Maths Outreach Support Lead

Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale E: £23,847 to £25,417 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£25,584 – £27,269 full time/full year equivalent)

Working Weeks: 42 weeks

Start Date: September 2025

The successful candidate will provide operational support within a team of support staff. This is an exciting time for Maths at the Inspiration Trust, as the reach of the team grows the need for a strong operational support team is paramount.

The main responsibility of this role will be:
– To provide operational and clerical support services to a high standard, supporting management, other office staff, teachers, students and parents in an efficient, positive, professional and effective manner.
– To work within a team, leading on specific areas of responsibility as directed by the Maths Team Support Lead.
– To support the operational management of the East Maths Community and Outreach Teams and provide support to the Leadership team, the Advocate Schools and University of East Anglia.

The ideal candidate will have:
– Experience in administrative and strategic office work
– Excellent interpersonal skills
– A positive ‘can do’ attitude
– Experience working in an education environment
– Excellent IT experience and be familiar with Office 365

This is an exciting time for the Maths Team within the Inspiration Trust, having recently been awarded a contract to develop and launch the East Maths Community, we are looking to extend our support team. The strong and dedicated Maths team already works throughout the Inspiration Trust schools and leads the Angles Maths Hub supporting schools throughout Norfolk and Suffolk with maths professional development. We need an enthusiastic and committed individual to provide operational support within our expanding support team. The role is an important role and will involve varied work, including liaising with schools, booking places on training programmes, monitoring and recording finance transactions, supporting Work Group Leads and line managing other staff, etc. It will be interesting and varied and will suit applicants with a positive ‘can do’ attitude who are inspired to develop strategic systems and who aspire to work within and be an essential part of a strong and supportive team.

Inspiration Trust has twice been ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believes in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. The Trust provides strong networks with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. The Trust is committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities to all our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners.

Inspiration Trust feels it is important to support every school by centralising certain support services. In turn this reduces workload on senior leaders, helping to establish further value for money on a variety of integrated services. This also ensures the Trust’s Academies have a local support structure and share best practice. As a Trust we will continue to review the services we offer and are committed to making them responsive to individual Academy’s needs.

The Trust’s dedicated Central Services Team is based at the Hewett Academy in Norwich. This team provides a strong range of school support services including:
– Finance
– Governance
– Human Resources and Payroll
– Operations, including Estate management, Health and Safety, ICT and Marketing

When you join Inspiration Trust\’s thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.

We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.

The Trust also offers:
– Generous holiday entitlement
– Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
– Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme giving access to a range of services including claim back costs for Eye Care and prescriptions and access to 24/7 virtual GP Service and mental health support (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
– Cycle-to-work scheme
– Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers
– Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal
– Salary sacrifice schemes, including home technology, smartphones and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
– Free Parking (on most sites)
*Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation

If you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, please contact nicolacoe@anglesmathshub.org

To apply for this role please click the Apply button to complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: 9am on Thursday 28th August 2025

Interview date: Friday 5th September 2025

Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.

When you start your application, you will receive several emails from our application provider, Vacancy Filler. Please be aware that some email providers may mistakenly mark these messages as spam. To avoid missing important updates, we recommend checking your spam or junk folders regularly throughout the application process and marking these emails as safe.

#J-18808-Ljbffr