Admin Team Member

Muriel Green Nursery School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 5JB

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  28 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 February 2026

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 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE)

Admin Team Member job summary

About the Role - Admin Receptionist (Muriel Green)

Are you highly organised, friendly, and passionate about supporting educational excellence in the early years? This is an exciting opportunity to become a key part of our Federation, providing vital administrative and front-of-house support to our school community.

At Roots Federation, we believe that all children under five should develop the skills they need to thrive at school and beyond. Our core values guide everything we do as we support early years settings to deliver outstanding education and care.

We are seeking a dedicated Admin Receptionist to work closely with our office managers, Headteachers, and school teams. You will play an important role in ensuring the smooth running of administrative processes and providing a welcoming, professional first point of contact for families, visitors, and staff.

By joining our team, you will contribute to a positive, nurturing, and efficient learning environment, helping us to achieve our mission of delivering exceptional early years education

• Welcoming children, parents, and visitors, and supporting the safe arrival and dismissal of children at the start and end of the day.
• Acting as a friendly front-of-house presence, ensuring the reception area is welcoming, organised, and professional.
• Supporting administrative tasks such as paperwork, data entry, and maintaining accurate records to ensure smooth daily operations.
• Working closely with office managers and Headteachers to support communication and contribute to the efficient running of the school.

This role will be based at Muriel Green and is part-time, working 2:30pm-6:30pm daily, with one day per week working 8:00am-6:30pm, totalling 26 hours per week.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role involves working closely with children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

All applicants are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of Hertfordshire County Council’s pre-employment checks. Any appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a DBS and other safeguarding checks and also to satisfactory references being obtained.

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About Muriel Green Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 5
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 71 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 5
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Muriel Green Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/muriel-green-nursery-school

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