Trust Support Manager

The Keys Academy Trust, Reading, RG6 1EY

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  June 2025 (flexible)

• Closing date

  23 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,118.00 - £19,861.00 Annually (Actual) 22.5 hours per week / Grade 7 SCP 25-29

Trust Support Manager job summary

Job Purpose: To provide support and additional capacity to schools in the Trust in Policy Management, Compliance, Admissions, Safeguarding, and Attendance.

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer

Summary of Main Contacts:

• TKAT Central Team
• Executive Headteachers / Headteachers / Head of Schools
• Operations Managers
• Finance Assistants
• Other school staff
• other professionals (e.g. suppliers)
• Trustees

Scope:

Financial Accountabilities - None

Staff Responsibilities - None

Management of Physical Assets - None

Main Tasks/Accountabilities:

1. To support school admissions including compliance in terms of adult to child ratios and qualification. To monitor for compliance the school's implementation of the annual review of the Admissions policy and consultation processes.
2. To monitor and advise Designated Safeguarding Leads in schools across the Trust in terms of safeguarding compliance, updates, CPOMS and the Single Central Record.
3. To monitor incident reporting in CPOMS via Spotlight, NSPCC Audits and report to the CEO and Safeguarding Trustee on a half termly basis.
4. To support the schools in accessing funding, grants, donations and external support e.g. Innovation Inclusion Project as agreed with the CEO.
5. To support the CEO in policy management including the implementation of the policy planner, regular review and updating of policies, managing the policy SharePoint site, communication and issuing to schools of policy updates.
6. To monitor attendance across the Trust using Arbor, to provide termly attendance reports to schools and prepare the information for the attendance network meetings.
7. To support the schools in monitoring and advising on website compliance.
8. To support the implementation of the People Strategy across the Trust, including data analysis to ensure alignment with key policies and initiatives that enhance staff wellbeing, development, and retention.
9. To assist in marketing the Trust and supporting schools in promoting their brand and marketing approaches.
10. Any other tasks as directed by the CEO to support schools.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced criminal records check.

Please note applications will be considered on receipt ,so please get your application in early.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Keys Academy Trust

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

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