Administrative Support Officer (Governance)

• Administrative Support Officer (Governance)

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Administrative Support Officer (Governance)

We are looking for a highly organised and proactive Administrative Support Officer to join our central team and play a vital role in maintaining strong, effective governance across our Multi-Academy Trust. In this varied role, you will support key areas such as pupil exclusion processes, complaints, Academy Councils, and Trust-wide governance activity.

You will work closely with the Director of Governance and senior leaders to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and internal policies—promoting a culture of accountability, transparency, and high standards.

As the ideal candidate, you will bring experience in governance support, education administration, regulatory compliance or equivalent. You will have excellent administrative skills including minute taking, keen attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities with confidence coupled with strong communication, a professional approach to working with senior leaders and external stakeholders, and proficiency in Microsoft Office are essential.

Due to the requirement to travel when necessary, a full driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

This is a rewarding opportunity to help shape effective school and Trust leadership.

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

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.

Shaw Education Trust are a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.

Our values are

To Be Pupil and People Centred, To be Best in Class, To be Accountable, To be Innovative, To Act With Integrity

We place high achievement at the heart of everything we do, and we are determined that no individual has their opportunities limited by their background, or by their ability. We are focused on harnessing the power of people to affect positive change for our children and young adults. We work closely with children, leaders, teachers and support teams, to create their individual best futures: one size fits one. Education should be an exciting space, buzzing with vibrancy, dynamism and unlimited potential. Innovation and entrepreneurialism fuel our passion, enabling creativity and re-conceptualisation to be agilely applied to context and circumstance

An excellent education, in a supportive environment, is what every student attending one of our academies will experience. Central to this is the support we provide to our staff teams, this enables them to continually develop their knowledge, practice and expertise by offering high quality training and research-based opportunities our colleagues are well motivated, highly valued, and incredibly driven professionals.

Although we are a family who work together to create brighter futures, each of our schools still keep their individual identity and uniqueness. This approach of earned autonomy ensures that integrity and transparency underpins everything that we do, with our Trust Board providing oversight, challenge and support. This support is then strengthened at school level through a system of Academy Councils who represent each school and provide local accountability.

Working hours: 37 hours per week, Term Time only plus 2 weeks (working 40 weeks)

Location: SET Head Office located at Kidsgrove Secondary School site with travel to schools within the Trust if required

This position is subject to robust vetting procedures, including an online search for all shortlisted candidates, in line with our Trust’s commitment to safer recruitment.

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 our recruitment and selection processes promote equality, diversity, and inclusion at every stage.

In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CVs alone will not be accepted.

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.

Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.

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