The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Administration Assistant to join our Estates, Admissions and Attendance Manager. We are looking for someone to provide administrative support in all three areas, across all schools in the Trust. You will work 37 hours per week on a full-time basis, 52 working weeks per year and will be based at Burrowmoor Primary Academy, March PE15 9RP.

We reserve the right to close the advert early should we find the right candidate.

The successful candidate will be based in March, Cambridgeshire, but will be required to visit schools across the Trust as needed, to provide support. The right candidate will need to be adaptable, enthusiastic, highly motivated and have the ability to work as part of a team. Provide timely and effective operation of administrative support to the Estates, Admissions and Attendance Manager in accordance with good practice and assist the academy by maintaining good relationships with schools, staff, parents, governors, contractors’ representatives and external agencies in order to promote the objectives of the academy.

The ideal candidate will:

•  Have office experience, ideally in a school environment, with an understanding:
• Estates – A knowledge of compliance and health and safety in a school. Experience in using compliance software.
• Attendance - Preparing term time leave penalty notices, attendance reports, advising schools.  A knowledge of DFE’s ‘working together to improve Attendance’, 
• Admissions – Ability to write letters to parents, arrange meetings and liaise with local Authorities and Head teachers, updating school organisation charts, recording school leavers and joiners, be familiar with Schools Admission code.
• Have experience of using MIS, Arbor, Cambridgeshire County Council Learn together platform, be able to use MS Word, MS Excel and MS Teams.
• Have a good telephone manner
• Be organised and have the ability to manage a busy, varied environment

We are dedicated to high quality professional development and there are opportunities for further progression within the Diamond Learning Partnership Trust. You can expect a supportive culture within a Trust with very high aspirations. We value our staff and there are many development opportunities within the Partnership.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and be successful against a range of other recruitment checks.

For information on who we are please browse our website: https://diamondlearningtrust.com

 Diamond Learning Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants are thanked for their interest in this post.  Please note that only the candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.