Administrative Assistant

Job Title: Administrative Assistant (Advice Line)

Salary: £39,317 (pro-rata for part-time)
Employment: Permanent, Part Time Location: NEU Advice Line, Doncaster, DN4 5JP

Hours: 14 hours per week Final date to receive applications: Tuesday, March 17, 2026

The National Education Union is a force for change in the world of education, bringing together more than 450,000 teachers, lecturers, support staff and leaders working in maintained and independent schools and colleges across the UK. We are now seeking to recruit an Administrative Assistant on a permanent basis to join our team in the Advice Line, in Doncaster. This is an exciting opportunity to be a crucial part of the team in National Education Union.

The successful candidate will join a small, busy team dealing with telephone and email enquiries, providing secretarial and administrative support for the professional staff, including a solicitor, and administering and servicing meetings, training courses and events. They will also need to have good typing speeds and skills in using a variety of software packages, such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, as well as being able to use and maintain office database systems.

The tasks required will include arranging and preparing for a variety of meetings, courses and events, maintaining databases, producing and processing correspondence and statistics and dealing with telephone and email enquiries. We are looking for applicants who can work flexibly as part of a team with good organisational skills, who are able to prioritise, to work under pressure and at times to use their own initiative.

The ability to deal with telephone calls in a confident and professional manner is essential.

Prospective applicants are also advised that your normal place of work will be the NEU office specified in this advert and that the NEU operates Blended Working Arrangements for office‑based staff, which means you will typically need to be based in the designated NEU office for 3 to 4 days a week (based on a full‑time contract), with the remaining days based at home, and subject to business needs.

In addition to salary we offer good conditions including 33 days annual leave plus Christmas closure days and a defined benefit pension scheme. Salary and benefits are pro‑rata for part‑time applicants.

Close date is mid‑day Tuesday 17 March 2026. We reserve the right to close this position early if we receive a high volume of applications.

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