Administrative Assistant

* Administrative Assistant Fast Apply# Administrative Assistant Employer Location :
Lancashire, Lancashire Contract Type:
Permanent

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Full Time Salary:
Grade 6 - (SCP 20 - 24) - £27,254 - £30,024 FTEPosted:
19th December 2025

Start Date:

As Soon As Possible Expires:
2nd January 2026 09:00 AM Contract Type:
Permanent

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As Soon As Possible Job :
1526645

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We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Administration Assistant to play a key role in supporting our school’s marketing, communications, website, and to assist with the daily running of our main office. You will contribute to the development and updating of online content, social media posts, newsletters, and promotional materials, ensuring our school’s communication remains engaging, accurate, and up to date.

This varied role requires excellent ICT skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining high professional standards in all internal and external communications.
** Join Shaw Education Trust – Support, Teach, Lead… Make the Remarkable Happen.
** At Shaw Education Trust, we believe every role holds the power to transform a life. Whether you're supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in the classroom, or leading with vision, you’ll be part of something extraordinary.

We are a dynamic and growing family of Primary, Secondary, and Special Schools, proudly serving communities from Birmingham to Bury. Our mission is to unlock opportunity for every young person—whatever their background, ability, or starting point.

Our
** people are our greatest asset,
** and we are deeply committed to their growth. Through high-quality training, apprenticeships, talent acceleration, and research opportunities, we empower our staff to thrive as skilled, confident professionals and we champion wellbeing, value every voice, and create a culture where you feel supported, motivated, and inspired to make a real difference.

You will join a collaborative network of schools where shared expertise and professional community fuel success. Every academy in our Trust has an equal voice, and every colleague plays a vital part in shaping tailored learning experiences that raise aspirations and build brighter futures.

At the heart of our work is a deep respect for the children and young adults we serve—our “precious cargo.” We are proud to **"exactly like nothing else”
** and bridge the gap between education and the wider world, preparing every student for further education, employment, or training in inclusive environments where
** integrity, equality, and opportunity thrive.
** If you have the heart, passion, and drive to help shape lives and create futures filled with promise, we would love you to join our incredible team.
** Support. Teach. Lead. Belong. Thrive.
**** Together, let’s make the remarkable happen.
**** In our secondary schools,
** we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for all students, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum models don’t always engage all students, so we constantly seek to innovate and provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We want our students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful, and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them.

Some examples of our innovation include moving towards an extended school day, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunities for essential skills like reading and cultural capital. We are also introducing vocational and technical pathways, which run through the normal school curriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities to develops work-readiness in our students, so that they can progress onto T Levels and apprenticeships.

Our secondary schools are currently driving **‘Ped Tech’
** across the sector: we believe teaching and technology should go hand-in-glove and are passionately committed towards providing a fully digitally enhanced curriculum. We are very close to achieving full 1:1…