Senior Administrator

Thrive Education Partnership

18 - 19, Bennetts Hill

Birmingham

B2 5QJ

Email address:  vacancies@thrive.ac

Hours per week: 36.5 per week, term time only

Contract type: Permanent

Required January 2024

Due to rapid growth, we are looking for a Senior Administrator to join our Central Team at Thrive Education Partnership. The position will offer comprehensive administrative support to the Central Team and be based at our office in Birmingham City Centre. There will be some opportunity for hybrid working.

We are looking for someone who is reliable, organised, proactive, flexible, and self-reliant. This is a dynamic position requiring initiative. As this is a new position, the role will evolve and adapt to meet the needs of the Trust as we grow.

We offer a competitive salary, enrolment to Local Government Pension Scheme, SAS wellbeing package, Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, Discount vouchers and travel expenses.

Education and Qualifications

• excellent literacy and numeracy skills previous experience in a similar role

Knowledge and Experience

• experience of working in an office environment at a senior level experience of using all Microsoft Office applications, in particular Outlook, Word and Excel

Skills and Abilities

• excellent organisational skills produce documentation to a high standard with meticulous attention to detail excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with a range of people both verbally and in writing respect confidentiality flexible and well organised approach to work work using own initiative and also as part of a team

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing date: 10 December 2023, 4pm

To apply for this position, please complete the application form available online

Any further enquiries please email: vacancies@thrive.ac

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.