Reprographics & Administration Assistant

The East Manchester Academy; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPA 20%

Cycle2work

Gym membership

Employee Assistance Programme

Health Cash Plan

CPD programme

Wellbeing/workload balance

Trust-wide development

Job summary

The East Manchester Academy is seeking a Reprographics and Administration Assistant to support the daily running of the academy by producing professional resources, managing display materials, and helping create an engaging learning environment across the school.

You will provide administrative and reception support, acting as the first point of contact for visitors, staff, students and parents while ensuring excellent customer service.

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative or customer-facing environment.
• Experience with school management systems (SIMS/Arbor/ParentPay/EduLink) is advantageous.
• Experience in reprographics, display production or similar is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide reprographics service and create printed/digital learning resources.
• Provide administrative and reception support, welcoming visitors and staff.
• Support events, maintain records, assist with educational visits and system operations.

Skills

Organised

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Customer-focused

Team player

Confidentiality

Tools

Microsoft 365

SIMS

Arbor

ParentPay

EduLink

Office equipment

Display creation

Job description

About Us

The East Manchester Academy is a vibrant and innovative educational community in the heart of Beswick. We are a part of the Greater Manchester Education Trust. Together, we create lives of opportunity.

‘The East Manchester Academy is a beacon of hope and aspiration for pupils’ (Ofsted 2023)

‘The sense of community is tangible in this inclusive school.’ (Ofsted 2025)

This is an exciting opportunity to join The East Manchester Academy, a vibrant and ambitious school at the heart of a diverse community. Following our positive Ofsted inspection in March 2025—where we achieved ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ for Personal Development and Leadership and Management—we are continuing to build on our rapid improvement journey.

We are a growing academy and we are now looking to add further capacity to our team as we enter the next stage of our development; to become an exceptional school that ensures the children of East Manchester flourish both academically and socially. We are a forward thinking and happy school, we embrace research and work collaboratively with colleagues within and beyond our trust to drive standards.

Please visit our website to learn more about us and contact: [e-mail] if you would like to arrange a visit to the academy prior to application.

About the Role

As our Reprographics and Administration Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the smooth day-to-day running of the Academy. You will provide a high-quality reprographics service, producing professional printed and digital resources for staff, managing display materials, and helping to create an engaging learning environment across the school. Alongside reprographics responsibilities, you will provide administrative and reception support, acting as a welcoming first point of contact for visitors, staff, students and parents while ensuring excellent customer service at all times.

This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same. You will work closely with colleagues across the Academy, supporting events, maintaining accurate records, assisting with educational visits and helping to ensure administrative systems operate efficiently. The successful candidate will join a collaborative team and contribute positively to the Academy's vision, values and commitment to providing an outstanding experience for students, staff and the wider community.

About You

You will be an organised and enthusiastic administrator with excellent attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high standards of work. Confident in using Microsoft 365 applications and office equipment, you will have experience working in an administrative or customer-focused environment and be able to manage competing priorities effectively. With strong communication skills and a professional, approachable manner, you will enjoy supporting a wide range of people and building positive working relationships.

You will be a flexible team player who can work independently, use initiative and maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information. Experience within a school setting, reprographics, display creation or education-based systems such as SIMS, Arbor, ParentPay or EduLink would be advantageous, although not essential. Most importantly, you will share our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and be passionate about contributing to a positive and supportive school environment.

Full details about the role and the qualifications, experience, and attributes required can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Why Join Us?

The successful candidate will join an academy that is relentless in its drive to ensure our students and staff alike achieve their very best and our proud of themselves. We are proud to serve our diverse and inclusive community and wish to appoint a practitioner who shares our commitment to young people in challenging circumstances who believes that excellent leadership can leverage high levels of performance and remains optimistic in the face of adversity.

We value our colleagues and also offer the following:

• A minimum 20% PPA allowance for all staff

• Joint PPA time for departments to plan collaboratively

• Cycle2work scheme

• Gym membership

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Health Cash Plan

• A comprehensive CPD programme to support pedagogical and leadership development

• A low stakes approach to QA to ensure teachers keep getting better

• Strategic partnerships with external organisations to support staff development

• A genuine commitment to wellbeing and effective workload management

A Trust for Every Child and Every Colleague

We believe that great futures are built by great people. Colleagues who work in our schools will experience the same focus on care and guidance, opportunity and challenge, so that they can deliver an exceptional education to our young people. They will become the very best practitioners through bespoke support and opportunities to learn professionally, to collaborate, to lead innovation and to advance their career with us.

We strive for excellence in everything we do. At GMET, every role, from teaching to support, is valued. You’ll be supported and empowered to grow within a trust where our core values guide our work with learners, colleagues, families, and the wider community.

We invest in our people.

As part of GMET, you’ll benefit from a wide range of employee benefits designed to support your health and wellbeing, help you save money, and make your salary go further including:

• A warm, inclusive, and supportive school culture
• High expectations for all learners and staff
• A strong focus on wellbeing and professional development
• Opportunities to innovate and collaborate across the trust
• A commitment to equity, diversity and accessibility
• Tailored CPD and coaching
• Trust-wide networks and learning communities
• Leadership development pathways
• Access to wellbeing resources and flexible working options

We are committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the wellbeing of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All roles are subject to:

• Enhanced DBS checks
• Reference and identity verification
• Compliance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.