Admin Assistant

**Salary: G5 SCP 16-20 £25,183-£26,409 (Pay award pending)**

**Actual Salary: £21,950-£23,019**

**Working hours: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 5 days (INSET)**

Brookhaven is a forward-thinking, specialist school located in Bury, where every learner is empowered to achieve their goals. We are proud to foster a supportive and inclusive environment that enables both students and staff to thrive.

We are currently seeking a passionate and professional Admin Assistant to join our committed team. This is a varied and rewarding role that will involve:

- Carrying out a broad range of administrative tasks to support the smooth running of the school.
- Contributing to our communications strategy through marketing support, including social media content creation and website development.
- Providing a welcoming and efficient service in a receptionist capacity, with a positive and professional approach.
- Supporting with the coordination and scheduling of reviews and meetings involving school staff, students, parents, and external professionals.
- Taking accurate minutes during key meetings and ensuring timely follow-up with the relevant individuals to progress agreed actions.
- Assisting with financial inputting tasks, including placing and tracking orders, processing invoices, and maintaining accurate records in line with school procedures.

Our brand-new school building opened in February 2024, and we now have over 70 pupils on roll. It’s an exciting time to join Brookhaven as we continue to grow and shape the future of our school community.

Brookhaven is an innovative, forward-thinking school based in Bury where all learners are empowered to achieve their dreams. Where we believe everyone has the potential to be extraordinary We have a world class team that work relentlessly to make every day a magical day of learning; to suit every child's needs, to ensure they make rapid gains not only as learners across the whole curriculum but as an individuals prepared for next century living as well as the world that we live in today. It is our duty and privilege as a school and community to make a difference every day.

Everything we do at Brookhaven is underpinned by our vision, values and ethos: We believe that all children should have the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point. We pledge an unswerving commitment to improve, accelerate and enable ambitious life goals for all students.

**We aim “To be unique by design, and awesome by outcome”.**

**Join Shaw Education Trust - Support, Teach, LeadMake the Remarkable Happen**

At Shaw Education Trust, we believe every role holds the power to transform a life. Whether you're supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in the classroom, or leading with vision, you’ll be part of something extraordinary.

**Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment**:

- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- **Support Staff only** based on working **full time, all year** - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (**37 days holiday** **rising to 39 days** after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you **grow, contribute** and **flourish** in your role and in the Trust.

We know **our people** are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the **employment experience** at **Shaw Education Trust** is a **rewarding**one.

Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include a variety of the National Professional Qualifications and the Early Carer Teacher Programme delivered by Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.

**Safer Recruitment & Equal Opportunities Statement**

An enhanced criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), formerly known as the CRB, is required. You will be asked to disclose all relevant unspent and, where applicable, unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions, and convictions.

**Shaw Education Trust** is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are fully committed to ensuring that ou