Job Description

Academy:

Trust Central

Category:

Administration (Central Services)

Start Date:

November 2025

Closing Date:

Thu, Oct 9, 2025

Job Weeks:

42 Weeks

Hours:

37 hours per week

Type:

Permanent, Full Time

Job Reference:

SEP20250759

Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale F: 26,766 to 29,034 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (28,598 - 31,022 full time/full year equivalent)

Working Weeks: 42 weeks

Start Date: November 2025

The successful candidate will provide operational support within a team of support staff. This is an exciting time for Maths at the Inspiration Trust, as the reach of the team grows the need for a strong operational support team is paramount.

Before applying, please read the attached Recruitment Pack and , for more details about the role. We ask that you read this pack carefully, especially the "Planning your application" section from page 11. This will support your application ensuring you have the opportunity to tell us about your relevant skills, experience and qualifications that relate to the job description and person specification in addition to details of your references covering the last 5 years.

The main responsibility of this role will be:

To provide operational and clerical support services to a high standard, supporting management, other office staff, teachers, students and parents in an efficient, positive, professional and effective manner.


To work within a team, leading on specific areas of responsibility as directed by the Maths Team Support Lead.


To support the operational management of the East Maths Community and Outreach Teams and provide support to the Leadership team, the Advocate Schools and University of East Anglia.

The ideal candidate will have:

Experience in administrative and strategic office work


Excellent interpersonal skills


A positive 'can do' attitude


Experience working in an education environment


Excellent IT experience and be familiar with Office 365



This is an exciting time for the Maths Team within the Inspiration Trust, having recently been awarded a contract to develop and launch the East Maths Community, we are looking to extend our support team. The strong and dedicated Maths team already works throughout the Inspiration Trust schools and leads the Angles Maths Hub supporting schools throughout Norfolk and Suffolk with maths professional development. We need an enthusiastic and committed individual to provide operational support within our expanding support team. The role is an important role and will involve varied work, including liaising with schools, booking places on training programmes, monitoring and recording finance transactions, supporting Work Group Leads and line managing other staff, etc. It will be interesting and varied and will suit applicants with a positive 'can do' attitude who are inspired to develop strategic systems and who aspire to work within and be an essential part of a strong and supportive team.


Inspiration Trust has twice been ranked as the country's top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believes in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. The Trust provides strong networks with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. The Trust is committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities to all our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country's best educational thinkers and practitioners.


Inspiration Trust feels it is important to support every school by centralising certain support services. In turn this reduces workload on senior leaders, helping to establish further value for money on a variety of integrated services. This also ensures the Trust's Academies have a local support structure and share best practice. As a Trust we will continue to review the services we offer and are committed to making them responsive to individual Academy's needs.


The Trust's dedicated Central Services Team is based at the Hewett Academy in Norwich. This team provides a strong range of school support services including:


Finance


Governance


Human Resources and Payroll


Operations, including Estate management, Health and Safety, ICT and Marketing



For information on what it is like to live and work in Norwich, click here.


When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.


We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.

The Trust also offers:

Generous holiday entitlement


Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions


Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme giving access to a range of services including claim back costs for Eye Care and prescriptions and access to 24/7 virtual GP Service and mental health support (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).


Cycle-to-work scheme


Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers


Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal


Salary sacrifice schemes, including home technology, smartphones and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).


Free Parking (on most sites)

Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation

If you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, please contact nicolacoe@anglesmathshub.org


To apply for this role please click the Apply button to complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: 9am on Thursday 9th October 2025

Interview date: Friday 17th October 2025

Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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