Admin Assistant (Maternity Cover)

Salary: NJC 3-5 £21,232 - £21,906 (actual), £24,796 - £25,583 (FTE) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits

Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time +5)

Contract: Maternity Cover

Closing date: 5th November

Interview date: 13th November

Start date: December 2025 / January 2026

Are you our new Admin Assistant?

Are you highly organised, friendly, and passionate about supporting a thriving school community? We are seeking a proactive and professional Admin Assistant (Maternity Cover) to be a key member of our office team, ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day administration and delivering outstanding support to staff, students, and visitors.

This is a varied and rewarding role at the heart of the school, ideal for someone who thrives in a busy environment, enjoys multitasking, and takes pride in excellent communication and attention to detail.

This role will include:

• Providing a warm welcome to parents, visitors, and external professionals.
• Answering incoming phone calls, handling queries, and directing calls/messages appropriately.
• Supporting reception duties, including visitor sign-in and maintaining a professional reception area.
• Providing high-quality admin support to the Senior Leadership Team, Heads of Year, and wider Academy staff.
• Assisting with school events such as Parents' Evenings, school trips, Sports Day, and Prom.
• Coordinating room bookings, uniform orders, and general office supplies.
• Inputting pupil data, including new starters and transition information.
• Processing Free School Meal applications and maintaining accurate FSM records.
• Supporting behaviour record systems and parental communication updates.
• Supporting reprographics; printing, copying and collating resources.

You're someone who has:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong IT skills, including google suit and data entry systems.
• Outstanding organisational ability and attention to detail.
• A calm, professional approach and the ability to multitask in a busy environment.
• Experience in a school or office environment (desirable but not essential).
• Administration experience is essential.

Please note; this role is NOT eligible for sponsorship, applicants must have UK right to work to be considered for an interview.

Who is Lift Schools?

We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 57 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.

We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.

We offer you:

• Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
• Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
• Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.