Admin Assistant

Ad Hoc Admin Assistant for Nursery’s and Schools

Location: Brighton and Surrounding areas
Position Type: Ad Hoc/Temporary
Hours: Flexible hours based on need

About Us:
We are passionate about providing a nurturing and inspiring environment for children to grow, learn, and play. We are looking for a proactive and organized Ad Hoc Admin Assistant to support our team with general administrative tasks on an as-needed basis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with managing daily administrative tasks such as filing, data entry, and document organization.
• Support with updating and maintaining children’s records.
• Help with the preparation of newsletters, notices, and communication to parents.
• Manage incoming emails and phone calls, directing them to the appropriate team members.
• Assist in scheduling appointments, meetings, and events.
• Support the team with general office duties as required.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience in an administrative role is desirable, preferably in a childcare or education setting, but not essential.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• DBS check (or willingness to undergo one).

Contract Details

• Location – Brighton and surrounding areas
• Position – Teaching Assistant
• Type of work – Support role
• Contract or position start date – ASAP
• Duration / Likely Duration – Ongoing
• Contract type (temp/perm/temp to perm) – Temp to Perm
• Full time/part time – Full time
• Minimum rate of pay – Minimum rate £13.09 per hour
• Hours – 8:30 – 17.00

Experience, Training and Qualifications

• GCSE’s or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year working with children
• Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year

Eligibility

• Hold Right to Work in the UK
• Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
• Provide two professional child related references

Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:

• Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
• In-house Training and Development Team

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up-to-date CV.

Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching to fill this vacancy.

Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.