Admin Assistant, Reception Grade 2
Highters Heath Nursery School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 4BH25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
5th February or as soon as possible
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 10:59pm
Date listed
10 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,796.00 - £26,403.00 Annually (FTE) Salary increases relating to BCC's EPP grading restructure may be available from April 2026
Admin Assistant, Reception Grade 2 job summary
The Federation of Kings Norton Nursery School and Highters Heath Nursery School are looking to appoint a welcoming, professional, experienced Administration Assistant, Reception to work at Kings Norton Nursery School (one day TBC) and Highters Heath Nursery School two days per week (Thursday and Friday 8:30-3:30).
The candidate will need to be a positive and flexible team member, working in a busy office environment where everyone feels welcomed, safe, respected, included and valued.
The post will include:
Providing reception and telephone switchboard support to the school community and visitors.
Receiving, signing in and dealing with or directing pupils, parents and carers and other school visitors as appropriate in line with school safeguarding procedures.
Administering the school's email inbox, meeting expected response times and forwarding emails appropriately as necessary.
Providing effective secretarial and administrative support to the Headteacher and other staff members.
Updating manual and computerised records and information systems to maintain accurate school data.
How to apply:
Please contact the school office on 0121 474 2356 or email enquiry@hiheathn.bham.sch.uk if you would like any further information or would like to arrange a visit to the school on Friday 19th December 2025 at 2pm or on Monday 5th January at 4pm. Applications should be made via My New Term.
Safeguarding:
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS, Online Searches, Prohibition checks, Childcare Disqualification, qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work.
References:
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references, one of which must be from your current or most recent employer.
Terms and Conditions:
BCC is a Living Wage employer
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Highters Heath Nursery School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 4
- Education phase
- Nursery
- School size
- 55 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 4
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highters Heath Nursery School website
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