Administration Assistant

Administration Assistant – Permanent Position - Nottingham - £23,500 to £25,545.

The Supply Register is currently working in partnership with L.E.A.D Academy Trust to find a passionate Administration Assistant to join their Head Office team in Nottingham.

The Administration Assistant will provide pro-active and timely support including administrative services to the Operations and Governance teams within L.E.A.D. Academy Trust, whilst ensuring compliance with any relevant processes.

The Administration Assistant will assist all areas of the Operations and Governance functions along with providing support to the Central Finance team. This will involve understanding several different processes and systems to ensure that accurate and timely support is provided.

The L.E.A.D. Academy Trust have a strong vision and four core principles, to lead, empower, achieve and drive. These principles underpin the day-to-day culture for support to their academies.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide timely and accurate administrative support to the operations and governance functions within the Trust.
• Uses previous knowledge and expertise gained within the role to ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures.
• Delivers a positive and engaging customer service experience through ensuring visitors and telephone calls are handled within Trust procedures and service levels including management of email inboxes.
• Provides diary management as required.
• Ensure printing and stationery resources are well stocked and produce purchase orders as required for repeat orders.
• Arrange meetings as required including any room bookings, refreshments, and IT requirements.
• Takes minutes at meetings as required.
• Provide query management to the academies using the Trust systems.
• Support the operations team with any tasks as required in the annual budgeting processes.
• Under direction raise purchase orders, requisitions and inputting of goods received notes and inputting of invoices.
• Provides project support as required for any Trust projects.
• Under the direction of the Head of Operations and Head of Governance, will be responsible for support to external and internal audits including collation and checks of financial information, gathering required data and information from academies.

Requirements

• Studied to a minimum standard of GCSE (grade A* - C), or equivalent, in English and Maths
• Relevant Business Administration qualification or equivalent work experience
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• High level organisational skills.
• Strong ability to analyse and manipulate data.
• Basic report writing skills.
• Able to use all MS Office programs particularly Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and be familiar with other bespoke databases.
• Experience of working in an education setting is desirable but not essential.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Supportive and collaborative team environment.
• Opportunities for career advancement within the organization.
• Contributory pension scheme.

How to Apply:

If you are interested in this position please don’t delay, apply today. If you would like further information on the role, contact Daniel on 07713038480 or #####.

Closing date: 18th March

Interviews: w/c 25th March