Senior Administrator to the Senior Leadership Team in Manchester

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week

Number of Positions: 1

Qualifications Required: High standard of numeracy and literacy skills

Start Date: 23rd November 2026

Salary: £24,327 - £37,563 per annum.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Admin to the Senior Leadership Team to join our fantastic team at CHS South. The successful candidate will be positioned in the Administration team act as Senior Administrator for the Headteacher and wider Senior Leadership Team. This is a key role within the school and academy, requiring excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to manage a varied workload in a busy school environment.

Main purpose of the job:

• To support the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team in the smooth execution of a personal diary of events and organisation for meeting deadlines.
• Efficiently organise business travel arrangements, appointments, meetings and events including the collation and distribution of papers.
• Provide a professional and highly effective administrative service for high level meetings, including comprehensive minute-taking and distribution of documents to participants.
• Develop and maintain an effective and flexible filing system, including the electronic school policy folder, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality and security of information.
• Facilitate the onboarding process and induction of new staff members to the school team.
• Provide leadership and guidance for support staff, including direct line management responsibility where appropriate.
• Maintain accurate staff absence records, monitor trends, produce reports for the Headteacher and HR, and coordinate compliant return-to-work documentation.
• Coordinate staff wellbeing initiatives and events and support communication of wellbeing resources and policies.
• Work collaboratively with the School Operations Manager to ensure staff records are accurately maintained, including compliance of the Single Central Record.
• Coordinate arrangements for interview processes, including planning the schedule, ensuring an appropriate panel is in place, issuing invitations, greeting candidates and ensuring documentation is properly completed and stored.
• Respond independently to correspondence and produce complex and confidential reports, minutes and letters to a high standard.
• Complete and submit complex forms, returns etc, including those submitted to the LA and outside.

About the Candidate

We are seeking a highly organised, proactive and professional individual to provide high-level administrative and organisational support to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team. The successful candidate should:

• Have excellent organisational and administrative skills with the ability to prioritise effectively.
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Have experience working in a busy administrative environment.
• Be confident managing confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Have excellent ICT skills, ideally including Office 365 and School MIS.
• Work well both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Be committed to supporting the vision, ethos and values of the Trust.

Working for Prospere Learning Trust

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. We invest in our staff to achieve their full potential and offer a range of benefits including:

• High quality CPD for all roles.
• Bupa Level 1 Health Plan - annual cash back allowance for a range of everyday health care expenses.
• Generous Pension Contribution - over 26% for teachers and 15% for support staff.
• Good holidays – teachers as per School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document; non-teachers receive 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 31 days with 5 years' service.
• Cyclescheme - save up to 39% on a bike and accessories and get Strava for free.
• Employee Assistance Programmes - including access to free counselling and 24/7 helplines.
• Credit Union - regular savings, Christmas saving scheme and access to affordable loans.
• Flexible working options - we're happy to talk flexible working where possible.
• Mental Health First Aid in every school.
• Blue Light Card - discounts on holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and many more.
• bYond cashback card - spend smarter with a prepaid cashback card for your everyday purchases.

Visit our website to learn more about our Trust: prospere.org.uk

About Us

Working for Manchester City Council is a chance to make a real difference in a diverse city that leads change and improves lives. Whether you’re supporting communities or improving public services, you’ll help create opportunities and shape a better future for everyone.

Benefits we offer:

• Up to 26 days’ annual leave, rising to 31 days after five years’ service.
• Buy up to two extra weeks’ leave.
• Up to 3 days’ volunteering leave.
• A 35-hour work week for full-time roles.
• We review pay each year and recognise three trade unions.
• The UK’s largest local government pension scheme.
• Enhanced parental and carers leave.
• Employee discounts and perks.
• Good Employment Charter member.

For more information about working for Manchester Council, please visit Careers - Manchester City Council.

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here.

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable. We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.