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HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUSTHOLLIS ACADEMYSaltersgill AvenueMiddlesbroughTS4 3JSAdmin Assistant - 32.5 Hours per week, term time only + 3 PL daysGrade D (NJC point 4) Actual Salary £18,331 (pay award pending)Required as soon as possibleHorizons Specialist Academy Trust consists of eight Academies and one Sixth Form across Tees Valley and North Yorkshire serving a population of approximately 1000 students aged 5 to 19 with a broad range of learning difficulties.Hollis Academy is situated in Middlesbrough and provides for up to 85 pupils aged 11 to 16 years who have SEMHD as their identified primary need. Hollis Academy joined the Trust in October 2016 as a sponsor academy. Since that time, rapid progress towards improvement has been realised due to the commitment of the staff team and Senior Leadership Team.The Trust wishes to appoint an Admin Assistant to join the Trust’s administration team. The post holder will work under the current Office Manager and the main duties will include greeting visitors to the academy, answering the telephone and other general administrative tasks that will support the students and staff such as home to school transport queries and inputting information on SIMS.The successful candidate will have a friendly personality and possess excellent communication and keyboard/IT skills as well as the ability to show initiative in dealing with enquiries and providing support to colleagues. Applicants will have a minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent qualifications (including Maths and English) or appropriate experience. Experience of working in a school setting and knowledge of working with SIMS would be an advantage but not essential as training will be available to the successful candidate.Although this post is based at Hollis Academy, there is an expectation that all our staff may be asked to work across the Trust as necessary and the post holder may be asked to work at one of the local Academies on occasion.An application form and further information is available to download from the Horizons Trust websiteby emailingHSATHR@.ukCompleted application forms should be returned by 12 noon on Friday, 16th May, 2025 to:HSATHR@.ukor by post to HR Department, c/o Abbey Hill Academy (Registered Office), Ketton Road, Stockton-on-Tees. TS19 8BU.Horizons Specialist Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As part of our recruitment process, online searches may be conducted. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and appropriate references.#J-18808-Ljbffr