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Administrative Assistant

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

About the role

We are seeking to appoint a friendly, efficient and proactive Administrative Assistant for our busy nursery school.


Part time : 20 hrs per week 8.30am – 12.30 pm Mon-Fri  (term time only)
Pay range: NJC Scale 7 - 11 depending on experience
 

We can offer:

  • A friendly environment where everyone is respected and valued
  • An ethos of team work and collaboration
  • A supportive and lively team
  • A commitment to professional and personal development

 

We are looking for:

  • The ability to work well with other staff members
  • Previous administrative experience & excellent IT skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Someone who is well motivated and approachable with a positive attitude
  • Be able to plan and prioritise workload and demonstrate excellent organisational skills
  • Someone with commitment, enthusiasm, flexibility and a sense of humour
  • Someone who will maintain and promote the caring, positive ethos of the school

 

Further details and an application pack are available on request. Please email office@brunswick.cambs.sch.uk or telephone 01223 508790

To apply please visit: Vacancies – Cambridge Nursery Federation


Closing Date:  Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 12 noon
Interviews to be held on Monday 18 December  



We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expect all staff to share this commitment.  All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

We are an equal opportunities organisation which welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

What will you be doing?

We are looking for:

  • The ability to work well with other staff members
  • Previous administrative experience & excellent IT skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Someone who is well motivated and approachable with a positive attitude
  • Be able to plan and prioritise workload and demonstrate excellent organisational skills
  • Someone with commitment, enthusiasm, flexibility and a sense of humour
  • Someone who will maintain and promote the caring, positive ethos of the school

 

About you

We are looking for:

  • The ability to work well with other staff members
  • Previous administrative experience & excellent IT skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Someone who is well motivated and approachable with a positive attitude
  • Be able to plan and prioritise workload and demonstrate excellent organisational skills
  • Someone with commitment, enthusiasm, flexibility and a sense of humour
  • Someone who will maintain and promote the caring, positive ethos of the school

 

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

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