Nursery Administrator

Graded 'Outstanding' by Ofsted, Westwood Nursery provides 48 places for children aged 6 months to 5 years and we have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Administrator to join the team.

At Westwood Nursery, we aim to provide accessible, high-quality childcare for children of students, staff and the local community. We provide a safe, caring and stimulating environment where children learn and develop to their full potential and welcome everyone by supporting individual needs, abilities and interests.

About the role

The role is based on campus and you will provide the day-to-day administrative support for the Nursery’s senior management team.

You will need to have:

• great organisation and communication skills
• the ability to prioritise and work to agreed deadlines in a busy Nursery setting
• good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, particularly Excel, especially in calculating monthly/annual nursery fee schedules and in managing our waiting list
• experience of financial reporting systems, such as Agresso, but training can be provided.

Further information

This role is offered on a part-time basis, working 21.9 hours (0.6 FTE) per week. The Nursery opening hours are between 08:30-17:30, Monday to Friday, but you will have flexibility over when hours are worked.

The appointment will be made subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring (DBS) clearance being obtained.

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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