School Place Planning Assistant

We are looking for a School Place Planning Assistant to provide essential administrative and organisational support to the Place Planning & Admissions team. This role plays a key part in supporting statutory school place planning, helping to ensure processes run smoothly, records are accurate, and enquiries are managed efficiently.

Working closely with the Place Planning Team, you’ll help free up professional capacity so the team can focus on forecasting demand and securing sufficient education provision across the area.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is highly organised, detail‑focused and enjoys supporting a busy, data‑led service.

You will be required to work in the office for a minimum of days per week, subject to business needs you may be required to work additional days in the office.

• Providing day‑to‑day administrative support to the Place Planning team
• Managing the Place Planning inbox and logging enquiries accurately
• Assisting with areas of the education capital programme
• Supporting responses to internal and external enquiries
• Helping organise meetings, briefings and events related to school organisation
• Supporting statutory data returns and information requests
• Using Office 365 and internal systems

You’ll be a proactive and organised individual with a strong eye for detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.

You’ll bring:

• Experience working in an administrative or support role
• Strong organisational and record‑keeping skills
• Confident using Office 365 (or willingness to undertake training)
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience working within a local authority or public sector environment
• Experience maintaining spreadsheets, trackers or databases
• Experience supporting finance‑related processes

If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email  for support.

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