arrangements.

• Act as a trusted gatekeeper, managing sensitive information with absolute discretion and professionalism.

• Attending meetings as and when required, noting, and following up on team actions until actions are completed.

• Anticipating needs, proactively resolving challenges, and delivering to an exceptional high standard.

What you’ll need:

Together with your drive and ambition to achieve and deliver the exceptional, the successful candidate will also:

• Have a good sense of humour with a flexible ‘can do’ approach.

• Be able to bring previous experience and success gained in a similar role.

• Have excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and collaborate at all levels.

• Have an accomplished skill set in the art of prioritising, multitasking and juggling a complex workload.

• Have the ability to think creatively with a solutions-based approach to problem solving.

A job specification can be downloaded. Please contact the People and Talent team on 01924 942076/ recruitment@batleymat.co.uk, if you have any questions or to arrange a visit.

Closing date for applications is Friday 21 November 2025 at midday

Interviews will be held on soon after

Batley Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for Regulated Activity and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Batley Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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

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 Batley Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/batley-multi-academy-trust

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