Compliance Co-Ordinator

Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale E: £25,584 to £27,269 per annum

We are seeking a reliable, dynamic and responsible person to join the team as Compliance Co-Ordinator at Inspiration Trust Central Services to support the Director of Estates in the delivery of high quality Estate management services.

Before applying, please read the attached Recruitment Pack and Job Description, 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 monitor and develop the use of the ‘Every’ platform for compliance and reporting.
• To provide excellent administrative and clerical support in regard to all areas of Estate management.
• To support innovation and project work to drive forward the performance of the department.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Good numeracy and literacy skills/GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English grade 5 or above
• Experience of dealing with high volume, deadline driven requests in a calm, diplomatic and persuasive manner.
• Fully competent with Microsoft Office 365 and using IT packages relevant to the role.
• Administration experience in a busy office.
• Strong verbal and numerical reasoning ability.
• Experience of compiling reports and analysing data.
• Experience in communicating at all levels of the organisation.

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

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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 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

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

Closing date for applications: 12pm on Friday 24th January 2025

Interview date: Wednesday 5th February 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.