School Office Administrator

Discovery Multi Academy Trust, Southway, PL6 6DX

20 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  31 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.26 Hourly Grade C: £13.26 per hour Full time equivalent of £25,583.00

School Office Administrator job summary

Come and join our team! We are all looking forward to meeting our newest colleagues who will ensure our children receive the best education possible through a welcoming and organised approach. We know that our schools can only be as good as our staff team.

We are welcoming applications from colleagues with experience of working in administration or those with the aptitude and aspiration to be successful in this role. This post focuses on serving our community members with excellent organisation, efficiency, and a smile. We encourage you to read the job description, however, we celebrate our School Offices as dynamic departments where a flexible approach is required to successfully support the functioning of the school. Colleagues will benefit from training and support appropriate to their experience to enable them to be experts in this important role.

The hours of work for this post are initially: Monday-Thursday 12:00-16:00 and Friday 08:15-16:00 with 30 minutes on Fridays for lunch (19.25 hours) or Monday to Friday 08:15-13:00 (23.75 hours).

Discovery Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches and other pre-employment checks.

Our recruitment team can also be reached by emailing hr@discoverymat.co.uk

Closing date: 20th April at 09:00

Required for: 1 June 2026 or at the earliest opportunity.

Please note that we reserve the right to appoint to the post prior to the closing date.

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 Discovery Multi Academy Trust

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

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