Package Description: Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for a PE and Sports Administrator to join Erskine Stewart Melville on a permanent basis, commencing on the 17 August 2026 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The role is full-time, working 36.25 hours per week Monday to Friday with a pro rata salary of £25,007. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, enjoy working with staff and pupils, and enjoy supporting and playing a key role in the successful delivery of school sporting events, this could be the perfect role for you.
Working across both The Junior School and Senior School, the PE and Sports Administrator is responsible for providing administrative support to all teams with the PE and Sports Department, ensuring the department is well equipped, organised and supported to carry out all sporting commitments. You will be required to:
- Provide comprehensive administrative support for tournaments, galas, and other sporting events
- Assist with entry processes, registration, and general administration for external sports organisations
- Support staff outside the PE Department who are regularly involved in sport and team activities
- Update and maintain sports noticeboards, photographs, and promotional materials across the school
- Administer and manage the SOCS Sport Website and be responsible for collating and distributing School Posts related to sporting activities.
- Support the organisation of sports trips and tours
The successful candidate will have excellent organisational and communication skills and is confident in working with a range of digital systems and liaising with various teams, departments and external stakeholders. You will demonstrate initiative and enjoy variety, whilst also demonstrate flexibility and a readiness to support a busy department.
To learn more about this role and the duties involved, please access the job description provided.
Eligibility | ESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK. |
Values | We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community. |
ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.
All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Any enquiries about this position should be directed to the Recruitment Team at #removed#.
The closing date for this role will be 12pm, Thursday 9 April 2026. It is anticipated interviews will take place during the week commencing the 20 April 2026.
About ESMS
Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant family of independent schools, set in beautiful grounds in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education, and a co-educational sixth form.
We are a consistently award-winning School, with an educational legacy that stretches back more than 300 years. Our Schools have always been pioneers of rounded education. Children’s education is underpinned by our values: kindness, confidence, resilience, integrity and curiosity. From virtual reality headsets in the classroom to developing one of the first outdoor learning programmes in Scotland, we are always searching for new ways to develop the whole child.
The people that work for us are passionate, pioneering and strive for excellence in everything they do. We value the incredible contributions they make to school life, we invest in their careers and we support their ambitions so that they flourish professionally and personally.
Benefits
Employees get access to a range of benefits including:
- Fee remission from Nursery to S6
- Free school lunches
- Free Sports’ Club membership, including access to pool and fitness suites
- Generous holiday allowance
- Generous pension
- Death in service benefit
- Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave
- Membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations
- Employee Assistance Service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car leasing salary sacrifice scheme
- Annual professional review process
- Regular salary reviews
- Funding towards professional qualifications
