Administrative Assistant

Birmingham Federation of Maintained Nursery Schools,

This role is subject to formal evaluation via the BCC equal pay progression job evaluation process.

We are a Local Authority Maintained Nursery School provision for children from 2 to 4 years of age. We also offer wraparound provision in the form of breakfast, after school and holiday clubs for our whole age range. Since September 2018, we have been a part of the Birmingham Federation of Maintained Nursery Schools. We share an Executive Head Teacher with another Nursery School and a Governing Board with 8 other Birmingham Local Authority Maintained Nursery Schools. In addition to the full board, we also each have a local committee which focuses on the running of clusters of schools. Please see our websites for further details:

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Shenley Fields Nursery School - Home

Shenley Fields Nursery School is a happy, vibrant, inclusive and exciting place where the passion for play and learning is obvious. We have long been and continue to be excited by the learning journey we enter into with children daily and strive to achieve ever higher levels of satisfaction, enjoyment and achievement. We continue to delight in the feedback and engagement of parents and carers. Our outstanding relationships with children, parents, carers, other professionals and one another are a key aspect of our success.

Children flourish as a result of the input of staff who are attentive to their social and emotional needs as well as their physical care and well-being. They benefit from a curriculum and resources that encourage and promote creativity, exploration and development of communication skills. They quickly develop self-confidence and enjoy high levels of self-esteem in the bespoke environment for our youngest children.

We are seeking an outstanding, term-time only, Administrative Officer (GR2) to join our dedicated office team. If you have the skills, knowledge, professionalism and drive to fulfil this role, we would like to hear from you. The working hours for this role are 8:45am - 3:15pm. Visits are warmly welcomed and greatly encouraged prior to application and/ or interview.

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Please Note:

We may review applications upon receipt and may call applicants for interview prior to the advert closing date. Therefore, you are encouraged to make an early application for this role and we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.

Please note that only fully completed 'MyNewTerm' application forms will be accepted; we will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitae (CV) or accept them in place of an application form.

If you are successfully shortlisted you will typically hear from us via email. Please ensure you check your junk/ spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there. We endeavour to contact all applicants to advise of outcome however, if you do not hear from the school within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been shortlisted.

WE TAKE SAFEGUARDING SERIOUSLY

Shenley Fields Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff, students, volunteers and visiting professionals to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable), Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); Qualifications (where applicable); Medical Fitness; Identity and Right to Work in the UK. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates for information that is publicly available online. This will include social media accounts you may hold. This will only be carried out on shortlisted candidates and before interview. This processing of data will be conducted under the legal basis of Article 6(e) public task in line with the guidance laid out in para 226 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE Any data collected during this search will be retained in line with our retention schedule which is available on request.

Please find the attached Safeguarding/ Child Protection Policy and our Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy which we require you to read prior to applying to work in our organisation.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website

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

Birmingham City Council is a Living Wage employer.