PA to Principal & Leadership Team

Gateacre School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L25 2RW

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37.5 hrs per week All Year Round Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 33143

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Specialist We Are Seeking

We are looking for an individual who is ready to drive excellence, anticipating organisational bottlenecks and bringing an unwavering commitment to best-in-class executive service. The successful candidate will:

• Be a Leadership Champion: Possess an authoritative yet welcoming manner, managing complex diaries, inbox prioritisation, and high-level correspondence on behalf of the Principal with absolute discretion.

• Insist on Precision & Compliance: Manage critical statutory administration - including governance papers, policy frameworks, and strict data compliance for FOI/SAR requests - with 100% data integrity within our MIS and compliance trackers.

• Embrace Strategic Operational Insight: Proactively monitor and coordinate complex school events, suspension documentation, and external stakeholder relations to help execute trust-wide priorities seamlessly.

• Contribute Systemically: Confidently design and maintain efficient digital administrative systems (e.g., SharePoint), manage the central team finance functions like purchase orders, and provide elite-level minute-taking for critical executive boards.

What the school offers its staff

What We Offer You

By joining Gateacre School and Northern Schools Trust, you are investing in your own career progression:

• Exceptional CPD & Trust Network: A firm commitment to your continuous professional development, supported by the extensive training, coaching, and networking resources of Northern Schools Trust.

• A Collaborative Environment: Work within a supportive team where collaborative planning and shared resources are the norm, promoting a healthy work/life balance.

• Career Trajectory: Outstanding opportunities for professional progression within our supportive network of schools.

• A Rewarding Environment: Work in a positive, forward-thinking environment that genuinely values staff well-being and your vital contribution to wider school life.

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.

Gateacre School, a thriving member of Northern Schools Trust, is seeking an exceptional, highly organised, and strategically minded Personal Assistant to provide world-class executive support to the Principal and Senior Leadership Team (SLT). This is a genuinely outstanding opportunity for an ambitious professional driven by administrative excellence, operational precision, and the power of high-level stakeholder engagement.

Our Vision

We are committed to maintaining an efficient, highly compliant, and seamless operational environment behind the scenes. You will join a passionate, highly skilled administration team that collaborates closely across the Trust to safeguard confidentiality, streamline governance, and optimise leadership capacity. We don’t just manage schedules; we protect leadership time, build professional relationships, and enable the strategic growth of our school community.

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.

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About Gateacre School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1196 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: hr@northernschoolstrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gateacre-school-liverpool

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