Vacancies

About The Teachers’ Institute

The Teachers’ Institute (TTI) is an independent charitable Trust that works with secondary schools to ensure they are able to provide their students with the best possible teaching and learning. TTI primarily does this by providing in-school teacher education for new teachers and supporting schools by offering outstanding mentoring and ongoing support for their new teachers. 

About the role

This position is based onsite at TTI’s Newmarket campus. The Office Manager/ Executive Assistant plays an important part in ensuring smooth and efficient office operations and providing high-level administration support to the executive team. This includes effective communication with the operations and teaching teams, alongside various office tasks such as greeting visitors, responding to email and telephone inquiries, updating office systems, calendars, intranet and contact lists and supporting other colleagues as necessary. 

The successful candidate will possess a keen eye for detail, great initiative, and be able to work independently while also thriving in an office-based team environment. A friendly disposition, alongside strong interpersonal and literacy skills, will be essential for building positive relationships within the office and with external stakeholders. 

This position will also be responsible for overseeing the general tidiness of the office, ensuring that shared working areas, kitchen and bathrooms are kept clean and organised. This includes coordinating with cleaning and maintenance contractors. 

Responsibilities/ Accountabilities

• Support effective communication across the organisation
• Manage campus resources, including ordering stationery and organising supplies
• Offer printer and IT hardware/ software support and liaise with technical support contractors
• Conduct daily office maintenance and coordinate with cleaners
• Arrange appropriate office signage
• Create systems to ensure office security
• Facilitate office equipment purchases for staff needs
• Organise and coordinate events and activities
• Provide administrative support for office functions, including scheduling, correspondence and document preparation
• Assist the executive team with calendar management, meeting coordination and communications
• Serve as the fire warden and health and safety officer

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