General Support Administrator
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL1 5QG |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 21 Oct 2026 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Full Time | Permanent | £26,440 Per Annum
Who we are
Winner of the Best Place to Work at the Tech South West Awards 2025, City College Plymouth offers a culture the College is proud of. Our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity help create an environment that supports a passion for teaching and learning. These values guide our work as we enrich our community through knowledge, experience and skills so every student can achieve their best.
As one of the country’s largest providers of quality education and training, City College Plymouth is entering a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We take pride in offering a learning environment and organisational culture that contribute positively to the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enable all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.
The Role
Are you customer focused and do you have experience of working in an administration environment? If so, we would like to hear from you!
We are recruiting for an administrator to join our Student Journey Administration team, which helps support learners and staff on their journey through the College.
You will be a quick-thinking, problem solver who is able to prioritise tasks and your workload, and your customer-focused outlook will enable you to deal with customer enquiries efficiently in person, on the telephone, and by email.
It is essential that you have experience of working in an office environment, and you must be able to work within an established team in an often fast-paced environment.
The working hours are: 8.30am - 5.00pm Mon-Thurs, 8.30am - 4.30pm Fridays.
We are also required to attend out of hour’s events for parents evenings and open days etc
What Will You Bring to the Role
• Adapting: Ability to react positively to changing demands, switching between tasks and processes.
• Focused: to be responsible for the administration needs of an academy, meeting deadlines.
• Persistence: Chasing staff for outcomes ensuring meeting deadlines.
• Collaborating: Ability to collaborate with curriculum areas effectively and contribute to positive team morale.
What the college offers its staff
Benefits
City College Plymouth will offer you;
• Career development opportunities.
• Generous contributions towards your pension.
• Free tea, coffee and lunch in our dedicated staff lounge.
How we recruit
We aim to recruit based on potential, not experience. We are interested in seeing your behaviours in action and how they will help you become successful at City College Plymouth, giving everyone the opportunity to show their potential, regardless of background or experience.
After completing our online application form, you will be asked to complete an online assessment within a few days of this Vacancy closing. This assessment asks you no questions at all. Instead, it observes your behaviour and natural strengths in action, with a series of engaging, intuitive tasks. You will receive a report outlining your behaviours once you have completed the assessment, regardless of whether you progress to the next stage or not, providing you with some feedback.
The College welcomes applications from service leavers and the Armed Forces community, and supports those service leavers who are Reservists in any of the Armed Forces.
The College reserves the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications have been received.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.