Office Manager and Work Placement Coordinator - Sixth Form

Norton Hill Academy, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4AD

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  7 September 2026

• Closing date

  3 August 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday (Term time only) 8.30am - 4.30pm (incl. 30 mins unpaid lunchbreak) 37 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 6, spinal point 18-22

What skills and experience we're looking for

We’re looking for a proactive multitasker to drive our work placement process by building strong local employer relationships, while confidently managing and supervising students within the MSN Sixth Form Centre. The candidate will be able to meet deadlines, achieve targets and have excellent organisational and planning skills. This role demands an innovative and motivated individual who is able to adapt to and work in different environments. Knowledge of Arbor would be an advantage, but not essential.

Main purpose of role:

• Manage the Sixth Form work placement processes
• Manage the Trust post 16 bursary administration
• Manage the Social Media for the Sixth Form on Norton Radstock sites
• Implement promotional aspects of the sixth form to include designed adverts and promotional material.
• Manage the provision of a comprehensive support service to the sixth form across both sites
• Provide administrative support for Trust aspects of Sixth Form.
• Attend and support external and internal career recruitment events.
• Manage the Sixth Form recruitment process across all sites to include publicity, arranging interviews, actioning appropriate paperwork and helping with transition arrangements. Support the Director of Education in monitoring recruitment and admissions across the MAT.
• To support and attend events after hours (advance notice), parents evenings, open evenings etc.
• Supervise student attendance and oversee the Single Central record of the BDC.
• To manage the Sixth Form office.

What the school offers its staff

• Contributory salary pension scheme (local government)
• Access to the cycle to work scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme - a strictly free and confidential short-term counselling and support service.

The MNSP Sixth Form covers a number of sites. These include MSN Sixth which covers both Norton Hill and Somervale School. The role will be based at Norton Hill School but will involve work for the Sixth Form across all the sites.

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

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.

NH Sixth Form Office Manager & Work Placement Coordinator JD.docx.pdf - 111 KB (opens in new tab)

About Norton Hill Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1757 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Norton Hill Academy website
• Email address: enquiries@nortonhillschool.mnsp.org.uk
• Phone number: 01761 412557
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/norton-hill-academy

Norton Hill is a co-educational, non-selective 11-18 school. Our students come from Midsomer Norton and the surrounding villages of North East Somerset. Norton Hill School prides itself on providing a secure, stable and well-ordered environment based on traditional values and genuine care and concern for individuals.

We have just over 1700 students at the school of whom 400 are in the Midsomer Norton Sixth Form. In September 2016 we increased our Year 7 entry to eleven tutor groups, in response to a growing demand for places at Norton Hill.

Students at Norton Hill belong to one of five houses: Blackdown, Cotswold, Exmoor, Mendip and Quantock. The House system ensures that every student is known individually, whilst enjoying the opportunities that a large school can offer.

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