Academy Administrator

The Adeyfield Academy; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension benefits

Onsite catering

Excellent facilities

Professional development

Great transport links

Job summary

The Adeyfield Academy in Hemel Hempstead is seeking an enthusiastic, well-organised team player to provide comprehensive administrative support across the academy. You will manage reporting, minutes and branding, act as a liaison for stakeholders, and assist with SLT diary management and communications.

Reception cover and event planning support are also part of the role. A professional development pathway is included, reflecting personal aspirations and skills, within a friendly school

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic team player.
• Very well organised and detail-oriented.
• Able to work well as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level administrative support across the academy.
• Manage behaviour tracking, student recognition reports, meeting minutes and document branding.
• Act as a key contact for stakeholders and assist SLT with diary management.
• Deliver face-to-face, phone and email communication with stakeholders.
• Provide main reception cover during peak times and assist with whole-school events.

Skills

Organised

Detail-oriented

Team player

Communication

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic team player to assist in providing high-level administrative support across the school. The successful candidate will be very well organised, detail-oriented, and have the ability to work well as part of a team.

Reporting to the PA to the Headteacher, you will deliver comprehensive administrative support across the academy, managing behaviour tracking, student recognition reports, meeting minutes, and document branding. You will act as a key contact for stakeholders by handling primary transition liaisons, supporting SLT diary management, and delivering exceptional face-to-face, phone, and email communication. Additionally, the role involves providing reliable main reception cover during peak times and assisting with the planning and delivery of whole‑school events.

There is scope for ongoing professional development within this role to reflect personal aspirations and skills.

The Academy offers:

• * A friendly working environment with supportive and caring colleagues
• * Generous pension benefits
• * Onsite catering facilities
• * Excellent facilities with significant recent investment
• * All staff encouraged and supported in their professional development
• * Desirable location to live or work with great transport links and perfectly located for job seekers from Herts, Beds, Bucks and North and West London

The Adeyfield Academy is set in the heart of the community of Hemel Hempstead and is a mixed, all ability 11-18 sponsored Academy and part of the Ambition Education Trust. We welcome visits from potential applicants. Please contact our HR Administrator on 01442 406020.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

The Adeyfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to a post at The Adeyfield Academy is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education. The Adeyfield Academy is part of the Ambition Education Trust based in Hertfordshire. Our aim is to build on our proven track records of maintaining exceptional standards and driving continuous school improvement. We are building a collaborative partnership of schools which will provide an exceptional educational experience, both within and outside the classroom, by promoting excellence and stretching challenges.

We are committed to the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status. We expect all our staff to demonstrate a commitment to advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.