Executive Assistant to the Leadership Team

Birmingham Diocesan Multi Academy Trust, Birmingham, B20 3LP

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  1 December 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: £31,537.00 - £35,412.00 Annually (FTE) Monday - Friday 8.30 - 4.30,

Executive Assistant to the Leadership Team job summary

We’re looking for someone proactive, organised and adaptable to join our central team in this brand-new role. Based at the central office of BDMAT, the Executive Assistant to the Leadership Team will be an excellent organiser and communicator who thrives in a fast-moving environment and will act as the anchor for our multi-functional central team/office. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the position from the ground up, working across multiple areas of the organisation supporting the CEO, MAT Educational Leads and Leadership Team and making a real impact from day one.

Where hybrid working and diverse roles can present challenges we are looking for someone who can hold the heart of our team at Holy Trinity. This unique position is an opportunity for the right candidate to grow the role and make it their own, becoming the keystone of the central team and the reference point for those accessing services and information from our Trust.

In this role you’ll be the go-to person for a variety of tasks, supporting internal and external customers and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations. This is a varied role where no two days are the same - perfect for someone who enjoys juggling priorities and thrives in a dynamic environment.

About You

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident using Microsoft Office and comfortable learning new systems.
• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Able to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Positive, adaptable, and eager to take ownership of tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing the daily administration of the Trust’s offices and streamlining administrative and organisational processes
• Supporting with the co-ordination of internal and external events
• Manage correspondence, scheduling, and document preparation.
• Maintain accurate records and databases.
• Assist with onboarding new central team staff and coordinating training sessions.
• Support project work, including research, reporting, and meeting preparation.
• Liaise with the leadership team, internal teams and external customers to ensure seamless communication.

Please see the attached job description for further details.

Visits to Holy Trinity to meet the CEO and the team are encouraged and warmly welcomed. Please get in touch using the details below.

Why join us?

• Be part of a friendly, supportive team.
• Shape a new role and make it your own.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• Competitive salary and benefits package including salary sacrifice schemes and an employee assistance programme
• Staff well-being initiatives
• Potential for flexibility within the role

Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust is a West Midlands based multi-academy trust comprising of 18 primary schools and 1 secondary school across the West Midlands and Warwickshire. We are committed to providing high quality education for all the children in our schools through collaboration, challenge and targeted support.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to safer recruitment measures, including a DBS check.

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 Birmingham Diocesan Multi Academy Trust

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

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