Administration Assistant (GR2)

Hours: 34.5 (Term time only)

Contract Type: Permanent

Gracelands Nursery School

Grace Road

Birmingham

B11 1ED

Start Date: 3 February 2025

We are looking for an excellent and enthusiastic administrative assistant to lead the smooth running of the school office and assist with the daily life of the school. At Gracelands Nursery School, we pride ourselves on our warm and family-feel approach from the very first stage of communication with families. We provide nursery education for children aged 2-5 years.

Gracelands Nursery School is in a cluster of 2 nursery schools along with Jakeman Nursery School; admin staff and leaders work collaboratively to run the offices – the centre of our schools - to a high standard. Within the administration assistant role at Gracelands, it can be expected that usual school office tasks and responsibilities apply, with the addition of plenty of children and parent/carer contact at several points during each day. The successful candidate will be professional, able to work under pressure and demonstrate initiative. They will be able to multitask and manage a varied workload. They will have strong ICT, literacy, and communication skills.

The Birmingham Federation of Maintained Nursery schools is made up of 9 Nursery Schools delivering inclusive high-quality early education and care to children aged 0-5 years across Birmingham. We have a vibrant and enthusiastic staff of qualified teachers, teaching assistants, nursery officers, play workers, administrators and other support staff who make up our large team.
As well as exceptional and inclusive provision for children and families, we are committed to professional development. We provide opportunities for learning and collaboration within Gracelands Nursery school itself, working alongside leaders, across the cluster of 2 schools and also the wider Federation.

Our settings are culturally diverse with a large number of languages spoken. We have a reputation for supporting children with a range of complex special educational needs and disabilities, as well as support for families who may have additional challenges in their lives.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children, and expect our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Suitability checks will be undertaken including background, identity, online checks, qualification/s, work history and two professional references.

If you are interested in this challenge, with the support of both an experienced team of leaders across the Federation and an experienced team of staff at Gracelands Nursery School, we would like to hear from you. Visits to the school are most welcome with prior arrangement. Please contact Samantha Richards (Executive Headteacher) on enquiry@grclands.bham.sch.uk to arrange an appointment.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. 

BCC is a Living Wage employer 

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Closing date: Monday 20 January 2025, 9:00am

How to Apply:

Request an Administration Assistant application form/pack from enquiry@grclands.bham.sch.uk

Interview date: Monday 27 January 2025