PA to Senior Leadership Team & Cover Manager

Hope Valley College, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S33 6SD

39 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 August 2026

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: £33,143.00 - £37,280.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £29,968 - £33,709

PA to Senior Leadership Team & Cover Manager job summary

Hope Valley College are looking for a highly organised and efficient individual with the ability to provide an effective and high-quality PA service to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team, administration service for the Local Governing Body and co-ordinate complex staff cover requirements within school on a daily basis.

The successful candidate will have excellent attention to detail, strong communication skills when working with a wide variety of stakeholders (including young people) and substantial experience of PA or other general administrative work for a Senior Leadership Team or Executive Board. It is essential to have an ability to work with competing priorities and show a high level of initiative in a fast-paced and rewarding environment.

The working hours are 7.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Thursday and 7.30am to 3pm on a Friday.

This role requires candidates to have GCSE Maths and English at Grade 4 or above (or equivalent). The successful candidate will be required to provide evidence of their GCSE certificates.

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.

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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 Hope Valley College

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 518 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hope Valley College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hope-valley-college-hope-valley

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