Senior Administrator
Templars Academy, Witham, Essex, CM8 2NJ5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 4.00pm, Friday 8.00am - 3.30pm. (1/2 hour lunchbreak).
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- 22635
What skills and experience we're looking for
- A passion for learning and working within a school environment.
- Personal drive and determination to deliver the best standards for the school.
- High expectations of performance.
- The ability to support and hold others to account, whilst working as a team
- Suitable qualifications to fulfil the role (e.g. GCSE A-C Grades or equivalent in Maths and English)
- Previous school office/office experience is essential
- Knowledge of SIMS.net is desirable but not essential
- Knowledge of Microsoft office packages (Word, Excel, etc) essential
- First Aid qualification is desirable but not essential as training will be given
What the school offers its staff
- A supportive, dynamic and caring team
- Professional development
- Well-resourced learning environments
- Positive, well behaved and happy children
- Good links with other local schools within our MAT
Further information about the job
Inspires MAT are seeking an exceptional experienced candidate to join Templars Academy School Office as the Senior Administrator. The successful candidate will run the school office, working alongside our central business team.
This position is for 37 hours per week, 44.7 weeks per year, (term time plus non-pupil days) Scale 4 Point 7 - £21,933 per annum. The working pattern will be Monday to Thursday 8.00am - 4.00pm and Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm, (includes a 1/2 an hour lunchbreak).
Templars Academy is a school that displays excellent team ethos, individual support, professional development and wonderful children to lead. We require someone who is committed, enthusiastic, organised and highly motivated.
Working in the front office, this position is the first point of call for visitors, so a cheerful personality is a must. We strive to build excellent relationships with our parents, pupils and the wider school community, so the ability to listen and the desire to help are also essential to the role.
The individual must have the ability to work under their own initiative and be able to work calmly under pressure. He/she must also be organised in their working practices, whilst understanding the need for tasks to be put aside when something needing more immediate attention arises. Confidentiality is of paramount importance
We firmly believe in supporting every staff member in their well-being and career development – ensuring we provide the best provision for all our team.
Commitment to safeguarding
Inspires Multi-Academy Trust are committed to:
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people;
promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
promoting the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs;
and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment.
and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
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About Templars Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 406 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Templars Academy website
- Email address
- HR@inspiresmat.co.uk
Templars Academy is part of the Inspires Multi-academy Trust, a primary-only multi-academy trust with 5 schools forming the MAT.
Templars Academy is located on the Cressing Road in Witham, Essex. Our large fenced site benefits from excellent facilities. This includes two school buildings, each with disabled access and toilets, a disabled car parking space close by, and their own halls. We have extensive landscaped grounds, a fully air-conditioned ICT suite and a well stocked library.
The staff and children thoroughly enjoy working together across the school sites. We are constantly seeking to improve the learning experiences for children and have created a curriculum which captures their interest inline with the current national curriculum.
Our vision 'Learning Together, Achieve More' encapsulates the spirit of togetherness. We know that together we are stronger. We strive to provide the very best education for the children in our care, within a nurturing and caring environment.
We are a two form entry school, with a maximum number on roll of 420. We also benefit from a 26 place nursery class for 3-4 year olds and a 12 place nursery class for 2-3 year olds.
Arranging a visit to Templars Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@inspiresmat.co.uk.
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