Senior Administrator to the Senior Leadership Team

CHS South, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 7SX

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  27 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 September 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: The starting pro-rata salary is £29,448 and the full time equivalent is £34,237.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Admin to the Senior Leadership Team to join our fantastic team at CHS South.

This is a Grade 6, permanent post working 35 hours per week, term time only plus 5 INSET days. The starting pro-rata salary is £29,448 and the full time equivalent is £34,237. This role is to start as soon as pre-employment checks are complete.

About the role:

The successful candidate will be positioned in the Administration team act as Senior Administrator for the Headteacher and wider Senior Leadership Team. This is a key role within the school and academy, requiring excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to manage a varied workload in a busy school environment.

We’re looking for:

We are seeking a highly organised, proactive and professional individual to provide high-level administrative and organisational support to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team. The successful candidate should:

• Have excellent organisational and administrative skills with the ability to prioritise effectively
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills
• Have experience working in a busy administrative environment
• Be confident managing confidential information with discretion and professionalism
• Have excellent ICT skills, ideally including Office 365 and School MIS
• Work well both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Be committed to supporting the vision, ethos and values of the Trust

Main purpose of the job:

• To support the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team in the smooth execution of a personal diary of events and organisation for meeting deadlines
• Efficiently organise business travel arrangements, appointments, meetings and events including the collation and distribution of papers
• Provide a professional and highly effective administrative service for high level meetings, including comprehensive minute-taking and distribution of documents to participants
• Develop and maintain an effective and flexible filing system, including the electronic school policy folder, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality and security of information
• Facilitate the onboarding process and induction of new staff members to the school team.
• Provide leadership and guidance for support staff, including direct line management responsibility where appropriate
• Maintain accurate staff absence records, monitor trends, produce reports for the Headteacher and HR, and coordinate compliant return-to-work documentation.
• Coordinate staff wellbeing initiatives and events and support communication of wellbeing resources and policies.
• To work collaboratively with the School Operations Manager to ensure staff records are accurately maintained, including compliance of the Single Central Record
• To coordinate arrangements for interview processes, including planning the schedule, ensuring an appropriate panel is in place, issuing invitations, greeting candidates and ensuring documentation is properly completed and stored
• To respond independently to correspondence and produce complex and confidential reports, minutes and letters to a high standard
• To complete and submit complex forms, returns etc, including those submitted to the LA and outside

To find out more about the full responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached job description.

All school staff are expected to share the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Specific safeguarding responsibilities are detailed in the attached job description.

What the school offers its staff

Working for Prospere Learning Trust

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. We invest in our staff to achieve their full potential and offer a range of benefits including.

• High quality CPD for all roles
• Bupa Level 1 Health Plan - annual cash back allowance for a range of every day health care expenses
• Generous Pension Contribution - over 26% for teachers and 15% for support staff
• Good holidays – teachers as per School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document; non-teachers receive 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 31 days with 5 years' service
• Cyclescheme - save up to 39% on a bike and accessories and get Strava for free
• Employee Assistance Programmes - including access to free counselling and 24/7 helplines
• Credit Union - regular savings, Christmas saving scheme and access to affordable loans
• Flexible working options - we're happy to talk flexible working where possible
• Mental Health First Aid in every school
• Blue Light Card - discounts on holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and many more
• bYond cashback card - spend smarter with a prepaid cashback card for your everyday purchases

Visit our website to learn more about our Trust: prospere.org.uk

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.

CHS South

CHS South is a 11-16 eight-form entry, mixed, comprehensive school opened in conjunction with Chorlton High School in 2018. Our school provides a full capacity of 1200 in our brand-new building which opened in September 2021.

We provide an education built on the values of offering every young person we encounter the skills needed to craft a creative, happy, and successful future. We ensure the young people at CHS South have access to a broad and forward-thinking enrichment curriculum. We are well positioned to offer a diverse and engaging sports curriculum through our fantastic relationships with the vast array of sports providers in our community. Furthermore, our expertise and understanding of the creative arts, ensures our young people are provided with the opportunities to develop and hone their skills to become the next generation of creative trailblazers.

We received our first Ofsted inspection in January 2023 and were graded as ‘good’ in all areas.

“CHS South is a welcoming and supportive community. Pupils are proud of their school. Pupils understand the school values of ‘ready, respectful, safe’, and they try hard to follow them in all that they do.”

Visit our website to learn more: https://www.chssouth.org.uk/

Job Application Information

Please apply using the online application form; incomplete applications may not be considered. CVs are not accepted. Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

As per Keeping Children Safe in Education, we conduct online searches on shortlisted candidates to identify any relevant issues for interview discussion. Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit a self-disclosure declaration, declaring any relevant convictions, adult cautions or other matters which may affect your suitability to work with children. Information will be provided on where to seek guidance on whether certain offences are now protected and should not be disclosed within the self-disclosure form.

Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 all positions within the School are exempt. Therefore, we are entitled to carry out Enhanced Disclosure checks for all staff and volunteers. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relating to children.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; we do not sponsor visa applications. If you’ve lived or worked outside the UK in the last five years, additional information will be required. Job offers are contingent on satisfactory pre-employment checks, including references.

Safeguarding Commitment

All schools within the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

Equality Statement

Prospere Learning Trust values diversity and welcomes applications from all candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.

For application support, contact us on 0161 527 7953 or email jobs@prospere.org.uk

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About CHS South

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1177 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: CHS South website
• Email address: jobs@prospere.org.uk
• Phone number: 0161 527 7953
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chs-south

Welcome to CHS South, our new 11-16 eight-form entry, mixed, comprehensive school opened in conjunction with Chorlton High School. Our school provides a full capacity of 1200 in our brand new building which opened in September 2021. Please follow this link to see information about our school and site: https://www.chssouth.org.uk/about-us/location-and-facilities

CHS South was opened in September 2018 to allow more young people in our community to access the successful model developed at our oversubscribed sister school, Chorlton High School. This model ensures we provide an education built on the values of offering every young person we encounter the skills needed to craft a creative, happy & successful future. These values are articulated in our school intent below:

CREATIVE: An education where imagination, curiosity and resilience enable us to ignite our learning.

HAPPY: A shared belief that optimism, empathy and responsibility are the foundations for a respectful, safe and inclusive community.

SUCCESSFUL: Individuals who are ready to learn, practise being reflective, and are motivated to become champions.

We also ensure the young people at CHS South have access to a broad and forward thinking enrichment curriculum. We are well positioned to offer a diverse and engaging sports curriculum through our fantastic relationships with the vast array of sports providers in our community. Furthermore our expertise and understanding of the creative arts, an industry growing faster in our local community than anywhere in the UK outside London, ensures our young people are provided with the opportunities to develop and hone their skills in order to become the next generation of creative trailblazers.

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