Job Introduction
Band 6 / 7 depending on experience
FTE £28,239 - £36,363
(Actual Salary £25,740 - £33,146)
37 hours, term time only + 2 weeks
Solent Academies Trust is seeking to recruit a Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer. This role will be dedicated to supporting the Chief Executive Officer in her role of leading five SEN schools, with a sixth due to open in September 2026, in Portsmouth, Chichester, Basingstoke and Boorley Green.
Supporting our Chief Executive Officer, you will provide excellent administrative assistance across the Trust’s Executive Team, modelling our values and ensuring that our approaches consistently reflect the principles of our Relational Culture Charter, where trusting relationships sit at the heart of everything we do.
You will be part of the Central Team based at our offices in Cosham, however, there will be a requirement to travel to any of our sites.
The ideal candidate will be a professional, personable, resilient, highly organised and methodical individual. You will be confident establishing good working relationships with the Executive Team and stakeholders at all levels and will have excellent interpersonal skills.
At Solent Academies Trust, we are proud to be a community built on connection, respect, and belonging.
Our Relational Culture Charter guides us to work together and support each other through:
- Valuing Difference
- Effective Communication
- High Challenge & High Support to Empower
- Respect for All
- Solution-Focused Approaches
We believe that when relationships thrive, people thrive — and so do the children and young people we serve.
By joining Solent Academies Trust, we offer you:
- Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development aligned in relational leadership and HR excellence
- A culture rooted in relational practice, belonging, and Well-being
- A workplace where your values, voice, and contribution truly matter
- Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
- 17.9% employer pension contribution
- Confidential Counselling & Well-being Support Service
- Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
- Well-being Inset Day to support the well-being of our staff
- Free onsite parking at most of our academies
- Increase of paid weeks after 5 years of service from 47.4 weeks to 48.3 weeks
- CPD opportunities to support Career development
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Salary Extra Staff Benefits Platform
For more details, please visit our website Solent Academies Trust - Our Vacancies
If you have any questions at all or you wish to submit an application, please email recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info
Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust form.
Closing date for applications is Friday 13th February 2026, 9am
Interviews will be held Tuesday 24th February 2026
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Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
