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Education Administrator (UK)

Salary: £23,560

Benefits: Company pension (up to 8%), 35 days annual leave, an employee assistance programme and learning and development opportunities.

Status: Permanent / Full-time (35 hours per week, flexible working options)

Closing date: 1pm, Monday 16 September 2024

Location: Remote working (post-holder can be based anywhere across the UK, shared working spaces and offices available in Muir of Ord, Edinburgh and London)

We are looking for a customer-focused, friendly, helpful, and well-organised administrator to support us in delivering the Social Enterprise Schools programme across the UK.

The Social Enterprise Schools programme – part of the Social Enterprise Academy – is an extra-curricular programme which inspires young people (aged 5-18) to become social entrepreneurs.  We ask young people to identify a social or environmental issue they care about, before supporting them as they create a trading social enterprise over the course of a school year. Through Social Enterprise Schools, they build critical skills for life and work, connect with their communities and impact a social problem. Over the years, young people have created a range of innovative social enterprises, from tackling local unemployment through coding classes to selling books with diverse heroes in them.

You will be joining the team at an exciting time.  Initially launched in Scotland in 2007 the Social Enterprise Schools programme has now worked with over 1200 schools across the UK and this figure is set to grow.

Your role will be to support the Education Teams to provide administrative, clerical and logistical support for the roll out of Social Enterprise Schools across the UK.  The role is mainly internal facing – providing support to Schools Coordinators, Education Managers and Education Facilitators across a range of functions.  You will also work with schools and teachers to ensure the smooth running of Workshops, and national and regional events.

Work closely with the Education Managers and School Coordinators across the UK you will provide administrative support based on the activity requirements across the UK.  Tasks primarily include diary management, recording of activity, and supporting with event logistics.  You will implement agreed processes and provide clerical and logistical support to ensure the achievement of annual team-based targets.

This role will be fully remote, based from anywhere in the UK.  The Social Enterprise Academy has shared working space and offices in three locations (Muir of Ord, Edinburgh, London) which you will have access to, if required.  It is anticipated that there will be some travel requirements within the UK for events and team days.

We are looking for someone who wants to work with vibrant, entrepreneurial and dedicated people and colleagues and with a good value-fit with our organisation.

Having the right mindset, attitude and approach is as important for us as having the right experience and skills.  We appreciate that the best person might not have all the listed criteria yet so if you feel your experience, skills and attitude will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mindset, we would welcome an application from you.

Job Purpose:

To support the effective delivery and maximise the impact of the Academy’s Social Enterprise Schools programme:

• To provide exceptional administrative support to the two Education Teams to ensure high-quality delivery of Social Enterprise Schools across the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• To be a point of contact for general enquires to the Education Teams in the UK, providing excellent customer service and signposting them to the relevant colleagues.
• Support the Education Teams with a range of tasks relating to day-to-day online and in-person programme.
• Leading on the administration of CPD sessions, pupil workshops and business mentoring sessions by managing school and facilitator diaries.
• Coordinating facilitator bookings and arrangements and ensuring they have everything they need to deliver their sessions.
• Responsible for gathering and accurately recording Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning data from pupil workshops, and business mentoring sessions, and management information for key annual projects/events on HubSpot.
• Support the Education Teams with management and recruitment of facilitators – tasks will include the maintenance of the database of Education facilitators contact details, contracts, PVG/DBS checks and biographies.
• Providing administrative support for facilitator gatherings and team days.
• Work closely with the Education Teams to support with logistics at Education Awards across the UK, and events and for key annual projects such as the Big Issue Launch Event.

For a full set of criteria and information on how to apply please download the recruitment pack from our website.

Organisation profile:

At the Social Enterprise Academy, we believe social entrepreneurs play an essential role in changing the world.

We strengthen their role in local communities through transformational learning programmes that will increase their community impact.

Our programmes are accredited, responsive to learner needs, and are delivered by experienced facilitators who are social change leaders themselves.

Since 2004, we have delivered over 1,900 learning programmes to 28,000+ learners in over 30 countries. We have also engaged over 55,000 young people around the world, using social enterprise as a tool to help them reach their full potential and create positive change in their communities.

Application notes:

1. Complete the application form and the equality and diversity monitoring form (downloadable below)
2. Send your application form and equality and diversity monitoring form in Word document format to seahr@socialenterprise.academy by 1pm, Monday 16 September 2024
3. Please note that interviews will take place via Teams week commencing 30 September 2024

If you have any questions or if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments for the application or interview process e.g. application form in a different format or extra interview time please get in touch: Lanagh Taylor | 0131 243 2670| seahr@socialenterprise.academy

View the job pack

Download the application form

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form