Peripatetic Senior Administrator (Based in Mid to South Devon areas)
Glendinning Academy, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4HD25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 37 hours per week - Monday to Friday - Term Time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,651 - £34,481
Actual salary
- £26,136 - £29,403
Pay scale
- NJC 14 - NJC 21
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a proactive and highly professional administrator looking for a varied role across multiple academy settings.We are seeking a dedicatedPeripatetic Senior Administratorto provide high-quality administrative, secretarial and operational support across our academies inMid to South Devon.
This role will see you working closely with Principals and academy teams to ensure the smooth and efficient running of daily operations. You will play a key part in maintaining robust financial and administrative processes in line with Trust procedures, supporting HR and payroll activities, and ensuring that all records, systems and compliance requirements are accurate and up to date.
As a central point of contact, you will build strong relationships with colleagues, parents, carers, contractors and external agencies, while promoting a welcoming and professional environment in every academy. You will also support the implementation of Trust policies, including safeguarding and child protection, and actively contribute to our positive behaviour culture to help deliver outstanding educational experiences for our pupils.
For a full list of duties, please see the job description below.
Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and online check.
We may close this vacancy early as we review applications as they are received, to ensure you are considered for this role please do not wait for the deadline to submit your application.
What the school offers its staff
Health & Wellbeing
Pension
Training & Development
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Free Parking
Further information about the job
Wave are an established and successful Multi Academy Trust, comprising of Alternative Provision Academies (APAs), Medical Academies (including Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s child and adolescent mental health unit ‘Sowenna’) and a Special Academy.
We provide education for vulnerable pupils aged 4 – 19 across Devon and Cornwall. The Trust has a national reputation for the delivery of outstanding pupil outcomes including enabling pupils to access the most appropriate education setting and transition to employment, training and higher or further education. The Trust educates over 1000 pupils and employs over 350 members of staff.
We Aim To
- Provide a balanced and broad curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
- Give access to the National Curriculum; provide opportunities for external accreditation, and, for those pupils with specific learning difficulties, effective and personalised programmes.
- Ensure all pupils are supported to develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others. Promoting emotional well-being and self-esteem; helping our pupils to recognise their potential and work positively within their community.
- We will respect all pupils and encourage them to become active participants in their own learning, develop confidence, independence, self-esteem and express their needs and desires.
- Seek effective and positive working relationships with pupils’ families, schools and other agencies.
- Enable effective outcomes for our pupils.
Commitment to safeguarding
Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and we may carry out an online check.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Glendinning Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 7 to 19
- School size
- 130 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Glendinning Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@waveedu.org
Glendinning Academy is a 120 place Special School for children aged from 7 to 19 with social interaction and communication needs including those on the Autism Spectrum. The academy opened in 2019 and will have grown to 120 pupils and associated staff by Sep 2022.
Pupils have Education, Health and Care Plans with primary needs of Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) or Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN).
Glendinning Academy provides a personalised supportive environment. Pupils have opportunities to use outdoor learning to access the National Curriculum, developing communication, interaction, social and emotional skills. Working in partnership with pupils, and their parents/carers the academy supports pupils academically and in their journey to independence. These partnerships play a vital role in ensuring pupils enjoy, succeed and achieve.
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