Administration Assistant

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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced admin assistant to join our happy and busy team, working in a diverse and outstanding inner-city Nursery School & Children’s Centre.

Our setting is also the Bristol Early Years Hub, offering high quality professional learning and development, leading networks.

There is never a dull day here, we are constantly adapting what we do, responding to our community and welcoming visitors.

We are seeking to appoint a team member who:

• Has good interpersonal and communication skills with an excellent telephone manner and experience of a customer focused environment
• Takes delight in working with diverse communities
• Is highly organised and able to complete tasks effectively
• Shows initiative and is solution focused
• Good with numbers
• Is IT literate and has a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Thrives on responsibility and new challenges
• Will be one of our champions, and have ambition for our setting

In return we can offer:

• Dynamic, inclusive and inspiring staff team
• A supportive and personalised professional development programme
• Supervision, mentoring and coaching
• A warm and caring ethos and environment, with a focus on individual’s emotional well-being and work life support
• A leadership team who will invest in and care about your personal and professional development
• 25 days holiday
• Free lunch on Wednesdays
• Free parking

We encourage potential candidates to visit the setting, prior to application, to give you the very best chance of success. Please phone the centre to make an appointment.

St Pauls particularly encourages applications from suitably qualified Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and those who speak community languages, although all applications are warmly welcomed and will be considered on their merits.

Safeguarding and Child Protection is central to our work and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

St Pauls Nursery School & Children’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

Part time (permanent, with possibility to extend to 30 hours)

All year round

25 hours per week - 8am-1pm Monday to Friday (start time non-negotiable)

£16,380 actual salary (£21,352 rising to £22,793 in April 2026 full-time equivalent)