Nursery Administrator
The nursery is situated next to Jubilee Wood Primary School, located in Fishermead, a short walk from Central Milton Keynes.
The hours are 30 per week 08:00-14:00 Monday - Friday.
Purpose of Post
- To provide administrative support to the nursery manager and staff
- To greet parents and respond to queries and deal with general enquiries.
- To liaise with Central Support Office, suppliers and contractors to ensure the efficient upkeep and security of the building, fixtures and fittings.
- To provide support within the nursery when required
Responsible to
- Nursery Manager
Duties and Responsibilities
- Answer the telephone and greeting visitors/parents
- Check emails, replying where appropriate and inform the managers of anything they need to deal with
- Manage and track booking enquiries
- General administrative support for nursery manager and senior staff
- Income fee management (producing invoices, funding queries, chasing payments)
Expectations
- Previous administration experience
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent attention to detail
- Flexible approach to a variety of tasks
- Excellent computer skills
- Enjoy working with children
Benefits:
As a thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to making Acorn a safe, nurturing and fun place for our children to be, we offer:
- Payscales that are competitive, transparent and reviewed annually
- 65% Childcare discount - Pro rata according to contracted hours
- Christmas closure
- 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (and the option to buy more)
- 4 dedicated training days and individual development plans
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Cyclescheme
- Techscheme
- Length of Service awards
- Summer and Christmas parties
- Pay advances
- Employee assistance wellbeing programme