Trust Administrator

Discovery Educational Trust, Brentwood, CM13 2HG

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  9 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 August 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: £25,418.00 Annually (Actual)

Trust Administrator job summary

Trust Administrator

Based at St Martin's School, Brentwood, Essex (DET Central Team office)

37 hours per week

42 weeks per year (term-time, plus 4 additional weeks)

Essex Scale 4 (pt 8-9): £27,553 - £27,983* inc. Fringe Allowance (FTE) / Actual salary £25,418 - £25,814* inc. Fringe Allowance(based on 42 working weeks per year/48.1 paid weeks per year)

*based on Essex Schools Pay Scales 2025/26

We are looking for a friendly, organised and proactive member of the team to join us as a Trust Administrator. Working across Finance, Estates and IT, you will provide high-quality administrative support and play an important role in helping these functions run smoothly and efficiently across the Trust.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues across the wider operational team, helping to promote best practice and ensuring that processes and procedures are followed consistently and effectively. The role will require a professional and approachable manner, with a strong commitment to building positive working relationships across the Trust.

You will also support the Trust in meeting its operational and regulatory responsibilities, working in accordance with the Trust's Financial Regulations, the Academy Trust Handbook and the Department for Education's Good Estates Management Guide.

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 Educational Trust

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

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