Executive Assistant

Stantonbury School is the largest in the MAT and an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Executive Assistant to support the school through the next stage of its development. This is a temporary senior position, working directly with the Principal to drive improvement in a fast and progressive environment. Your role will include diary management and planning for the Principal and tracking actions from internal meetings to ensure accountability and progress. You will be confident to use your own initiative and plan your workload in a flexible manner to support the Principal in raising standards across the school. Job Context Tove Learning Trust (TLT) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) with a small central structure and a large amount of autonomy granted to its constituent schools. Stantonbury School is the largest school in the trust with 1400 pupils and 200 staff. The most recent Ofsted inspection judged the school to have met the expected standard in some areas but also requires urgent improvement in others. This is a senior position and will include handling sensitive and highly confidential material relating to the development and improvement of the school, raising standards, liaison with external parties and government agencies and all levels of governance for TLT. Key Responsibilities To be the Executive Assistant to the Principal in terms of diary management, appointments, meeting schedules and all operational organisations. Draft, prepare, proofread and circulate relevant documentation on behalf of the Principal ensuring they are appropriate for the audience receiving them. Job Description To provide effective and highly efficient diary management for the Principal to enable them to further the business of the organisation. Lead in the setting of annual, periodical or spontaneous meetings, along with the preparation, content and follow up and tracking connected to these. Preparing ad hoc documents, arranging appointments and arranging general work