Nursery Administrator

**JOIN THE UK'S NUMBER #1 NURSERY GROUP**

Our Little Learners Nursery, part of Kindred Nurseries, are looking for an enthusiastic **Nursery Administrator** **(40 hours per week)** to join a growing and dedicated team. The purpose of this role is to support the nursery management team in ensuring the highest levels of efficiency and quality in administration and support for the nursery, parents and children.

Working in a winning nursery, voted the UK's top nursery group you will join a team of passionate, inspiring nursery nurses who are shaping the future generation to have a love for lifelong learning.

**What we can offer you**:

- 50% childcare discount
- 6 fully paid sick days
- Additional day off for your birthday
- Reward and recognition schemes including annual awards
- Cashback heath plan covering dental, opticians, physio and alternative therapies
- Free virtual GP appointments and cashback on prescriptions
- Employee benefits portal, including 100's of high street discounts
- Access to 24 hour counselling support, including financial and debt advice
- Discounted gym membership

**Responsibilities**:
The purpose of this role is to support the nursery management team in ensuring the highest levels of efficiency and quality in administration and support for the nursery, parents and children.
- Prepare children’s weekly registers and nappy sheets where needed.
- Prepare signing-in/out sheet each week for staff/agency and mobile phones.
- Ensure all children’s files are up to date and details, such as carer information are input on to the system.
- Input all registration information for new children on to system
- Send out offer letters when child's place has been confirmed.
- Set up files and new starters checklist for each child
- Complete monthly accident statistics and provide managers with trends identified in each room.
- Updating the maintenance schedule.
- Chase up invoice payments after due date, inform managers when letters need to be sent.
- Answer phone calls, solving queries wherever possible.
- Sending the milk order and helping with the food shopping.
- Collect staff weekly shift sheets and keep records of staff overtime.
- Collect registers each week, ensure all children are signed in/out and file accordingly and updated on system adding all extra sessions.
- Make up prospectus and welcome brochures.
- Updating the enquiries, visits and registrations log.
- Collating new starter information and uploading the HR system, creating employee files.
- Ensuring recruitment packs are ready for any interviews.
- Updating Breathe with holiday requests/changes
- General filing.
- Ad hoc cover in the class rooms.
- Any other ad hoc administration and coordination duties as requested by the manager.

**What you need**
- Experience of working in Childcare is advantageous but not essential.
- Sound knowledge of MS Office, IT skills.
- Excellent organisational ability with an attention to detail is paramount.
- Strong communication skills at all levels both written and oral.
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
- A clear understanding of the importance of confidentiality and Data Protection.
- Level 3 in Business Administration is desirable but not essential.

**More about Kindred Nurseries**

Little Learners is a part of a family of inspiring nurseries and preschools with a passion for creating a friendly and inclusive place to work. Our mission is to create inspiring worlds full of awe and wonder, our recent double award win at Nursery World and NMT shows that we are the place to work.

**Our values are at the centre of everything we do**
- We are Always Learning
- We are Inspirational
- We have a Family Feel