Academy Administrator L2

Dixons Academies Trust; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational trust in the UK is seeking an exceptional administrator to join their Business Services team. The role involves supporting operations across multiple academies in Liverpool, Manchester, and beyond. Ideal candidates will have experience in similar roles and a strong moral purpose for driving improvement. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and various benefits aimed at promoting professional development and diversity.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Salary sacrifice schemes

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative role is essential.
• Commitment to improving educational outcomes.
• Ability to work collaboratively and share resources.

Responsibilities

• Support the Business Services team in operational tasks.
• Collaborate with staff across various locations.
• Engage in professional development opportunities.

Skills

Experience in a similar role

Strong moral purpose

Drive for improvement

Job description

Overview

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional administrator 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

• 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 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.

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Interviews will take place on 14 October 2025.

Please visit our careers site at for more information about our trust, our roles and our benefits or call us on 0151 524 4530 and speak to Paula Elder, Academy Admin Manager, in order 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.

We are focussed on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. You can read more about this

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.