Academy Administration Manager

TES FE News; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A multi-academy trust in Bradford is seeking an exceptional Academy Administration Manager. This role involves supporting the Business Services team and contributing to the growth of schools in the region. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience and a strong commitment to improving educational standards. The trust values diversity and offers hybrid working arrangements along with professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Free on-site parking

Professional development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role is required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Business Services team through growth.
• Establish high-performing schools that maximize attainment.

Skills

Experience in a similar role

Moral purpose and drive for improvement

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Academy Administration Manager to join our multi-academy trust (MAT) and support our Business Services team through the next phase of growth in Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and Liverpool.

The Ideal Candidate Will

• Have experience in a similar role
• Have a strong moral purpose and drive for improvement

Why choose Dixons Academies Trust? Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.

• We are values driven: we work hard on the things that matter, with humility; we are good and kind; we are motivated by mastery, autonomy and purpose.
• We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years.
• We have launched a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back.
• We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive.
• We have an innovative approach to central operations which allows educators to focus on teaching and learning.
• We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching.
• We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload.
• We offer hybrid working arrangements and free on-site parking.
• We have a wealth of benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (private health, lifestyle benefits and discounts)

Within our communities, we work together to establish joyful, rigorous, high performing schools which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.

Interview will take place on 16 October 2025. Please visit our careers site at joindixonsat.com for more information about our trust, our roles and our benefits or call us on 01274 085526 and speak to Angela Skinner, Business Support Administrator, HR, to discuss the role further.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.