Executive Assistant

Kingsley Learning Foundation, Kettering, NN15 5DP

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 22.5 hours per week / Term Time + 2 weeks (with some flexibility required to attend Board meetings)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,699 to £37,280

What skills and experience we're looking for

As Executive Assistant, you will provide high-level strategic and operational support to the CEO and Trust Executive Team, enabling them to drive excellence across the Kingsley Learning Foundation Trust. Your experience and skills will include:

• Significant experience as an EA, PA, or senior administrator

• Experience supporting senior leaders

• Experience producing high quality written materials (reports, briefings, correspondence)

• Experience managing internal and external communications

• Experience handling confidential information with discretion

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong organisational and time-management skills

• Ability to work under pressure, manage competing deadlines, and prioritise effectively

• Highly proficient in using Microsoft and digital communication tools

• Strong attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, polished documentation

• Ability to build positive working relationships at all levels

• Knowledge of GDPR and data protection principles

What the school offers its staff

The Trust can offer:

• Ongoing CPD

• Attractive pension benefits

• Competitive salary range

• Employee wellbeing support

• Suportive team environment

• Term time working

• Meaningful and impactful role within a SEN trust

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.

Are you a master of organisation with a heart for advocacy? We are looking for an Executive Assistant who thrives in a fast-paced environment and cares deeply about making a difference.

In a SEN MAT, our days are complex but our mission is simple: 'To help people living in extraordinary circumstances to live ordinary lives'. As EA to the Executive Team, you won't just manage calendars - you'll be the operational heartbeat of a Trust dedicated to our commitment of being: Purposeful, Reflective, Genuine, Aspirational and Joyous.

If you're a pro-active problem solver who wants their work to matter, we want to meet you.

Commitment to safeguarding

Please note that this role is subject to enhanced DBS clearance, medical clearance, 2 references and right to work in the UK. The successful candidates will be expected to adhere to the Safeguarding Policies of the Trust and Keeping Children Safe in Education legislation.

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.

Executive Assistant Advert.pdf - 391 KB (opens in new tab)

Executive Assistant JD & Person Spec.pdf - 594 KB (opens in new tab)

KLF-Application-form Executive Assistant.doc - 347 KB (opens in new tab)

About Kingsley Learning Foundation

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Kingsley Learning Foundation website
• Email address: admin@klf.foundation
• Phone number: 01536 316880
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingsley-learning-foundation

The Kingsley Learning Foundation leads a community of special schools (Kingsley Special Academy, Kettering & Red Kite Special Academy, Corby) which recognises the holistic individual and family needs, working in a collaborative inter-disciplinary model to address these needs and create opportunities.

The families of children and young people who attend Kingsley Learning Foundation academies will be enabled to access and participate in the social opportunities that are taken for granted by other families but which are often denied to families with children with disabilities.

All members of the community will celebrate the joy of learning, the thrill of being a learner

Arranging a visit to Kingsley Learning Foundation

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@klf.foundation.

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