Nursery business support officer

Job Description: Nursery business support officer

Salary:  Upto £26,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent 40 hour per week 7.30am to 4.30pm

Ellingham House seeks an enthusiastic and dedicated person to provide administrative support and a professional and efficient welcome and reception service to everyone who contacts and visits the nursery.

About us: 

Ellingham House Day Nursery is set idyllically in a Georgian country house surrounded by 2.5 acres of lawns and woodland. In this safe space, our children have the opportunity to explore, stretch, and run as well as practice their climbing and balancing skills in the ever popular ‘bear cave’. The paddock is home to our friendly Valais Black Nose sheep- Baarbara and Soozie. The children help the team care for them and learn how to stay safe around animals. The nursery has a real ‘home from home’ feel, with welcoming rooms specifically suited to babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

The nursery is open 8:00am-6:00pm and we would require you to work a minimum of 40 hours per week within those hours. Please note the nursery is not a term time only nursery.

If you are dedicated to supporting children and their families to thrive, creating exciting and engaging play and learning opportunities and being a part of a supportive team then apply today to come and join us.

Please visit our website for further information https://ellinghamhouse.co.uk/

Nursery Reviews:

"The nursery is home from home and we couldn't have asked for a more professional, robust, and family environment to help prepare our son for his educational 

journey" 

"We love Ellingham's premises with lots of activities to do (weather dependent) and their staff"

"The nursery is home from home and we couldn't have asked for a more professional, robust, and family environment to help prepare our son for his educational 

journey"

Nursery business support officer's duties and responsibilities*:

The Nursery Office can be a busy fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will be effective in multi-tasking and working under pressure, whilst also confident working independently and using initiative during quieter times. during these times, it is expected that you would support the teams in the rooms with care and education of the children, covering lunches and undertaking some light cleaning duties that support the day to day running of the nursery. This will include some light duties in the kitchen and laundry. You will need to be on site at 7.30 am ready to meet and greet children and their families ensuring they are welcome, and your focus remains on the overall safety and security of children in our care. It is expected that the same support will be required at 1pm.

• Welcoming families, children and visitors and addressing parent queries. 
• Working with the Manager to maintain and organise administrative records.
• Support the nursery in achieving targets set by the manager and Company.
• Ensuring all relevant documentation and records are up to date, accurate and reported by appropriate deadlines.
• General office duties, including keeping the office tidy.
• Be a reliable member of the team, working co-operatively and with flexibility.

Nursery Business support officers requirements and skills:

• Experience of working with database management systems.-Essential
• Experience of producing reports and working to deadline. Essential
• Experience of working in a school/ nursery environment. Knowledge and Skills-Desirable

Ellingham House Day Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you