This is a unique opportunity to work closely with senior leaders, providing high-quality, efficient support that enables them to focus on delivering strategic priorities. You'll be a trusted partner, managing complex diaries, coordinating meetings, preparing documentation, and ensuring everything runs seamlessly behind the scenes. You'll also act as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, building positive relationships and ensuring communication is clear, consistent and professional.
Responsibilities
- Managing complex calendars and scheduling for multiple senior leaders
- Coordinating meetings, events and governance activity (including preparing agendas, papers and minutes)
- Acting as a first point of contact for enquiries, maintaining professionalism and discretion at all times
- Supporting projects and initiatives across the organisation
- Ensuring systems, processes and records are well organised and up to date
- Working collaboratively with colleagues across teams and schools to keep everything connected and moving forward
Qualifications
- Proven experience in a senior administrative or executive support role
- Outstanding organisational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to prioritise, problem-solve and remain calm under pressure
- High levels of professionalism, integrity and confidentiality
- A proactive mindset – always one step ahead
- Depending on your role, occasional travel between Discovery locations may be required. A valid driving licence and appropriate business insurance are necessary, and you will need to provide evidence of these documents
About the Trust
Discovery Schools Trust is dedicated to improving learning and teaching by creating a culture that promotes excellence. The needs of all children are placed at the heart of all decision making regardless of the school they attend. Teaching and learning excellence are shared through learning networks, sharing of ideas and materials as well as leading practitioners between schools. Discovery has developed a school improvement system which focuses on improving outcomes for all children. It also places staff development, talent management and succession planning at the heart of achieving outstanding organisations.
Benefits
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Access to learning networks and visits to other organisations
- Supportive leadership and a highly committed team
- A role which has the opportunity to make a real difference whilst having fun
- An established Central Services Team who support schools and wider colleagues
- Flexible working options
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- Create an outstanding learning environment for the success of all of our children
- Play a significant part in continuing to develop our Trust
- Be part of a wider community of Discovery Schools Trust
- Free parking
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Gym discounts
- Eyecare vouchers
- Dental support
- Retail discounts
- Annual incremental pay increases within the pay scale
Equal Opportunities & Accessibility
We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.
