Current Vacancies

IT Support Assistant

Leicester: Hybrid-working, working from home and the Leicester office.
Full-time. Permanent.
Salary starting from £25,901


ASCL is seeking to appoint an IT Support Assistant. This is a new vacancy, assisting the IT Support Manager in maintaining hardware and software and providing technical support to the association’s staff. 

You’ll be responsible for logging incidents, service requests and resolving support request in person and remotely whist ensuring that service levels and targets are achieved as well as meeting customer satisfaction and continuous service delivery demands.

The position offers hybrid working, working from home and the national headquarters in Leicester (days to be negotiated at interview), as well as occasional travel and overnight stays. IT and telephone equipment will be provided.

This role is paid on a five-point incremental range from £25,901 – £29,333 per annum. 
 
ASCL is an equal opportunities employer and offers a very generous package of benefits, including 28 days holiday plus bank holidays and a pension scheme to which the association contributes 9%. Reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses are also covered, including a working from home allowance. We encourage applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. 

INTERESTED? 
The closing date for applications is 4pm on Thursday 25 July 2024.
Interviews will be held in Leicester on Thursday 8 August 2024.
Start date: To be negotiated.

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To download the job description and person specification, follow the link on the 'Apply here' button above and complete your email address in the top right-hand box.

If you have any queries, please contact Angela Stewart, Workplace and Facilities Manager in the first instance on 0116 299 1122.


Communications and Marketing Assistant

Leicester: Hybrid-working, working from home and the Leicester office.
Full-time. Permanent.
Salary starting from £22,218


We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Communications and Marketing Assistant to join our team. This role is a fantastic opportunity to work on a variety of exciting projects, including creating newsletters, digital content, videos, and multimedia for events, recruitment promotions, and attending exhibitions and events around the UK.

If you have a Level 3 or above qualification in marketing, or a related field, or experience in a similar role, and you love crafting, editing, and delivering engaging content, we’d love to hear from you. You'll need to have a knack for producing top-notch newsletters and using CRM systems to effectively target audiences.

Our office is in Leicester, but we offer the flexibility of remote working. You'll need to be in the office at least two days a week, with occasional overnight stays for events.

The salary for this role ranges from £22,218 to £25,248. We value diversity and are committed to equality. You'll also enjoy generous benefits, including five weeks of holiday (plus bank holidays) and a pension scheme with a 9% contribution from us.

Join us and bring your creativity to our dynamic team!

ASCL is an equal opportunities employer and offers a very generous package of benefits, including 28 days holiday plus bank holidays and a pension scheme to which the association contributes 9%. Reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses are also covered, including a working from home allowance. We encourage applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. 

INTERESTED?
The closing date for applications is 12 noon, Monday 29 July 2024.
Interviews will be held in Leicester on Wednesday 7 August 2024.
Start date: Ideally as soon as possible but dependent on individual circumstances.

Apply here

To download the job description and person specification, follow the link on the 'Apply here' button above and complete your email address in the top right-hand box.

If you have any queries, please contact Angela Stewart, Workplace and Facilities Manager in the first instance on 0116 299 1122.
 

Qualified Employment Solicitor

Leicester: Hybrid working – a combination of working from home and in-person at our Leicester office (frequency to be agreed at interview)
Full-time. Temporary, fixed term (to cover maternity leave) 
Starting salary £46,771


ASCL is seeking to appoint a qualified solicitor looking for a unique opportunity to work in-house as part of a dynamic and vibrant team in a hybrid working environment.

This is an excellent opportunity to join our experienced legal department. Working with a team of solicitors, the successful candidate will report directly to ASCL’s Senior Solicitor. The legal department is responsible for providing advice and representation for the organisation and its members who are senior leaders within the education sector. If successful, you will be able to experience a range of work including (but not limited to) providing advice to members involved in internal processes with their employers, employment tribunal litigation, representing members involved in professional discipline cases before their regulators, inquests and public inquiries. Candidates must be a qualified employment solicitor and will ideally have 1-5 years PQE.

This post is based at ASCL HQ in Leicester with remote working available. The postholder will be required to work at HQ for a minimum of three days per week and when requested to do so. Occasional overnight stays may also be required.

This role is paid on a five-point incremental range from £46,771 to £51,430. Reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses are also covered. 

ASCL is an equal opportunities employer and offers a very generous package of benefits, including 33 days holiday plus bank holidays and a pension scheme to which the association contributes 9%. We encourage applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. 

INTERESTED? 
The closing date for applications is 4pm on Monday 5 August.
Staged interviews will be held virtually, via MS Teams on Thursday 8 August. 
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a second interview, in Leicester, on Tuesday 13 August 2024.
Start date: As soon as possible but dependent on individual circumstances.

Apply here

To download the job description and person specification, follow the link on the 'Apply here' button above and complete your email address in the top right-hand box.

If you have any queries, please contact Angela Stewart, Workplace and Facilities Manager in the first instance on 0116 299 1122.


Specialist – Conditions and Employment: Pensions

Home based with some travel across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Crown Dependencies.
Part-time (0.8FTE equivalent to four days per week). Permanent.
Salary starting from £63,396 (£50,717 Pro rata, 0.8FTE) 


ASCL is seeking to appoint a Conditions and Employment Specialist: Pensions to influence national education policy and to help secure the most appropriate pensions provision for ASCL members. The vacancy arises through the retirement of the present postholder.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to help ensure that pension provisions best reflect the needs of the profession, thereby helping to secure a sufficient quality and quantity of education workforce. The successful candidate will directly support ASCL members by giving advice on pensions related issues, as well as representing members’ views to government and other stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be representing the interests of members across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dominions, so a knowledge of the relevant legislation, policy and procedures for jurisdictions other than England would be helpful.

The ideal candidate will have proven successful experience of senior leadership in an education policy organisation, trade union, pensions/financial organisation, education setting or equivalent organisation. Their career to date will resonate with ASCL members, enabling the post holder to have credibility with members and stakeholders.

They will have a proven ability to negotiate with national bodies and other organisations, and the ability to develop and maintain strong and trusted relationships with a range of stakeholders. They will be able think strategically and tactically, with agility in order to influence decision makers and secure positive outcomes for the Association’s members.

The successful candidate will join an extremely well-regarded and supportive team of policy specialists and will be part of a small sub-team of three Conditions and Employment Specialists who focus on pay and pension policy. Members of the Policy Directorate focus on different aspects of education policy but work together to provide cohesive advice to government and support to members.  

The postholder will work from home, with IT and telephone equipment provided, though the role involves some travel across the relevant jurisdictions to attend meetings with key stakeholders and deliver training, with overnight stays expected.

This is a 0.8FTE post, equivalent to four days per week, and flexible working requests will be considered.

This role is paid on a five-point incremental range from £63,396 – £70,072 (£50,717 - £56,058 pro rata 0.8FTE) per annum. 
 
ASCL is an equal opportunities employer and offers a very generous package of benefits, including 33 days holiday plus bank holidays and a pension scheme to which the association contributes 9%. Reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses are also covered, including a working from home allowance. We encourage applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. 

INTERESTED?
The closing date for applications is 4pm on Sunday 11 August 2024.
Interviews will be held in Leicester on Thursday 29 August 2024.
Start date: To be negotiated.

Apply here

To download the job description and person specification, follow the link on the 'Apply here' button above and complete your email address in the top right-hand box.

If you have any queries, please contact Angela Stewart, Workplace and Facilities Manager in the first instance on 0116 299 1122.