Administrative Assistant

About the role

Birchwood Nursery School is a large, inclusive nursery school that provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for young children. Our team is passionate, supportive and committed to delivering the highest standards of care and early education.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Administrative Assistant to join our small, friendly office team. This is a varied and rewarding role and you will play an important part in supporting the smooth day-to-day running of the nursery.

You will be required to undertake a wide variety of tasks such as being the first point of contact for parents and visitors, responding to queries, maintaining pupil records, recording and monitoring attendance, overseeing school dinner administration, supporting the admissions process, completing statutory returns and providing information and reports to the management team. In addition to your general admin role, you will also be supporting the School Business Manager in a variety of finance admin tasks, for example placing orders, invoicing parents and payment tracking.

Our ideal candidate would have strong organisational skills, be able to work on their own initiative and within a team, while being able to cope in a busy office environment. The successful applicant will also have excellent interpersonal skills, be an articulate communicator and have a calm, positive approach to work. Well-developed IT skills are essential for this post, particularly in relation to Microsoft Word and Excel. A sound knowledge of Arbor would be preferred, along with previous experience of working in a school office environment.

We can offer the successful candidate:
- A well respected school, rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted
- A friendly, supportive and professional team
- Positive and well established partnerships with our parents and the wider community
- Friendly, well-motivated children who enjoy learning
- A strong commitment to professional development and growth
- Health and wellbeing support for all employees

This is a maternity-cover contract, commencing January 2027. The hours are 8:30am-12:30pm, Monday to Friday (20 hours per week), term-time only.

All staff are valued and there will be opportunities for CPD within the role. All staff have an annual wellbeing day in addition to school holidays and are able to access health and wellbeing support through a third-party provider.

Birchwood Nursery School is committed to safeguarding children and young people and all post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Birchwood Nursery School is also committed to supporting inclusion and diversity and we welcome applications from all.

We warmly welcome visits from prospective applicants.  If you would like to know more, please call the school office or email [email protected] to make an appointment to look around our lovely school. 

Please note that we may arrange interviews earlier than the published date if mutually agreeable and we may close the vacancy early if we find the right person.

We look forward to hearing from you.